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New Sentencing Dates for Kings Bay Plowshares 7
The remaining six Kings Bay Plowshares 7 defendants were granted a continuance for sentencing by Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the Southern District Federal court of Georgia in Brunswick from the end of July until September 3rd and 4th. Due…
Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
As we recall the unprecedented horrors that the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki experienced on August 6 and 9, 1945, we reaffirm the determination of our organizations to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again. In just two days,…
Botswana ratifies UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
Botswana has become the 40th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – a landmark global agreement negotiated in 2017 to outlaw the worst weapons of mass destruction and establish a framework for their total elimination.…
Hiroshima survivor asks Prime Minister Trudeau to acknowledge Canada’s role in the 1945 atomic bombings
Toronto’s Setsuko Thurlow—a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima—has urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to acknowledge the extensive Canadian government involvement in the creation of the first atom bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9,…
Fiji ratifies UN nuclear weapon ban treaty
The Pacific island state of Fiji has become the 39th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Fijian ambassador to the United Nations, Satyendra Prasad, announced the ratification at an event on 7 July to…
Norwegian Government Pension Fund: exclude nuclear weapons producers from investments
The ethical committee of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund recommended this week to include significant policy improvements on issues that PAX has advocated for, including nuclear weapons, lethal autonomous weapons and controversial arms trade. In brief, it builds the norm…
Pressenza launches its documentary “The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons” on YouTube
The launch coincides with the 3rd anniversary of the date on which the UN agreed on the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) The documentary is available in 10 languages 12 more countries are required…
ICAN condemns U.S. consideration of resuming nuclear testing
Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, released the following statement condemning reported U.S. consideration of resuming nuclear testing: “A Trump nuclear test would cross a line no nation thought the…
Spain and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: event in the Spanish Congress
As a result of the visit to Spain by Setsuko Thurlow, survivor of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, an event took place in the Spanish Congress of Deptuties on the 26th of February to talk about Spain’s position regarding the…
ICAN PARIS FORUM – Day 1: Light in Dark Times
Photos : Brigitte Cano ICAN PARIS FORUM – How to ban bombs and influence people. “The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and ICAN France invite activists, students, campaigners and anyone interested in changing the world to come together in…
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