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Syria: Ghouta the next Aleppo
19-06-2017Syrian government forces are bombing and starving out hundreds of thousands of Syrians in Eastern Ghouta in what may quickly become the next Aleppo. Nearly 420,000 people are suffering from severe shortages of food and medical supplies, and are unable to move about freely due to the bombing.
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Author Andrew Feinstein to speak on the weapons trade
10-04-2017What deals has the British arms manufacturer BAE made with the Saudi prince Bandar bin Sultan? And what role did former prime minister Tony Blair play in making these deals?
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Consistent strategy for Syria painfully absent
07-04-2017by PAX General Director Jan Gruiters
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PAX calls on UN Security Council to take action after chemical attack
05-04-2017Dutch peace organisation PAX is appalled that yet another chemical attack has taken place in Syria, despite repeated UN Security Council commitments to end the use of banned chemical weapons and hold responsible parties accountable.
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Siege, bomb, starve, expel - Assad tactics in Syria
23-03-2017Yet another mass expulsion is underway in Syria. Thousands of residents of the al-Waer district of Homs are being taken away under threat of violence as part of a Russian brokered forced surrender deal between opposition leaders in al-Waer and the Assad regime.
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Be bold for change
08-03-2017Today, on International Women's Day, PAX celebrates the inspirational work women have done over the past year. It is a moment to reflect upon the progress made in advancing gender equality, and to recognize the challenges facing women.
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Insurers invest billions in arms manufacturers
02-03-2017Six insurance groups active in the Netherlands invest a combined total of 3.6 billion euros in the world’s five largest weapons manufacturers.
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Destruction of Homs and Aleppo part of broader strategy
21-02-2017Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria is carrying out a national strategy to change the demographics of the country. This strategy includes besieging, starving, killing and transferring people in a number of cities and neighbourhoods associated with resistance to his government.
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Turkey wants to kick arms dependence habit
10-01-2017Turkey no longer wants to be dependent on imported weapons. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has overseen the rapid growth of a domestic arms industry, and is pursuing the ambitious development of indigenous weapon systems.
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Message of support to Syria
13-12-2016News coming out of eastern Aleppo tells of large-scale arrests, disappearances, mass murders and hundreds of people killed or trapped under buildings destroyed by bombs.
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