Syria peace convoy to start journey from Tehran
" Pilgrams For Peace"
PEACE PILGRIMAGE TO SYRIA AND IRAN
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…
Hazel Senior
It was with great sadness that we learnt of Hazels death on the 20th of March. We remember Hazel as a wonderful former member of the Peace People and we offer our condolences to the family. May she rest in Peace Everyone at the Peace People.
A Future Without War
A Future Without War - Keynote Speech Delivered At The Abolition Of War Conference Vaasa, Finland Spring, 2014
FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
At the invitation of Code Pink, Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, and Ann Patterson, Peace People, agreed to join the Code Pink International Womens’ Delegation to Gaza, through the Egyptian Rafah crossing. The invitation had been extended by Womens’ Organizations in Gaza as they wished to celebrate International Womens Day, and draw attention to the ongoing Blockade of Gaza, by Israeli Government, which is now in its 8th year, and which is a policy causing a humanitarian crisis and deep pain and suffering for the people of Gaza, particularly children and women. Gaza, with a population of l.7 Palestinians, mostly youth, has been cut off from the rest of Palestine, as part of Israeli policy of dividing the Palestinian people. Its Port which has been closed for over 40 years,…