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World military spending grows to $1.8 trillion, new SIPRI data
Pressenza republishes here the SIPRI report of military spending for 2018. (Stockholm, 29 April 2019) Total world military expenditure rose to $1822 billion in 2018, representing an increase of 2.6 per cent from 2017, according to new data from the Stockholm…
A call to start nuclear disarmament and to bring the Ban Treaty quickly into force
Pressenza publishes this call from Luigi Mosca, Doctor in Physics who has worked at Saclay laboratories (CEA/France), CERN (Switzerland), Serpukhov (Russia) and at the “Modane Underground Laboratory” (LSM), former Director of LSM and nuclear disarmament activist. First of all, we…
Resolution supporting the TPNW submitted in US Congress
On Thursday 11 April, US Congresspersons Jim McGovern and Earl Blumenauer introduced a historic resolution, H. Res 302: Embracing the Goals and Provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first US House of Representatives resolution that calls…
Mairead Maguire asks to visit Assange in prison
Nobel Peace Laureate Maguire requests UK Home Office for permission to visit her friend Nobel Peace nominee Julian Assange in prison in London. Press Release: Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, Co-Founder, Peace People Northern Ireland. www.peacepeople.com 12th April, 2019…
Greece in Denial About Police Detention of Lone Kids
Athens Fails to Act on European Court Ruling Against Detaining Migrant Kids By Eva Cossé The European Court of Human Rights recently confirmed what many have long known: that Greece’s practice of locking up unaccompanied migrant and asylum-seeking children in…
Spain: the city of A Coruña declares October 2 the “Day of Active Nonviolence”
A Coruña declara el 2 de Octubre “Día de la Noviolencia Activa” en la ciudad
Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power Capacity
Sector adds 171 GW of generating capacity in 2018 The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency…
Brunei’s Islam and US Christian radicals: not a good day for LGBT human rights
Brunei and Sharia Law George Clooney, and now Elton John (is this the beginning of #MeToo 2.0?) have called for a boycott on hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei. This is due to a new application of Sharia Law…
Groundbreaking judgement on Germany’s role in US drone program
YEMENI CLAIMANTS WIN CASE IN GERMANY: GERMAN GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE THAT US RESPECTS INTERNATIONAL LAW AT RAMSTEIN Münster/Berlin, 19 March 2019 – In the case Bin Ali Jaber v Germany, the Higher Administrative Court in Münster found in favor of…
No war on Venezuela, join US March 30, 1 pm at the White House
People Are Coming To Washington, DC On Sat. March 30 From Around The World And Across The United States To Confront NATO And Defend Venezuela. This Week, Foreign Ministers Of NATO Nations Are Coming To Washington, DC. On Their Agenda Is…
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