22Jan 2014 by peacepeople

Photos from The ‘Women Lead to Peace Summit for Syria’ – In Montreux, Switzerland. 20-22nd January, 2014.

Campaigns, Events, Press Releases, Syria
[caption id="attachment_476" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairead Maguire & Ann Patterson at 'Women Lead To Peace Summit 2014'[/caption][caption id="attachment_478" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairead Maguire speaking at'Women Lead To Peace'[/caption][caption id="attachment_482" align="aligning" width="300"] A few of the delegation at"Women Lead to Peace Summit in Montreux Switzerland 20-22nd Jan 2014[/caption] [caption id="attachment_480" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ann Patterson from The Peace People speaking at'Women Lead To Peace Summit'[/caption]
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21Jan 2014 by peacepeople

Peace people members, Mairead Maguire and Ann Patterson, attended The ‘Women Lead To Peace Summit’ in Monteaux, Switzerland.

Campaigns, Syria
Women Lead to Peace Summit for Syria – Monteaux, Switzerland. 20-22nd January, 2014. Mairead Maguire’s remarks at peace summit on Tuesday 2lst January, 2014. Dear friends, The people of Syria are crying out for peace and they have a right to peace, and all other rights. As the human family we have developed many individual and collective rights. As a pre-requisite for many of these rights, is the right to peace. In article 28 of the UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human rights) it states ‘everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this declaration can be fully realized.’ They also have the right not to be tortured, or killed or brutalized and made refugees from their own homes and country.…
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11Nov 2013 by peacepeople

Sweden/Uk Governments Block Any U.S. Administrations Retaliation Against Julian Assange

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Once again (last visited Dec. 2012) on Wednesday 6th November, 2013, I had the privilege of having a private visit with Julian Assange, Founder of Wikileaks, who is currently seeking asylum in the embassy lest he be arrested by UK authorities, taken to Sweden for questioning on alleged sexual allegations, and then illegally extradited to USA to face a grand jury on alleged espionage charges. I joined Hon. Gianni Pittella,First Vice-President of the European Parliament and Enzo Curzio, Vice president, of the Secretariate of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. We listened to Julian who enlightened us how we personally and our whole privacy has been eroded, and EU security and their sovereinty has been jeopardized by the use of USA/UK unethical surveillance. This conversation has taken my thinking…
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24Oct 2013 by peacepeople

Peace in Syria

Campaigns, Syria
Speech by Mairead Maguire in Warsaw, Poland. October, 21-23, 2013 At The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Dear Friends, In May, 2013 I led a 16 person peace delegation into Syria at the invitation of Mussalaha National Movement. What we witnessed happening inside Syria was not fairly depicted in the International media which was not reporting gross violations against international law and humanitarian international law by foreign countries and fighters that are using a proxy war for the purpose of Regime change and geo-strategical benefits. We would remind those foreign governments who are training and funding foreign fighters that it is it is illegal under united nations Charter to arm forces to topple elected governments. During our visit we witnessed that the civilian population was and still is, suffering…
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