No Intervention in Syria
In the last week of August UNHCR reported that the number of Syrian children with refugee status as a result of the civil war...
Bradley Manning
Yesterday the UK assisted the US in stepping up pressure on journalists and whistleblowers by detaining the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke...
Activists Ballot Shoppers on Trident Replacement
On Saturday 10th August the Gareloch Horties, a Trident Ploughshares affinity group set up a stall to ballot shoppers at Cameron Toll in Edinburgh’s south...
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...
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...