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Yasin Malik’s Trail and Sentence – Legal Process or Political Agenda?

Press Briefing: Yasin Malik’s Trail and Sentence – Legal Process or Political Agenda? on 03 September 2025 in Brussel. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us today. We are here to present a concise briefing on Yasin Malik—a Kashmiri…

Global Sumud Flotilla, the sea as a companion on the way to Gaza

The sea opens paths that the powerful tried to close. From Barcelona sets sail the Global Sumud Flotilla, a flotilla of persistence, of constancy, of resistance. Half a hundred boats that do not carry bombs but food and medicine, that…

Nonviolent exercises. Logbook from the Global Sumud Flotilla

A new report from our collaborators aboard the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla, currently in Sicily awaiting departure for Gaza. No beatings yesterday for the members of the Global Sumud Flotilla. We carried out a simulation of direct nonviolent…

Nonviolent Civil Defense in the Face of Militarization

Europe’s rampant turbo-militarization is fueled in part by an assumption that it is time to question. This assumption is widespread, both in military circles and in popular culture at large, as well as among many activist circles. The assumption is…

Where to find hope in the land between the river and the sea? Part One

The future never manifests itself at the center first. The future manifests itself at the margins first. Otto Scharmer. Do the strike and the demonstration on August 17 in Israel give a sign of hope for transformation in the consciousness…

The United Nations Recognizes Surrogacy as Violence and Calls for its Universal Abolition  

(Français ci-dessous) Paris  The Casablanca Declaration welcomes the report presented on 14 July 2025 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, which marks a historic breakthrough in the fight against surrogacy (see the…

The Psychic and Affective Effect of Violence in Gaza: A Call to Global Awareness and Self-Care

The constant live broadcast of extreme violence, bombings, and atrocious acts of genocide in Gaza has left a deep mark on the collective psyche worldwide. In the 21st century, where information travels instantly through social networks and media outlets, these…

Israeli conscientious objector Yona Rosemann sentenced to 30 days in military prison

Yesterday, August 17, Yona Rosemann (19 years old, Haifa) was sentenced to 30 days in military prison for her refusal to join the Israeli army, which is committing a genocide in Gaza. The Israeli police brutally dispersed the demonstration of…

Latvia: A new face for civilian-based defense (CBD)?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine. The rise of Russian-style hybrid warfare. General receptivity to the idea of nonviolent civilian-based defense (CBD) in Latvia, one of the two Baltic states that share a border with Russia, has never been lower. It…

You Can’t Stop the Wars If You Don’t Stop the Violence

It is paradoxical that many advocate for ending wars without acknowledging the root issue of violence. If now is not the time to finally address violence, when will it be? We must name and challenge all its forms—physical, religious, economic,…

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