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Beirut explosion comes on top of already enormous problems

05-08-2020 Like the rest of the world, PAX is shocked by the devastating events in Beirut, Lebanon. We are in close contact with our friends and partners. Our hearts and thoughts go out to them, and all people in Lebanon, affected by this terrible disaster.
Local Governance and Peacebuilding, Gender, Peace & Security, Middle East
My anger motivates and fuels me in my activism against nuclear weapons

30-07-2020 On Thursday August 6th, it will be exactly 75 years since the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were carried out. Setsuko Thurlow was 13 years old when the bomb fell on Hiroshima, miraculously she survived. Setsuko has become one of the faces of the global fight against nuclear weapons. In December 2017, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and PAX. Despite her busy schedule, PAX's nuclear specialist Susi Snyder was allowed to call her.
Dawoud al-Ghoul released, but with conditions

29-07-2020 PAX contact in East Jerusalem Dawoud al-Ghoul was released on conditions yesterday after his arrest had been extended twice. Unfortunately the release doesn’t mean the case is over. While no charges have been filed against him, conditions including house arrest, financial bail and contact limitation have been imposed pending an ongoing investigation.
Middle East
Israeli security forces arrest Palestinian cultural leader in East Jerusalem

23-07-2020 Israeli security forces arrested 3 Palestinian cultural leaders in East Jerusalem yesterday. Rania Elias, director of the Yabous cultural centre and Suhail Khoury, director of the Edward Said National Conservatory for Music, were released the same day but Dawoud al-Ghoul, head of the Jerusalem Arts Network, remains in custody.
Middle East
A river of toxic waste flows through Syria

01-07-2020 Rivers of crude oil and oil waste are flowing through northeast Syria, with no solution in sight for the thousands of people affected by the pollution.
Humanitarian Disarmament, Middle East
Iraqi activist letter to UN gets over 7,000 signatures

23-06-2020 A letter to the United Nations calling for equal rights for women in Iraq and for protection during demonstrations has gotten more than 7,000 signatures here in the Netherlands.
Protection of Civilians, Gender, Peace & Security, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East, The Netherlands
Women in Iraq fight back

22-06-2020 A young woman from al-Anbar who escaped ISIS and survived sexual assault; a woman from Mosul who confronted the violations she faced after her husband was killed and she was taken to a refugee camp; a woman from Basra who challenged social taboos when her husband started beating and raping her.
Gender, Peace & Security, Middle East
Norwegian Government Pension Fund: exclude nuclear weapons producers from investments

18-06-2020 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 against weapons causing indiscriminate harm and against the controversial arms trade.
Peace, like charity, starts at home

16-06-2020 A message of solidarity from PAX
PAX side events to 2020 UNSC Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians

08-06-2020 PAX urged the United Nations Security Council, UN Member States and the UN Secretariat to take urgent, bold and practical steps to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Protection of Civilians