Peace & Global Justice Hustings Report
The Peace and Justice Centre and Campaign Against the Arms Trade organised a hustings in Central Edinburgh on Thursday 21 April, inviting questions on...
Ask Your MSPs to Call on Scottish Government to Recognise International Conscientious Objectors Day
Alison Johnstone MSP (Scottish Greens) has lodged a motion calling on Scottish Parliament to recognise International Conscientious Objectors’ Day 15 May. The Peace and Justice...
Domicide in Calais – Demolition of “the Jungle”
Asylum seekers in Calais, residing in an area nicknamed “the Jungle” near the Port of Calais are being displaced from their makeshift homes. French...
Human Rights Torn Down In Calais ‘Jungle’ Dismantling
News has spread this morning of continued attempts by French police to dismantle what has become known as the Calais ‘Jungle’. The camp is...
First World War Resisters Celebrated in P&J Exhibition at Scottish Storytelling Centre
An exhibition of graphic posters telling stories of people and movements that opposed the First World War opens Thursday 25 February with a...
100 years conscientious objection
On Thursday, 28 January 2016, Patrick Harvie, member of the Scottish Parliament, Quakers in Scotland and the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre, hosted a...
Update: It’s 2016 and Sexism Still Exists
By Sarah MacDonald and Zoe Cameron Worryingly, there seems to be an increase of men in the media recently who have not caught up...
Conscription & Conscientious Objection – Pt 1
Marking the centenary of conscription we offer this the first of a two part article on the centenary of conscription in Britain. On 27...
Plowshares activist Sr Megan Rice Speaks to Packed House at New Peace & Justice Centre
On Friday 8 January US Plowshares activist Sister Megan Rice, spoke at the newly opened Peace & Justice Centre about being imprisoned for two...
Sister Megan Rice – Transform Now Ploughshares Activist to Speak at New Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre
At the age of 82 Sister Megan Rice, a Catholic nun, along with two other Christian peace activists, caused “The biggest security breach in...
Don’t Bank on the Bomb Campaign Launch Targets RBS and Scottish Parliament
A broadly based campaign focussing on the links between banks and financial institutions to companies involved in the manufacture of nuclear weapons was launched...
Introducing Rebecca Willmott, Illustrator
It is our pleasure to welcome on board Rebecca Willmott, who is joining the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre team as an illustrator for...
South Korean CO Petition
Since June, 2015 the Peace and Justice Centre has been collecting signatures for a petition created by Amnesty International and championed by War Resisters International...
White Poppy Wreath
Following the Remembrance Sunday Ceremony at the War Memorial outside City Chambers on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on Sunday, 8 November members of...
Increasing the Visibility of White Poppies in Scottish Parliament
THE GROUP OF FIVE independent and Scottish Green MSPs have backed the Quaker white poppy campaign ahead of Armistice Day remembrance for the millions...