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Ghouta: it's not over
20-03-2018 Thousands of people are being forced to leave Eastern Ghouta as the Syrian army and its allies close in on the remaining areas under opposition control. For months now, Siege Watch has been warning about what is now happening in Eastern Ghouta.
Middle East -
PAX report: more investments in nuclear weapon producers
07-03-2018 Three hundred and twenty-nine financial institutions invested US$525 billion in 20 nuclear weapon producers between 2014 and 2017. This is shown by the new report ‘Don’t Bank on the Bomb’, released by PAX and Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) today.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Save Ghouta: More than 400,000 people face death
21-02-2018 As more than 400,000 people in Eastern Ghouta face death, PAX calls on the UN, the EU and their member states to take immediate action to stop this massacre. The situation in Ghouta no longer allows politicians to limit their actions to statements and expressions of grief and powerlessness.
Protection of Civilians, Middle East -
Attacks intensify: more civilians killed in Ghouta
20-02-2018 The attacks on the besieged city of Eastern Ghouta, not far from the Syrian capital Damascus, have escalated in the last few days.
Middle East -
Colombian government supports dialogue in Cesar
16-02-2018 The Colombian government supports a dialogue between mining companies active in Cesar and victims of the armed conflict.
Colombia -
PAX remembers Ruud Lubbers
15-02-2018 PAX mourns the passing of former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who died yesterday at his home in Rotterdam. PAX is grateful to Mr. Lubbers for his important efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
The Netherlands -
Serious threats against human rights defenders in Cesar mining region
08-02-2018 Colombian human rights defenders that visited a recent meeting with the German and Dutch ambassadors have received death threats of a paramilitary group. The Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) declared that they will 'exterminate' all those in the mining region of Cesar 'who think they are human rights defenders'. PAX Program leader Joris van de Sandt: “PAX calls upon both Colombian authorities to protect human rights defenders and mining companies to distance themselves from the paramilitary group that issued the threat.”
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia -
Bishop Paride Taban wins Four Freedoms Award
06-02-2018 South Sudanese Bishop Paride Taban will receive the Freedom of Worship Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards presented every other year in Middelburg, the Netherlands.
Dealing with the Past, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Africa -
Chlorine Used as Weapon in Douma, Damascus
05-02-2018 On the morning of February 1 2018, local activists reported the use of chemical rockets filled with chlorine against opposition held territory in the west of Douma, Damascus.
Protection of Civilians, Middle East -
New US nuclear weapons policy irresponsible
02-02-2018 The new US nuclear policy is damaging to the global nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation regime, and is irresponsible in a number of significant ways.
Humanitarian Disarmament