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 PressInfo Contact TFF Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research Vegagatan 25, S – 22457 Lund, Sweden (+46) 738 52 52 00 Can nuclear warbe avoided?       By Gunnar Westberg, TFF Board member TFF PressInfo # 343 Lund, Sweden,…

Chronicle of Forced Labour in Uzbekistan Issue 3, September 9, 2015 Table of Contents Reports by the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights (UGF) monitors Independent Media Reports “In Uzbekistan the cotton campaign has begun. Health workers, students and other citizens…

Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by thanking H.E. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting on the topic of ‘A Culture of Peace’. I believe the issue at hand today is of…

For a Dynamic, Peaceful, Changing Society: our Interview with David Andersson An Interview conducted by Milena Rampoldi – ProMosaik e.V. David Andersson was born in France and has been living in New York City for the past twenty years. He…

Dispatches: Stranded in Budapest’s Train Station A Microcosm of the EU’s Failed Asylum Policies By Lydia Gall – Greenpeace “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will…

Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy Joint Statement Is it really about who started it? The Ceasefire violations on the LoC and the International Border, by India and Pakistan must stop immediately September 3, 2015 The Indian government…

Titled, “Somber reflections on the last days of the Pacific War at the ‘Chapel of the Thunder Gods’”,  Hong Kong-based journalist Steven Knipp was published in Time on this day marking the 70-year anniversary of Japan’s surrender. (Extracts follow, for…

“The murder of three journalists in two weeks shows how the lack of progress in ending impunity has emboldened those bent on silencing the press in the Philippines.” Will their killers be brought to justice? – asks Andrew Emett of…

Eight countries to sharpen long-term climate change adaptation strategies FAO and UNDP join forces under German-funded initiative to raise profile of agriculture in climate change planning A farmer in Viet Nam clearing overgrowth surrounding a small tree in an effort…

Despite opposition from a majority of the Japanese people, the government is forcing this through, without a doubt, the work of a dictatorship. But, this sight before me right now really fills me with hope. Whether this country will permit…