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Call for the UN to appoint a Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a call to the UN to take concrete action by creating the position of a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists, as November 2, 2015 will mark…
Grand promises of Paris climate deal undermined by squalid retrenchments
By George Monbiot for The Guardian By comparison to what it could have been, it’s a miracle. By comparison to what it should have been, it’s a disaster. Inside the narrow frame within which the talks have taken place, the…
British veterans cast down their medals at Downing Street
“We cannot sow bloodshed and reap peace. I no longer require these medals.” A small group of British military veterans throw off their medals outside Downing Street in protest at the bombing in Syria. Channel 4 News – video of…
COP21- exclusion of human rights from draft text of Paris Agreement
Last night around 10 o’clock, the long-awaited new text of the Paris Climate Agreement was released. Something that fell like a drop of cold water was the complete exclusion of the mention of human rights from the operative text of…
Politicians in UK parliament said they were worried about TTIP
Dear members, Yesterday a rare thing happened. Politicians stood up in parliament and said they were worried about TTIP. [1] Peter Lilley, an influential Conservative MP (who was Trade Minister under Margaret Thatcher) said: “I am especially hostile to all…
Nobel Foundation taken to court on its Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel decided to give one fifth of his fortune for a prize to promote disarmament and resolution of all conflicts through negotiations and legal means, never through violence. It should go to “champions of peace” – to reducing or…
No to War! Call for Peaceful Nonviolent Resistance to UK’s Air Strikes against Syria
By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate* Human Wrongs Watch 7 December 2015 – TRANSCEND Media Service – On 2nd December, 2015 the United Kingdom Parliament voted to bomb Syria and the world watched as British planes, equipped with the latest…
Four U.S. policies that have most offended the Russians
Very important to understand what’s going on today with Russia and the US!, says Alice Slater, as she shared a translation done by Sharon Tennison of the talk given by Prof. Stephen Cohen (contributing editor to thenation.com) at the San…
UK bombing Syria in the light of International law
Arguments based on UN resolution 2249 in Prime Minister´s report on airstrikes in Syria: some clarifications needed By Nicolas Boeglin (*) A few days ago, Prime Minister David Cameron has appealed to Parliament Members to vote in favor of Royal Air…
UK approves bombing of Syria: ‘Loss of innocent lives is sadly almost inevitable’
Ahead of vote, Prime Minister David Cameron described Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as ‘terrorist sympathizer’ for opposing bombing campaign by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Update (6:40 PM EDT): Following day-long debate, MP’s approve aistrikes for Syria Despite…
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