19Dec 2012 by peacepeople

Afghan Peace Volunteers

Afghanistan, Press Releases
Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire Goes to Afghanistan to Join Afghan Peace Volunteers' Demand for Cease Fire and Negotiation I have come here to give my support to the campaign for 2 million friends of the Afghan people. You have chosen to run this campaign because you remember that 2 million people from Afghanistan have died in violence under war, under killing. We’re here today to remember every single one of those people who died needlessly and for this I am sorry, and I say, “Sorry to the Afghan people for what the governments of the US and NATO and other governments have done to the Afghan people, and I say, ‘Not in my name.’” We’re here on behalf of the Afghan Peace Volunteers to give a petition to the UN…
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17Dec 2012 by peacepeople

2012 Peace Prize

Press Releases
THE 2012 PEACE PRIZE IS UNLAWFUL AND CANNOT BE PAID TO THE EU Nobel laureates demand 2012: c/o Peter Kolbe, Werderstr. 36 69120 Heidelberg, Germany p.kolbe@nobelforpeace-summits.org November 28, 2012 The Nobel Foundation P.O. Box 5232, SE-102 45 Stockholm, Sweden THE 2012 PEACE PRIZE IS UNLAWFUL AND CANNOT BE PAID TO THE EU The European Union, announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as the winner of the peace prize for 2012, clearly is not one of “the champions of peace” Alfred (more…)
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27Nov 2012 by peacepeople

ICTU Rally

Israel/Palestine, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE Mairead Maguire speaks at ICTU Rally on Saturday 24th November 2012. Maguire called Israeli President Perez, Prime Minister Netanyahu And defence Minister Barak, war criminals and called for them to be held accountable before the International Court of justice     Mairead Maguire, nobel peace laureate, said;   “TheUSAadministration is the greatest block to peace in the Israel/Palestine conflict. They continue to be complicit in Israelis war crimes by their veto of UN resolutions againstIsraelandUSA’s military, financial and diplomatic support forIsrael. TheUSAcontribute 8 million dollars per day of military aid , making possibleIsraelcontinued military occupation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. The American administration could help bring peace to Israel/Palestine by withdrawing military aid toIsraeland insistingIsraeluphold UN resolutions and end its military occupation ofPalestine.   Maguire accused…
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16Nov 2012 by peacepeople

Press Release

Press Releases
  PEACE NOBELIST MAGUIRE SAYS; Israeli Military Assault on Gaza – ‘Operation Pillar of Defence’ – Not defence but murder of unarmed civilians…. It is with the greatest sadness, mixed with frustration, and a sense of helplessness, that many people around the world, myself included, watched on television the horrific scenes of death and destruction perpetrated, yet again, by the latest Israeli military assault on Gaza and its besieged, mostly young population. The question on many people lips is; ‘When is the Israel government going to stop this bombing and continual wars and threat of war, against the Palestinians, and its neighbours, admit that there will be no military solution to the Palestinian Occupation, and begin to talk seriously with their enemies, in order to solve the problems for the…
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20Sep 2012 by peacepeople

An Open Letter from Mairead Maguire

Campaigns, Press Releases
  Trident submarines are the UK’s weapons of mass destruction. They must be resisted. I fully support ACTION AWE and its campaign to take nonviolent action in order to resist the replacement of Trident submarines. It is important and urgent that all of us must do what we can to stop the dangers of nuclear conflict and the real danger of slipping into world war III. People power is the only thing which will force UK politicians in 2016 to follow their conscience, and vote against the replacement of the UK Trident submarines, so we should increase our efforts and campaigns now - well before the next UK elections around 2015. It will be the Parliament that we elect then who will vote yes or no to the replacement of…
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