In this month’s edition of Peace and Justice News we turn the spotlight on Syria. As the stories from the country become more shocking, and the conflict continues to run on and on, we run the risk of choosing …
In this month’s edition of Peace and Justice News we turn the spotlight on Syria. As the stories from the country become more shocking, and the conflict continues to run on and on, we run the risk of choosing …
The Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre supports the International Peace in Syria Initiative. Since September 2012 the Peace in Syria Initiative has undertaken consultations inside and outside Syria. Between June 2 and 8, the Peace in Syria Initiative met with …
Oxfam has a petition and further information regarding their response to the conflict. It can be accessed here. Upcoming ICAN action As part of CNDs work in the ICAN network, you might like to join ICAN groups worldwide in marking Nuclear Abolition Week, …
In May Greg Boertje-Obed, Michael Walli and Sister Megan Rice were convicted of damage to federal property and sabotage. The court ruled that the convictions were defined by Congress as federal crimes of terrorism. They are currently in the Irwin …
Sunday 2 June. 3:00pm Walk with the Pilgrims from Currie to Edinburgh. Scout Hall in Currie, 45 Lanark Road West. Welcome the Walkers. On the Terrace. St Johns Church. 5:30pm. With Tessa Ransford, founder of Scottish Poetry Library and Peace and Justice Singers. Dinner …
On a wall next to the first incident place the volunteers found a writing in hebrew: “price tag for those who steal” Press Release from www.operationdove.org/ At-Tuwani, On May the 10th at about 6 a.m. some Palestinians from At-Tuwani and …
The Peace and Justice Centre Support Conscientious Objects world wide. Today is International Conscientious Objectors day. Around the world, campaigners are raising awareness of the people who continue to be persecuted and imprisoned for refusing to kill, as well …
Speaker Series Report, Tuesday 30th of April. Emily Johns and Milan Rai, editors of Peace News Emily Johns: Experiences in Iran The talk began with a brainstorm of what the average person on Prince’s Street’s preconceptions about Iran would be. …
By Brian Larkin Less than three years after President Obama’s Nobel Prize winning Prague declaration that he would seek “A world free of nuclear weapons” the United States is planning to uprade its tactical nuclear weapons creating a new “guided …
Abolition 2000 Edinburgh / Faslane Declaration Delivered to Faslane Base Commander’s Representative Following a reception hosted by MSPs Bill Kidd and Patrick Harvie at the Scottish Parliament yesterday where the former Mayor of Hiroshima and Chairman of the Middle Powers …
Following its Annual Assembly in Edinburgh Abolition 2000, a network of over 2000 organizations in more than 90 countries world wide working for a global treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons, of which the Peace and Justice Centre is a member, …
