Nonviolence

As the UN General Assembly debates issues of world peace, a space is given to civil society organisations to make presentations.  This statement by Andrew Lichterman, of Western States Legal Foundation, was delivered by Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States…

“Palestine is not a local issue, it is a global issue with global ramifications” ProMosaik e.V. interviews Mazin Qumsiyeh By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. An important interview with the Palestinian writer and scientist Mazin Qumsiyeh, born in Beit Sahour in…

This year’s international Day of Nonviolence witnessed a whole host of activities around the world. Among the activities held on the annual October 2nd included: In Nakpanduri, a conflict area that experiences curfews in the northern region of Ghana, there…

To Pressenza, I am sending you a link to see some pictures from yesterday [October 2, 2015] when we celebrated The Day of NonViolence in Bitipara Park [of Study & Reflection, Gazipur, Bangladesh]. It was an interesting celebration where many…

Among the events taking place on the 2nd of October, the International Day of Nonviolence, was a March in Madrid which started at the Syrian Embassy and ended at the offices of the European Parliament. At the Syrian Embassy an…

Moving video and photos from the peace sign formed on the 2nd of October to mark the International day of Nonviolence. Video images: Tamas Csefko, Balazs Szigeti, Editing: Tamas Csefko

500 people gathered in Budapest’s Heroes Square on Friday evening, 2nd of October, to mark the International Day of Nonviolence. Organised by different communities of Silo’s Message in the city, mostly through a campaign on Facebook, people came together to…

Jeremy Corbyn, long standing antinuclear campaigner and Member of the UK Parliament, now Leader of the Labour Party,  answered in an interview that he would not press the Red Button. It unleashed a storm inside and outside his party, he…

On the International day of Nonviolence, EuroMarches celebrated the meaning of this principle which underlines this citizen initiative. Yesterday’s events, which centred on the condemnation of tax havens located within the EU, culminated in Seville where a thousand people received…

Pressenza publishes here the statement by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to mark the international day of nonviolence. This year, as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, the International Day of Nonviolence has special importance. At a…