Protection of Civilians
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Funding of banned cluster bombs still rising
23-05-2017Investment in companies producing cluster bombs went up last year. This is in spite of the fact that many investors have decided to stop investing in the manufacture of these internationally banned weapons. These are the main conclusions in “Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions; a shared responsibility”, a report released today by PAX.
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Consistent strategy for Syria painfully absent
07-04-2017by PAX General Director Jan Gruiters
Protection of Civilians, Middle East -
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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After Dutch election -- time to build bridges
16-03-2017The Dutch have voted, the results are in. What happened? There was no breakthrough for the polarising populism of Geert Wilders, while there is support for Europe.
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Drivers aim to pick up refugees in Greece
02-03-2017On 5 and 6 March, people from around Europe will drive to Brussels to volunteer as refugee chauffeurs.
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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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Siege Watch: Sieges will not end with Aleppo
01-12-2016Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air support, are moving into Eastern Aleppo. This is the main opposition-controlled urban centre in Syria. As Eastern Aleppo collapses, Bashar al-Assad’s regime appears poised to win the military campaign in Syria. But the war is far from over.
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PAX Reaction to the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States
09-11-2016The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States increases global insecurity and instability.
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What happens after Mosul?
25-10-2016Two years ago, ISIS took over the major northern-Iraqi city of Mosul. A reign of terror followed. Now, about 50,000 soldiers from the Iraqi army, the Kurdish Peshmerga and a number of allied militias have started the battle to retake the city. In two reports published over the past 18 months, PAX has been warning about what happens the day ISIS is gone.
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Peace Prize honours Colombian victims as well
07-10-2016The granting of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sends a powerful signal of support for the peace process and the bridging of division in Colombia.
Protection of Civilians, Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Dealing with the Past, Colombia