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01Dec 2015 by peacepeople

Candlelight Vigil FOR SYRIA – ‘DON’T BOMB SYRIA’

Come Join Us Tonite For A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL - 7 p.m CITY HALL, BELFAST - ‘DON’T BOMB SYRIA’ MAIREAD MAGUIRE AND ANN PATTERSON HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A PEACE PEOPLE DELEGATION TO SYRIA AND LEBANON. EVERYWHERE THE MESSAGE WAS TO THE UK GOVERNMENT DON’T BOMB SYRIA DIALOGUE WORKS, PEACE IS POSSIBLE. IN RESPONSE TO THE APPEALS OF THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA FOR PEACE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WILL BE HELD AT CITY HALL TODAY TUESDAY lst DECEMBER at 7 p.m. Below is a message from the Children of Syria to the Children of the World sent on 27th November, 2015 ‘PLEASE DO NOT BOMB OUR COUNTRY SYRIA WE LOVE SYRIA’ WE INVITE THE CHILDREN OF NORTHERN IRELAND TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA.

29Nov 2015 by peacepeople

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE CALLS FROM SYRIA/LEBANON TO UK GOVERNMENT NOT TO BOMB SYRIA

Press Releases, Syria

After visiting Syria for five days, and ending the visit with some days in Lebanon, Mairead Maguire On behalf of an International Delegation which she led to Syria/Lebanon, called upon the UK Government not to bomb Syria. The delegation of eleven people, from six countries, called for peace and dialogue as a way to solving the crisis in Syria, and not violence and war. Everywhere we went around Syria, from Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Mallaha, Qara, we met many Syrian people who asked us to convey to the UK Government and the NATO/US led coalition, not to vote to Bomb Syria. Many Syrian voices said ‘We want peace, we want to live in peace in our country and we do not want bombing of our country, as this would cause the…

26Nov 2015 by peacepeople

INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO SYRIA 2015

Campaigns, Press Releases, Syria

Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson from The Peace People along with 14 delegates are currently in Syria to promote peace. Their delegation is hoping to express support for all Syrians who have been victims of war and terror since 2011. [caption id="attachment_865" align="alignnone" width="300"] 25 Nov 2015. Peace Delegation had a meeting for peace with the Patriarch Gregarious III at the Byzantine Cathedral in old city Damascus .[/caption] [caption id="attachment_867" align="alignnone" width="300"] 25 November Syria 2015. The Delegation had meetings at the Umayyad Mosque in the Old Town Damascus, Umayyad, Mosque. [/caption] Ms Maguire has again called for the International Community to listen to the voices of countless Syrians who call for peace and speak of the truth and the reality of the conflict in Syria.

20Nov 2015 by peacepeople

INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO SYRIA – Who Is Going

Events, Syria

INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO SYRIA Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire SOLIDARITY WITH THE SYRIAN PEOPLE 24-30 November 2015 The Delegation Mairead Maguire; Ireland (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) Mairead Maguire is cofounder of the Peace People Movement and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her extraordinary actions to end the political conflict in her native Northern Ireland. The Peace People is a movement committed to building a just and peaceful society through nonviolent social action. Since receiving the Nobel Prize, she has dedicated her life to promoting peace, both in Northern Ireland and around the world. Mairead is a member of the International Peace Council and the Nobel Women Initiative. Her global peace efforts have included regular visits to the Middle East region to work with…

19Nov 2015 by peacepeople

IRISH NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE MAIREAD MAGUIRE TO HEAD A 14 MEMBER INTERNATIONAL PEACE DELEGATION TO SYRIA – 24/30 November, 2015

Events, Syria

Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire and 14 delegates from Australia, Belgium, Canada, India, Ireland, Poland, The Russian Federation, The United Kingdom and the United States, will begin a 6-day visit to Syria to promote peace and to express support for all Syrians who have been victims of war and terror since 20ll. This will be Mairead Maguire’s third visit to Syria as head of a peace delegation. Maguire said: ‘People across the world are rightly expressing solidarity with the people of France after the recent terror attack. However, while there is talk of a war on terror and the focus of that war will be Syria, there is little awareness of how a war will impact on the lives of millions of people in Syria”. In Syria, Christmas, Easter…