Support the Oxfam Syria Crisis Appeal
The conflict in Syria has has claimed more than 93,000 lives. Around 5.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes with nearly...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Political context of Scrap Trident
Taken from a report by Brian Larkin on Scraptrident given at Abolition 2000 AGM today in Edinburgh. As in many countries peace groups in...
EPJC Letter to Alex Salmond on NATO & US Bases
On the eve of tomorrow’s historic Scrap Trident march Peace and Justice Centre Coordinator Brian Larkin called on First Minister Alex Salmond to reconsider...
Be There, Be in the Square Saturday! And at the Gates of Faslane Monday
Thousands expected on Demo Saturday 13 April Scotland has unhappily hosted nuclear weapons for 50 years. Let’s send a message to the world this...
EPJC says Cameron Wrong: Korea Nukes not Threat to UK: Scrap Trident Demonstration & Blockade 13 – 15 April
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre Press Release: For Immediate Release Anti – Trident Groups Say Cameron Wrong, N Korea Nukes not Threat to UK;...