
Exactly one year after the “Operation Cast Lead” in December 2008, where 1400 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli war crimes, 1400 international peace activists from more than 40 countries gathered with the one common aim to break the siege of Gaza in a non-violent freedom march against the ongoing blockade, which forces the 1.5 million inhabitants of [...]
Feb 09, 2011 | Categories:Middle East | Tags: Apartheid, Egypt, Freedom March, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, Human Rights, Islamohphobia, Israel, Middle East, Middle East Conflict, Mubarak, NGOs, Palestine, UK Amnesty International, UN, united nations, World Trade Centre | 1 Comment »

The release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese Nobel Peace laureate and leader of Burma’s non-violent pro-democracy movement who spent a total of 15 years under house arrest in Rangoon has reignited hopes amongst the Burmese population and has revitalized the opposition. Since her release she has made it abundantly clear that democracy is [...]
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories:Asia | Tags: Burma, civil society, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy, development, government, NGOs, Nobel Peace, Non violent pro-democracy movement, UN, united nations | 2 Comments »