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January 2006
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01/31/2006
Una dichiarazione di intenti da sottoscrivere pubblicamente nel rispetto dell’articolo 11 della Costituzione. Lo chiedono a tutti i candidati alle prossime elezioni politiche una quarantina di gruppi e associazioni attive sui temi della pace e della nonviolenza con l’iniziativa “Addio alle armi”. Un sito, www.addioallearmi.org, riporta il testo dell’appello che può essere sottoscritto da tutti e discusso nell’apposito FORUM. Ai candidati si chiede non solo l’impegno per il ritiro immediato dall’Iraq, ma la promozione di una vera cultura della pace che passi ad esempio attraverso il monitoraggio delle banche che sostengono l’esportazione di armi italiane, l’appoggio ai corpi civili di pace, la riduzione delle spese militari.
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01/31/2006
Il Forum “Informazione ideologia guerra” che si è tenuto il 28 gennaio a Roma è stata una bella giornata di discussione, scambio di esperienze e tentativi di individuare le possibilità di una strategia di attacco dei movimenti contro l’informazione di guerra. Una sala gremita di attivisti del movimento no war, di mediattivisti, di studiosi e di operatori dell’informazione e numerosi gli interventi nel corso di cinque ore e mezzo di lavori. L’ambizione di uscire da una posizione che abbiamo definito “consolatoria”, ossia la lamentazione sui mali dell’informazione embedded, ha dovuto fare i conti con una difficoltà spesso obiettiva ma altrettanto spesso soggettiva nel far emergere proposte di iniziativa per contrastare quello che Giulietto Chiesa definì lo “tsunami mediatico”. Ma questo era uno dei limiti con cui la stessa convocazione del Forum sapeva di dover fare i conti. Dunque nel forum del 28 gennaio ci sono state più domande che risposte e forse era giusto ed inevitabile che fosse così.
Read moreRelated: [Civil Society] Image: Informazione sull'Iraq - da wti-italia.org
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01/31/2006
Military Families Against the War says that the death of the 100th British soldier in Iraq yesterday will be marked by protests in towns across the country.
Read moreRelated: [United Kingdom] [Iraq] Image: Iraq war protest, Westminster © Gabrielle Hamm
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01/31/2006
The U.S. has the perfect opportunity to stop the genocide in Darfur when it takes over the presidency of the U.N Security Council this February. A massive call-in campaign will target the U.S. mission to the U.N. Wednesday and a rally for Darfur will take place at the White House Thursday.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [Sudan] [Human Rights] [Activism] [Governance] [Security] [United Nations] Image: A Darfur Call to Action Outside the White House © Africa Action
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01/28/2006
The UN Security Council must stop the deluge of weapons into Africa's Great Lakes region - particularly northern Uganda and Congo - and protect civilians from attacks by armed groups, a leading charity urged.
Read more* Security Council reviews proposed peacebuilding in Africa’s Great Lakes region From: Oxfam International Related: [Uganda] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Burundi] [United Nations] Image: Aim for arms control (Oxfam GB) © Oxfam GB
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01/27/2006
From the suffragettes and the garment workers who inspired the first International Women's Day to Rosa Parks and her allies in the civil rights movement, U.S. women have a long tradition of standing up for justice and peace, says CodePink founder Medea Benjamin. She calls on America's women to take a stand again and join CodePink's "Women Say No to War" campaign.
Read moreFrom: The Nation Magazine Related: [United States] [Gender] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Peace] Image: Iraqi Women rallied for their rights in the new drafted constitution. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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01/27/2006
About 400 UN staff members in Ivory Coast have been evacuated to Gambia and Senegal in the wake of attacks on the UN offices.
Read moreFrom: ReliefWeb UN OCHA Related: [Cote d'Ivoire] [United Nations] |
01/27/2006
After the tsunami, lives and livelihoods are threatened once again by war. The was has caused more disruption to daily life than the tsunami’s brief but tragic assault. Now there are frightening signs that the country is on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war.
Read moreRelated: [Sri Lanka] [South Asia] [Development] [Poverty] [War and Peace] |
01/27/2006
Per la "Giornata della memoria" Green-Cross Italia pubblica uno scritto di Giorgio Nebbia che porta alla luce, attraverso una serie di testimonianze per così dire "commerciali", alcuni aspetti poco noti ma particolarmente indicativi della logica e della strategia che furono intraprese dai nazisti per avviare il popolo ebraico allo sterminio. "Non possiamo dimenticare, nel riproporre questo nostro speciale, che l'anno che è appena trascorso è stato denso di avvenimenti che, anche se non sono nemmeno lontanamente paragonabili all'Olocausto, hanno influenzato negativamente il panorama dello sviluppo dei diritti umani a livello globale" - scrive Elio Pacilio di Green Cross Italia. "Sono continuate le tensioni internazionali che hanno acuito le tensioni tra i popoli, sparato culture e tracciato profondi solchi tra grandi religioni. La guerra in Iraq, la perdurante tensione in Medio Oriente, i cosiddetti conflitti a bassa intensità che insanguinano l'Africa, le tensioni diplomatiche nell'area asiatica, il perdurare delle tensioni nelle Ex Repubbliche Sovietiche e l'instabilità dell'Afghanistan del dopo Talebani, sono stati, nell'anno passato, tutti drammatici capitoli aperti dei quali non si intravedono soluzioni sostenibili".
Read moreRelated: [Human Rights] [Race Politics] Image: Il cancello di Auschwitz - da Indymedia
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01/27/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan 26 (OneWorld) - The UN Security Council has condemned an attack that killed eight Guatemalan UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid a new wave of violence sweeping the former Zaire and its neighbors in Africa's Great Lakes region.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Uganda] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Refugees] |
01/26/2006
Hamas politicians--who appear to have won a surprising victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections--say they are inspired by, but not in lock step with the group's militant core. Though considered a terrorist group by the U.S. and Israel, Hamas is also known at home for providing social services.
Read moreFrom: Christian Science Monitor Related: [Palestine] [Politics] [Democracy] [Governance] Image: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia stepped down Thursday to make way for a Hamas-controlled cabinet. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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01/26/2006
International development and rights activist Walden Bello explains how military interventions for 'humanitarian reasons' can cause further human rights violations, be corrupted by political goals, and set a dangerous precedent for the disregard of national sovereignty.
Read moreFrom: Focus on the Global South Related: [Iraq] [Kosovo] [United States] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Conflict Resolution] [Peace] [United Nations] Image: Humanitarian Intervention? © In These Times
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01/26/2006
Sudanese refugees are again fleeing Darfur for camps in neighbouring Chad, and the UN refugee chief, António Guterres, has warned the UN Security Council of a "much greater calamity" in the region unless bold measures are taken soon.
Read moreFrom: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Related: [Sudan] [Refugees] [United Nations] |
01/25/2006
As the first leg of this year's World Social Forum drew to a close in West Africa Monday, participants noted the decidedly "Afrocentric" focus of the event. Despite minor administrative glitches, participants discussed issues ranging from women's rights to the conflict in the Sudan, and shuttled between more than 800 events and activities.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Africa] [Development] [Population] [Poverty] [Economy] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Civil Society] Image: Outdoor Teach-In at World Social Forum India, July 2003 © Peter Armstrong
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01/25/2006
Citing concerns that senior Sudanese officials have been implicated in war crimes over the continuing conflict in Darfur, a committee of African Union nations has instead elected Congo-Brazzaville's leader to head the continent's organizing body for the next year. To the great chagrin of rights campaigners, Sudan's president will take over the post in 2007, the committee agreed.
Read moreFrom: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network Related: [Congo] [Sudan] [Geopolitics] |
01/25/2006
New analysis reportedly shows important lessons can be learned from the differing responses of Indonesia and Sri Lanka to conflict and "un-natural" disasters.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [Sri Lanka] [Indonesia] [Emergency Relief] |
01/25/2006
Unidentified assailants killed journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan of the Tamil-language newspaper Sudaroli in the port city of Trincomalee on 24 January 2006, a day after he wrote an article about abuses committed by Tamil political organisations. International organisations Free Media Movement (FMM), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have reported on the incident.
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01/25/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan 24 (OneWorld) - New fighting has broken out in Sudan's Darfur region in apparent protest against the Khartoum regime's candidacy to head the African Union (AU). The move comes as the Bush administration prepares to preside over the U.N. Security Council amid calls for it to end the bloody conflict.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Sudan] [Refugees] [Geopolitics] [United Nations] |
01/24/2006
Recent remarks by senior U.S. and U.N. officials, as well as by African Union representatives indicate a growing consensus on the need for a U.N. intervention to stop the violence in Darfur, says Africa Action. The group has called on the U.S. to use its chairmanship of the U.N. Security Council in February to push the issue.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [United States] [Sudan] [Geopolitics] [Arms & Military] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Salwa is one of over 200,000 Darfuri refugees who have fled to Chad. © Refugees International
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