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PAX and 43 other Syrian and international NGOs call for immediate end to attacks on civilians and hospitals in Idlib, Syria
24-05-2019 Three million civilians in northwest Syria are scared and many are homeless. With no concrete actions taken beyond political statements and promises, Syria and the world may soon be witnessing the “worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century”. Rescue and medical workers on the ground are warning that they have not seen such ferocious attacks in eight years in Idlib. If the conflict continues to escalate, as many as 700,000 people could be displaced from their homes in Syria’s last opposition stronghold.
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Mining companies speak out jointly against threats to social leaders
24-05-2019 Mining companies Prodeco, Drummond, Cerrejón and CNR have responded jointly to death threats against Colombian social leaders. The leaders received these death threats shortly after a meeting with Dutch MPs about the human rights situation in the Cesar coal mining region.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia -
Report: Turkish control in Afrin worsens ethnic tension
21-05-2019 After an offensive carried out by the Turkish army and Syrian militias in March 2018 in the Syrian city of Afrin, ethnic tensions in the district have gotten much worse.
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Death threats after a conversation with Dutch MPs in Colombia
16-05-2019 Several Colombian social leaders have received death threats shortly after a meeting with Dutch MPs about the human rights situation in the Cesar coal mining region. These social leaders stand up for labor rights and victims of paramilitary violence. Between 1996 and 2006 thousands of people were killed and 55,000 farmers were driven from their land in the coal mining region. European energy companies are buying large amounts of coal from Cesar and are the most important customers of mining companies operating in this region.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia -
Breakthrough: Dutch parliament calls for international rules on killer robots
15-05-2019 The Dutch Parliament adopted a resolution on 14 May that calls for binding international rules on new weapons technologies, including autonomous weapons or killer robots. The resolution was proposed by government party VVD and was supported by all but 1 parties in the parliament. It calls on the Dutch government to boost a treaty on these types of weapons. PAX is excited about this resolution and the clear signal it sends to the Dutch government.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Prevent Killer Robots arms race
08-05-2019 A killer robots arms race is brewing with potentially catastrophic results if states do not act quickly to stop it. PAX makes this warning in its new report “The State of AI: Artificial Intelligence, the Military and Increasingly Autonomous Weapons.” The report outlines the status of AI in military projects of seven countries: the United States, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Israel and South Korea.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Which companies profit the most from nuclear weapons?
02-05-2019 PAX and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) have co-published a report showing extensive involvement of companies such as Lockheed Martin in the production of nuclear weapons.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Deeply shocked and saddened by the bombings in Sri Lanka
23-04-2019 PAX is deeply shocked and saddened by the Easter Sunday attacks that killed so many people in Sri Lanka. We wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and sympathies to those who were wounded in the attacks.
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Netherlands against measures to prevent killer robots
01-04-2019 A growing group of European states supports concrete measures against killer robots. The Netherlands, however, are lagging behind.
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Karadzic sentenced again
21-03-2019 Radovan Karadzic, former president and commander-in-chief of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has now been sentenced to life in prison.
Europe