07Jan 2020 by clive

President Trump targeted assassinations breach of International Law

Syria
4th January, 2020 Trump’s ordered assassinations cruel and inhumane, and breach of International Law. On 3rd January, 2020, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and up to top six others were assassinated by US military drone and missile attack at Baghdad airport.   The cruel assassinations were directly ordered by President Trump  and were illegal and immoral and a breach of international law.    As this is such a serious action, which has already increased the fear of escalating  violence and potential for war against Iran.   The President has  also ordered  that a further 3,000 USA soldiers will be sent to Iraq (where USA has its largest of 800 bases in the world).  These soldiers will go through Shannon Airport on their way to Iraq.   If there…
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19Mar 2019 by clive

Decision-making does not have to be binary.

Notices
Decision-making does not have to be binary.  Indeed, where consensus and compromise are the priorities, political decision-making should not be based on binary ballots but rather on preferential voting.  And in this interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme of 18th March, Peter Emerson of the de Borda Institute makes just such a case.  www.deborda.org  
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07Jan 2019 by clive
NOMINATION OF MR. JULIAN ASSANGE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, WIKILEAKS, FOR THE 2019 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

NOMINATION OF MR. JULIAN ASSANGE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, WIKILEAKS, FOR THE 2019 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Nobel Peace Prize
Mairead Maguire, has today written to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, in Oslo,to nominate Julian Assange, Editor-in-Chief of Wikileaks, for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. In her letter to the Nobel Peace Committee, Ms. Maguire said: ‘Julian Assange and his colleagues in Wikileaks have shown on numerous occasions that they are one of the last outlets of true democracy and their work for our freedom and speech. Their work for true peace by making public our governments’ actions at home and abroad has enlightened us to their atrocities carried out in the name of so-called democracy around the world. This included footage of inhumanity carried out by NATO/Military, the release of email correspondence revealing the plotting of regime change in Eastern Middle countries, and the parts our elected officials paid…
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02Apr 2018 by clive

Belfast Protest At Israeli Military killing of 16 Palestians in Gaza city

Syria
On Saturday 31 March 2018 Mairead maguire ann patterson eamonn McMahon and young Girl join at city hall who were Attending Palestine rally for their Land rights Maguire said ‘this shooting by Israeli soldiers of unarmed children Women and men is a crime and breaks international law and those Responsible must be held Accountable. Israel must lift Siège of Gaza and end occupation Of Palestine now ‘
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