The proposal to suspend the EU-Israel agreement was launched by Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia over war crimes against the Palestinian population and in Lebanon. However, Italy and Germany vetoed the proposal.
Last Thursday, activists of the RentStrike network organized an anti-eviction picket to save an elderly resident of Rome, victim of an irregular lease, from a life of homelessness, thanks to an appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. They had done so in May for a similar case.
Japan has capital punishment by hanging. A large majority of Japanese are in favour of it and often there are executions around this time of the year. However, there have been no executions since 28 July 2010. The current Justice Minister is under a lot of pressure to sign death warrants now.
'The Seeds Beneath the Snow' is a non-profit association founded in the spring of 2006. It is based in Pisa, Italy. The seeds are the themes it aims to deal with: nonviolence, peace, human rights and the environment. A tri-lingual (Japanese-Italian-English) library has been set up, as well as this website.
Nato negli Stati Uniti il 30 luglio 1881, partecipò a quasi tutti i conflitti militari dell'epoca. Ma da eroe si trasformò in critico intransigente delle guerre americane fino a scrivere un manifesto pacifista: "War is a racket"
Al posto della conquista militare, Ashoka propose quella che chiamò "conquista mediante il Dhamma" (dhammavijaya), cioè la diffusione dell'esempio morale, della giustizia e della cooperazione. Governò gran parte dell'attuale India, Pakistan, Bangladesh e Afghanistan orientale.
PeaceLink è un'associazione eco-pacifista italiana nata nel 1991, pioniera nell'uso della telematica per il giornalismo partecipativo e l'attivismo. L'organizzazione promuove la cultura della pace, i diritti umani, il disarmo e la tutela dell'ambiente, unendo l'impegno sociale alle nuove tecnologie.
Pax Christi International and Amnesty International take a strong stance
The scourge of irregular leases exposed
STOP EXECUTIONS IN JAPAN!
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