Unseen War ... one of the trilogy of Exposing the Invisible films. |
By DAVID ROBIE
IN A remarkable “before we are launched” event organised by the fledgling Sydney Democracy Network in one of Australia’s oldest lecture theatres, a digital technology collective has demonstrated dramatic and progressive examples of the global “information war”.
The Berlin-based Tactical Technology Collective co-founders, Stephanie Hanley and Marek Tuszynski, treated a packed theatre at Sydney University to a smorgasbord of video and technology at the forefront of ground-breaking social justice information collaborations.
The video Unseen War was an inspiring and provocative investigation into the use of drones for illegal targeting killings in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan – far from the glare of media publicity.
An estimated 2500-3500 civilians have been killed in this “unseen war” through drone attacks on urban areas.
Twelve journalists have also been killed in the past decade, many as a result of investigating these targeted killings.