25Jun 2014 by peacepeople

Press Release

Press Releases
MAIREAD MAGUIRE, NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, ATTENDS AS DEFENCE WITNESS TRIAL OF MARGARETTA D’ARCY, ENNIS COURT, IRELAND 24th JUNE, 2014. I have attended the trial of Margaretta D’Arcy, in order to show solidarity with this brave woman of peace, and I join her in her call for an end to the ongoing United States military use of Shannon Airport. Margaretta D’Arcy has been charged with ‘Interfering with the proper use of Shannon Airport on lst September, 2013.’ This was the time when it looked like the United States was going to attack Syria and had this happened it would have meant the Irish Government would )have co-operated and been complicit in the bombing of Syria. Margaretta D’Arcy as an act of conscience took these NECESSARY steps of sitting on the runway…
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09Jun 2014 by peacepeople

PEACE MOVEMENT’S COMMON VISION – THE ABOLITION OF MILITARISM.

Campaigns, Notices, Press Releases
On 7th June, 2014 thousands of people from around the world Gather in Sarejevo, Bosnia, to attend the Sarejego Peace events. It was in Sarejevo, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinard started the 1914 world war one. The Peace People address several thousands of people and below is Mairead Maguire's address. Dear friends, We are all aware that this is the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo which led to the start of the First World War in l9l4. What started here in Sarajevo was a century of two global wars, a Cold War, a century of immense, rapid explosion of death and destruction technology, all extremely costly, and extremely risky. A huge step in the history of war, but also a decisive turning point in the…
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04Apr 2014 by peacepeople

PEACE PILGRIMAGE TO SYRIA AND IRAN

Iran, Press Releases, Syria
Peace People, N.Ireland delegation Ms. Ann Patterson and Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, will join an International delegation visiting Iran and Syria from 4th – 16th April, 2014. They have accepted the invitation to Tehran under the Peace and Humanitarian mission to Syria entitled ‘Peace Pilgrimage to Syria’. Their programme in Tehran starts 6th April for four days, during which time they will visit three Iranian cities, including Tehran, Isfahan, and Qom. The International delegation will be l8 people from many countries, including Pakistan, Australia, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, Lebanon, etc.. The International delegation will join a large Iranian delegation in Tehran, and travel together to Damascus bringing medicines and humanitarian aid to the people of Syria. In Damascus they will join with pilgrims from the United Kingdom and…
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