Full Coverage: War and peace

29.07.2005 Grupa za ekološku osviještenost (GEO), Balkanski institut za istraživanje i razvoj, u suradnji sa Novim Albanskim društvom (NAD) i Očuvanje šuma i zelenog okoliša najavljuju ''Dugu šetnju za mir'' koja će se održati u Kosovu, Crnoj Gori i Albaniji od 1. do 12. kolovoza

28.07.2005 Nell'ambito del piano di intervento post tsunami, Sanasa Development Bank è in questi giorni la seconda realtà dello Sri Lanka a ricevere finanziamenti da Etimos e Banca Etica: in totale 200mila euro di capitalizzazione e 30mila per attività di formazione rivolte sia allo staff dell’organizzazione sia alla clientela. "Sanasa" è l’acronimo in lingua Sinhala di "movimento delle cooperative di credito e risparmio" ed è radicato nel territorio dello Sri Lanka da cento anni: si compone oggi di 8.400 cooperative di risparmio e credito, organizzate in federazione (la "Sanasa Federation") e diffuse su tutto il territorio, con un totale di circa 856.000 membri, dei quali il 32% di età compresa tra i 18 ed i 35 anni e il 54% donne. Ogni cooperativa conta dai cento ai mille soci. I crediti erogati variano mediamente dai 200 ai 400 euro ma possono arrivare ad un importo massimo di 4000 euro.

27.07.2005 Na cavtatskom skupu, kojim predsjedava celnik Hrvatsko-crnogorskog medjudrzavnog savjeta (HCMS) Veljko Bulajic, ministri poljoprivrede u vladama Crne Gore i Hrvatske, Milutin Simovic i Petar Cobankovic potpisace "Dogovor za obestecenje stocnog fonda koji je JNA izmjestila sa farmi u Konavlima u Crnu Goru i druge krajeve" u vrijednosti od 400.000 eura. Rijec je o nadoknadi za 670 krava odvedenih sa farme u Grudi i drugih djelova opstine Konavle tokom ratne 1991. godine.

26.07.2005 Amnistie internationale a révélé ce mardi 26 juillet que des milliers d’enfants au Népal étaient confrontés à des exactions et violences graves dans le conflit en cours au Népal, où rebelles maoïstes et forces de sécurité se livrent à une lutte interne brutale depuis neuf ans.

Dans un rapport sur le Népal rendu public ce mardi 26 juillet, intitulé en anglais Nepal : Children caught in the conflict, l’organisation explique que des enfants népalais sont tués, détenus illégalement, torturés, violés, enlevés et recrutés de force pour des tâches militaires ; l’organisation accuse les deux parties au conflit de violer les droits les plus élémentaires des enfants.

26.07.2005 Na međunarodnoj konferenciji pod nazivom ''Od reakcije prema prevenciji – Civilno društvo stvara partnerstva za sprječavanje nasilnih sukoba i izgradnji mira'' održanoj u sjedištu Ujedinjenih naroda u New Yorku, između 19. i 21, srpnja 2005. godine, sudjelovalo je i šest predstavnica / predstavnika iz Republike Hrvatske, članova organizacija civilnoga društva te akademeske zajednice.

25.07.2005 Il Consiglio Nazionale di Pax Christi Italia, riunito presso la Casa della Pace di Tavarnuzze (FI), nei giorni 23-24 luglio 2005, ha analizzato con rinnovata preoccupazione l’escalation della violenza su scala mondiale. Il presidente, Mons. Tommaso Valentinetti, ha dichiarato che ogni atto che colpisce la vita è un offesa a Dio e perciò tutte le religioni devono impegnarsi ulteriormente, secondo gli auspici del Papa, per rimuovere le cause di tanta sofferenza e costruire una pace autentica e duratura.Il monito di Giovanni XXIII, secondo cui nella nostra epoca la guerra è uno strumento alieno da ogni razionalità per risolvere simili problemi (Pacem in Terris 67) si sta rivelando ancora una volta drammaticamente vero.

25.07.2005 The leadership asserted by the U.S. Congress one year ago, when it unanimously declared that genocide was taking place in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, has now dissipated, says Africa Action, faulting the legislators for failing to exert pressure on the Bush administration to provide protection for Darfur's civilians, where threats of sanctions and divestment have proved insufficient.

25.07.2005 By charging soldiers alleged to have violated human rights in Iraq with war crimes, the U.K. is taking its international obligations seriously and "blunting the ability of extremists to exploit the Iraq war," political analysts say. The U.S., by contrast, was seen by many as covering up misdeeds at Abu Ghraib prison when it tried nine soldiers only for "infringements of military code."

21.07.2005 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) called on the international community to go beyond mere awareness of the gender dimensions of war and peace and buttress women's participation in preventing and resolving national and local conflicts.
From: The UN News Centre

19.07.2005 An independent research team announced Tuesday that nearly 25,000 Iraqi civilians have met violent deaths in the two years after the U.S.-led invasion. The figures up to March 2005, compiled from Iraqi and international media reports, found coalition forces responsible for nearly 40% of the deaths, while insurgents accounted for only 9%.

19.07.2005 Because he grew up in Egypt and could speak Arabic, Aidan Delgado was able to communicate with the Iraqis he was sent to fight. "I felt like they were trapped in the war as much as I was and we were all victims of it, so I felt that fighting them would be wrong," said Delgado, who now speaks to high school students about "the ugly side of the war."

19.07.2005 On July 10, 1995, around 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were systematically massacred after the United Nations “safe area” of Srebrenica fell to the Bosnian Serb Army. Ten years later, relatives are still waiting for the Bosnian Serb authorities to tell them exactly what happened to their family members. Amnesty is asking people to write polite letters expressing concern that many of the perpetrators of the Srebrenica massacre have yet to be brought to justice.

18.07.2005 A letter signed by members of the U.S. Congress calling attention to continued attacks against women, religious communities, and all Colombia's people will be sent to President Alvaro Uribe at the end of this week. Lutheran World Relief is asking you to urge your representative to sign on.

18.07.2005 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment blocking the administration's plan to supply the Haitian National Police with arms. Although many Haitian police officers are fighting crime, the force as a whole is a cause of the violence, not a solution, says Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.

18.07.2005 Since former president of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was ousted from power last year, people in pro-Aristide neighborhoods in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have faced extreme repression at the hands of Haitian police. U.S.-based human rights and trade union activists say they have evidence proving that U.N. military forces carried out a "massacre" in Cite Soleil on Jul. 6, and would like the U.N. to investigate.

18.07.2005 Si può definire una guerra giusta? E come coniugare l’esigenza di sicurezza e di libertà, di fronte agli attacchi di Londra, Madrid e di New York?
In occasione di Dolomiti di Pace, la manifestazione realizzata da Trentino S.p.a., Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti e Forum Trentino per la Pace, abbiamo incontrato Giulio Giorello, filosofo, allievo di Ludovico Geymonat, titolare della cattedra di filosofia della scienza all’Università degli Studi di Milano, ospite dell’incontro dello scorso 13 luglio al Forte Busa Verle, sull’altopiano di Vezzena. Abbiamo parlato con lui di guerra, di terrorismo, di sicurezza e di libertà, di Europa e di pace. Alle nostre domande, in una chiacchierata molto piacevole, Giorello ha risposto con analisi limpide e puntuali, solite di chi ama esercitare il pensiero. Passando da Voltaire a Jefferson per arrivare ai giorni nostri.

17.07.2005 Former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced from power in a 2004 coup widely considered to have been supported by the U.S., but what was the cause of his dramatic falling out with Washington? "Privatization, privatization, and privatization," Aristide says in an interview with journalist Naomi Klein, detailing how his economic policy ran counter to U.S. interests, eventually costing him his presidency.

15.07.2005 CANBERRA, Jul 15 (IPS) - The sentencing of a former Baghdad goldsmith for helping organise a people-smuggling operation that ended in tragedy has not quelled controversy over the Australian government's role in the October 2001 drowning of 353 Iraqi asylum-seekers on their way to this country from Indonesia.

15.07.2005 Face à l’intensification et la propagation de la violence à Port-au-Prince, la capitale d’Haïti, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) appelle aujourd’hui tous les acteurs armés de la ville à respecter la sécurité des populations civiles et de permettre un accès immédiat aux soins médicaux d’urgence aux personnes blessées lors de combats.

14.07.2005 CNN, Fox News, NBC/MSNBC, ABC, and CBS devoted more than 8,000 segments in June to the "runaway bride," the Michael Jackson trial, and actor Tom Cruise, reports the "Be A Witness" campaign; the ongoing genocide in Darfur was alotted 126 segments. The campaign is calling on Americans to send a message to these networks to "give the Darfur genocide the coverage it so clearly deserves."