26Mar 2012 by peacepeople

Give Palestinian Non-violent Resistance a Chance

Israel/Palestine, Press Releases
We are two women and mothers – one Irish and the one American – who have experienced the loss of children in our families to the senseless violence of war. We hope that none of you will experience such pain. However, we know that our experience is hardly unique, and we have formed advocacy groups to end the violence and hold the leaders, militaries and paramilitaries of our societies accountable for robbing us of our loved ones. Among those who know the sadness are thousands of Palestinian and Israeli mothers, many of whom we have met in person. We have made common cause with them to end the grief, which is why we both support nonviolent solutions to a conflict that has taken their sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers and…
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29Feb 2012 by peacepeople

Nobel Peace Laureate Calls For Ceasefire and Nonviolent Solution to the Conflict in Syria

Press Releases
“It is with the greatest sadness that the world witnesses the tremendous ongoing suffering and death of so many people in Syria. We convey our deepest sympathy to all those who have lost loved ones and/or been injured in the nightmare being experienced by the Syrian people. “In order to end this suffering we call upon President Assad and all opposition groups that are using violence to end all hostilities, call an immediate ceasefire, and enter an unconditional, all-inclusive dialogue and negotiations to solve the economic, social and political problems. Also to implement political reforms thereby respecting the voices of the Syrian people for political change. “Violence by the Syrian military forces will not solve the crisis but only cause more bloodshed and death putting at risk the lives of…
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25Oct 2011 by peacepeople

‘May the walls of apartheid come thumbling down’

Campaigns, Israel/Palestine, Press Releases
Mairead writes on the upcoming Russell Tribunal on Palestine in Cape Town. ‘MAY THE WALLS OF APARTHEID COME TUMBLING DOWN’. (Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate) (l5.ll.2011). The Russell Tribunal on Palestine will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, On 5-7th November, 20ll. The International Jury, consists of Lawyers, writers, human rights activists, etc., The Tribunal will be opened by Archbishop Tutu. During the two day hearings, the Jury will receive many presentations, including: ‘The Law and Practice of Apartheid in South Africa and Palestine’ and ‘The Palestinian Right to Self-determination’. It is particularly important that this, the third Session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (previous sessions were held in London and Barcelona) be held in South Africa. South Africa, a country which suffered racism and apartheid until the…
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09Oct 2011 by peacepeople

Press Release

Press Releases
THIS YEAR\'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THREE WOMEN. IN A MONTH IN WHICH WE HAVE ALL MOURNED THE DEATH, AND CELEBRATED THE LIFE, OF OUR GREAT FRIEND AND SISTER, NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, WANGARI MAATHI, WE ARE UPLIFTED AND INSPIRED BY THE GREAT NEWS THAT THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THREE WOMEN. WANGARI WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS NEWS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN DANCING AND SINGING WITH THE MILLIONS OF WOMEN, AND MEN, AROUND THE WORLD WHO WILL CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THE NEW NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE WOMEN. TO ALL THREE WOMEN - LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSTON SIRLEAF, LIBERIAN LEYMAH GHOWEE AND TAWAKUL KARMAN OF YEMEN, AND TO ALL THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, WE SEND MY WARMEST AND SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE ALL, IN YOUR…
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