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International initiative to stop the war in Syria Yes to democracy, no to foreign intervention!

2012-12-13T20:51:15Z

Your support here: http://www.peaceinsyria.org/support.php
We, the undersigned, who are part of an international civil society increasingly worried about the awful bloodshed of the Syrian people, are supporting a political initiative based on the results of a fact-finding mission which some of our colleagues undertook to Beirut and Damascus in September 2012. This initiative consists in calling for a delegation of highranking personalities and public figures to go to Syria in order to (…)

- contributions / Edito, Wars and conflicts

APPEAL OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE/DIOXINE

2011-08-31T17:13:34Z

Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 9th August, 2011
The Second International Conference of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, held in Hanoi from August 8th to 9th, 2011 included participants from around the world: Agent Orange victims, victims of other toxic chemicals, scientists, lawyers and social activists. The conference is a significant and important historic event, marking the 50th anniversary of the first spraying of the toxic chemical Agent Orange (1961-1971) by the U.S. forces (…)

- contributions / Edito, Meeting-Debates, Wars and conflicts, Justice, International, Health, USA

Iran: A Bridge too Far? The weapon that could defeat the US in the Gulf

2011-08-14T21:14:01Z

A word to the reader: The following paper is so shocking that, after preparing the initial draft, I didn't want to believe it myself, and resolved to disprove it with more research. However, I only succeeded in turning up more evidence in support of my thesis. And I repeated this cycle of discovery and denial several more times before finally deciding to go with the article. I believe that a serious writer must follow the trail of evidence, no matter where it leads, and report back. So here (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, USA

State to OK 4,300 new homes in East Jerusalem

2011-08-14T15:44:02Z

Palestinians oppose all Israeli construction in East Jerusalem because they hope to establish the capital of a future state there.
Interior Minister Eli Yishai gave final authorization to build 1,600 apartments in East Jerusalem and will approve 2,700 more in days, officials said Wednesday.
Actual construction likely will not begin for years, because building plans have to go through multiple approval processes. But the decision could complicate diplomatic efforts to dissuade (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International

Australia quits Iraqi Genocide: 4.6 million Iraqi war-related deaths, 1990-2011

2011-08-11T23:34:15Z

Australia has been involved since 1990 in the Iraqi Holocaust and Iraqi Genocide (4.6 million war-related deaths, 1990-2011) but has just withdrawn its last remaining 17 soldiers, replacing them with Chilean mercenaries to guard the Australian embassy.
Racist White Australia – an Apartheid Australia because of its race-based laws and regulations applied to Indigenous Australians and to Afghan and Tamil refugees - must be held to account for its complicity in the ongoing Iraqi Holocaust (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, Gideon Polya

Another stinging blow for Libya

2011-07-30T08:32:47Z

The killing of Libyan rebel military commander General Abdel Fattah Younes could lead to a violent split inside anti-government forces and comes as a major rebel offensive is failing to produce significant gains prior to the onset of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in August when extremely hot weather and all-day fasts makes warfare very difficult and slow.
The death of the general, whose body along with those of two senior aides was reportedly found badly burnt on Thursday, brings into (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International

UN Commission Flotilla Massacre Report

2011-07-28T09:00:27Z

Despite irrefutable evidence, including the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) concluding last September that Israel committed serious “violations of international law, including international humanitarian law” by massacring nine Gaza Flotilla activists, injuring dozens more, in international waters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appeased Israel by appointing his own commission.
On July 25, Haaretz writer Barak Ravid headlined, “UN delays flotilla report as Jerusalem and Ankara keep (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International

Israeli ship attacks international solidarity boat crew off Gaza coast

2011-07-18T09:47:12Z

I am writing this exactly twelve hours after I was attacked by an Israeli warship, off the Gaza coast.
As a member of the Civil Peace Service, I board the Oliva boat around twice a week to monitor Gazan fishermen's human rights. But today, it wasn't just the fishermen who were targeted.
We approached a cluster of hasaka fishing boats that were being attacked with water cannons at midday on July 13. As we got closer all I could focus on was the officer manning the machine gun, covered (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International

Gaza-bound ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists sets sail from Greece

2011-07-18T09:34:30Z

SOMEWHERE IN THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN – On Saturday evening a Gaza-bound boat left Greek territorial waters. Its 10 participants regard themselves as representatives of the entire abortive flotilla to Gaza, and are determined to exhaust all possibilities in order to reach their destination, or at least carry out the symbolic act of protesting the blockade. They are well aware of the Lilliputian dimensions of their venture, compared with the massive impact organizers had initially planned to (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, France

A flotilla to stop deaths in the Mediterranean

2011-07-18T08:58:45Z

Hundreds of thousands of people fled Libya since the crisis began in February 2011. As of June 14, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), one million refugees had left the country ; more than 500,000 heading off to Tunisia, more than 300,000 to Egypt and 70,000 to Niger.
Every day, refugees arrive in Tunisia to stay in already overpopulated camps [1]. The majority are nationals from Sub-Saharan African countries themselves in conflict like Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea (…)

- contributions / Wars and conflicts, International, The "without" - Migrants