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...
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...
P&J Contribute to CAAT Event Celebrating 20 Years of Campaigning
P&J Coordinator Brian Larkin Chaired yesterday’s Campaign Against Arms Trade event in Edinburgh launching the CAAT campaign to divest the Scottish Parliament from the...
We’ve Moved to Nicolson Methodist Church – Temporarily!
We’ve moved temporarily to City of Edinburgh Methodist Church on Nicolson Square. We anticipate moving again to final new premises in a couple of...
Peace Activists at Armed Forces Day; P&J in Independent & Reporting Scotland
On Saturday 27 August the Grassmarket in Edinburgh took on a different aspect than the usual Saturday market. Instead of stalls offering bread, cakes...
Support the Right to Refuse to Kill
Our #conscientiousobjectors memorial will honour COs past, present and future. Most imprisoned COs today are in S Korea. In this Amnesty International video Korean...
City Committee Recommends Approval for Conscientious Objectors Memorial
A petition for a memorial to conscientious objectors and opponents of war has been unanimoursly and enthusiastically recommended for approval by he Petitions Committee...
Edinburgh Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil Held on the Mound
The Peace and Justice Centre organised a very successful International Conscientious Objectors Day vigil on the Mound in Edinburgh on the 15th of May....
Nepal Earthquake Appeal from P&J Management Committe member Varsha Gyawali
Dear friends of the Edinburgh Peace and Justice, On April 25 2015, a massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude hit various parts of Nepal. My...
Bairns Not Bombs Demo Fills George Square
On Saturday 4 April some four to five thousand people marched through the streets of Glasgow and filled George Square calling on the UK...
Another letter from Kabul
This is the second installment from Maya Evans, Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence UK, who wrote to us from Kabul where she is currently leading...
EP&JC Key Role Organising Scrap Trident Protest
30 November saw the biggest protest against nuclear weapons at the UKs nuclear weapons base in a decade as nearly 1500 people converged on the...