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Joint Statement on Recently Increased Human Rights Violations
Strong allegations have been reflected in the public sphere concerning extra-judicial executions, forced displacement, bombing of civilian settlements and urban infrastructure, arbitrary detention, torture and other forms of ill-treatment during the operation launched by HTS against the neighbourhoods of Sheikh…
Melissa Parke: “Ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will set Greece on the right side of history”
Members of the ICAN and the Greek Anti-Nuclear Alliance invited ICAN Executive Director Melissa Parke to Athens. Melissa Parke, with her rich CV as Australia’s Minister for Internal Development and as a UN expert in Kosovo, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and…
Greece: Over a hundred cities join their voices for a free Palestine
On Sunday, August 10, BDS Greece, March to Gaza, and the Palestinian community in Greece organized a national day of action on islands and tourist destinations because: Tourism cannot be used to whitewash war crimes. We cannot violate fundamental rights…
A week before the NATO meeting, Spain reacts to the 5% of armaments
“Committing to the 5% target would not only be absurd, but also counterproductive, because it would take Spain further away from optimal spending and hinder the EU’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the security and defence ecosystem.” About a week before…
Promoting Global Peace and Nuclear Disarmament: Reiner Braun Meets with His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Reiner Braun, German journalist, historian, renowned peace activist, and former Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), was recently honored with a private audience with His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), the Fifth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim…
G. Varoufakis in the European Parliament: “How Europe fell into the arms of warmongering, and what we must do”
On Tuesday, June 10 2025, I addressed a meeting at the European Parliament, an event organised by The Left and M5S Europa, on the theme of “The Economic Conditions for Peace”, alongside Jeffrey Sachs and Giuseppe Conte. My talk can be watched and…
On the book “Ukraine, The big Plan” written by Leonidas Vatikiotis
On Friday 9 May 2025, in a packed hall at the Greek Union of Editors of Daily Press, the presentation of the new book by Leonidas Vatikiotis, “Ukraine, The Grand Plan, Even if it didn’t exist, it would have to…
The carousel of nonviolent journalism
On 22 November 2024, the international news agency pressenza was invited to present the different challenges it faces in its efforts to produce journalism for peace and nonviolence worldwide. The invitation came from the University of San Marcos in Lima,…
Emergency housing: the case of Hurricane Milton
In modern times, the climate crisis has made its presence felt in every way: from rising temperatures to extreme weather events (floods, hurricanes, etc.), every year there are at least two or three cases of natural disasters that sound the…
Students for Peace: Creating a Human Peace Symbol in Schools Across Greece
The action was the creation of a human Peace sign by the students and teachers of one or more classes or all the students and teachers, in the school yard, with a corresponding photo of the sign from a high…
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