The International Peace in Syria Initiative Meets with Government and Opposition in Damascus and Lebanon

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 …

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Upcoming ICAN action

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, …

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Transform Now Ploughshares Convicted of Sabotage

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 …

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Iona Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice Edinburgh Events Sunday & Monday 2/3June

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 …

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South Hebron hills settlers strike twice: 62 olive trees cut during the night as a ‘price tag’ attack

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 …

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International Conscientious Objectors’ Day

  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 …

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Speaker Series Report Emily Johns and Milan Rai, editors of Peace News

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. …

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US Developing Guided Tactical Nuclear Weapon for Europe

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 …

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Network of 2000+ NGOs Support Scotland Leading Way to a Nuclear Weapons Free World

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 …

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Abolition 2000 Edinburgh/Faslane Declaration: From a Nuclear Free Scotland to a Nuclear Weapon Free World

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, …

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