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The Plebiscite
Human Wrongs Watch By Uri Avnery*, 6 December 2014 ISRAELIS ARE fed up with Binyamin Netanyahu. They are fed up with the government. They are fed up with all political parties. They are fed up with themselves. They are fed up.…
Understanding violence through children’s lives
“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated by adults with tenderness and respect as equals. They should be allowed to grow into whoever…
Change the Iran policy now
The First Conference on ”World Against Violence and Extremism” is inaugurated here in Tehran this morning by President Rouhani. His idea was endorsed unanimously by the UN General Assembly last year. This PressInfo was written before I came to Iran.…
Assange: The Future of the Web is in Latin America
A new landscape for the Latin America on-line infrastructure was proposed by Julian Assange, hacker, activist, journalist and founder of Wikileaks . During the First National Meeting of Internet Governance, held at the International Centre for Advanced Studies for Latin America…
Award Acceptance Speech by Edward Snowden
December 1st 2014 Due to the problematic transmission, few words/ half sentences are inaudible. Thank you so much. You know I am far below qualified for this kind of honours. It is an extraordinary privilege to be counted among so…
Nuclear weapon conference opens in Vienna with 157 countries
This morning in the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, in the presence of delegations from 157 countries and dozens of civil society organisations many of whom are partners of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the inter-governmental conference opened with statements…
The Chinese baby and the British bath water
A prominent figure on the Hong Kong political scene and someone who should know better, a lot better, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee – legislator and chair of the New People’s Party – has written an editorial for the South China…
Campaign calls for negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons
More than 150 states gather in Vienna for global conference on nuclear weapons (8 December 2014, Vienna), In a demonstration of overwhelming support from the international community, representatives from more than 150 states are gathering in Vienna, Austria for the…
Images from the ICAN civil society forum day 2
A selection of images from day 2 of the ICAN civil society forum. All images courtesy of ICAN Austria. More images can be found on their flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129150020@N08/sets/72157649221634858/
It’s time to quit the nuclear habit
The second day of the civil society forum started with a panel on the theme of political leadership which involved representatives from those countries which have organised inter-governmental conferences speaking about the things achieved to date in the process of…
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