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December 27, 2014 |
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| Panama opens a truth commission on US invasion | World Social Forum 2008 and 2009: Meeting defines mobilisation schedule for process and working groups | |||
| "Among other issues, the victims demand that Washington recognize the invasion, compensate the country and say where are the mass graves have been buried hundreds of Panamanians, besides declaring December 20 as a day of national mourning" | "The meeting had two main agendas: the preparation for the week and day of mobilisation and global action (January 26 2008) and discussions on the first initiatives towards 2009 event organisation" | |||
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| Panamá abre una comisión de la verdad sobre la invasión | WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files | |||
| "Entre otras cuestiones, las víctimas exigen que Washington reconozca la invasión, indemnice al país y diga dónde se encuentran las fosas comunes donde habrían sido enterrados cientos de panameños, además de declarar el 20 de diciembre como día de duelo nacional." | "Information is power. . . What we citizens of the Western Hemisphere do with that power will become the ultimate legacy of the WikiLeaks experience. " | |||
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| Sudan: Unamid Organizes Cultural Festival in Mellit | The United Nations Department of Public Information Opens Its 2012 Briefing Season with Culture of Peace! | |||
| "The event, held under the theme "Darfur: talk Peace Now", brought together youth and families from all tribes living in the area [and] included performing traditional peace songs, music and dance " | "Amplifying the Unseen and Unheard Voices of Peace " | |||
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| Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Sinclair issues challenge to help heal pain of schools | Imams and preachers from the Sahel meet in Algiers to combat religious fanaticism | |||
| " the commission had conducted four years of hearings and investigations and compiled accounts in video and spoken word from 7,000 survivors. The groundwork had already begun to include the commission’s findings and the history of the IRS system in school curriculums across the country" | "the seminar participants urged all scholars, imams and preachers of the Sahel region recognizing the Maliki rite to remove all the ambiguities of religion, "to spread the culture of peace, tolerance, harmony and coexistence with other religions and communities " | |||
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| Burundi/Reconciliation - Truth Commission Elected amid Opposition Boycott | Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir | |||
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| "The TRC will have four years to establish the truth about mass crimes committed in the country between 1962 and 2008; identify and map mass graves; propose a reparations programme; and promote reconciliation and forgiveness." | "There should be reconciliation, and I don't see that happening at group level or at an organizational level. It can only happen at the personal level," says the writer turned film maker" | |||
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| The U.S. Senate Torture Report as a Truth Commission | Book Publication: Peace: A World History | |||
| "Eventually we will pursue more than just truth. We will discuss a formal truth and reconciliation commission, and will investigate who and how to prosecute the perpetrators of torture." | "Peace: A World History is the first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from prehistoric to contemporary times in a single volume aimed at improving their prospects." | |||
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| U.S. Senate Report Reveals Brutal CIA Torture | Peace Museums, Making a Space for Peace | |||
| "Graphic new details of the post-9/11 U.S. torture program came to light Tuesday when the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary of its investigation into the CIA." | "'Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters'(African Proverb). Peace Museums give the lion their historians." | |||
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| Israelis rattled by search for truth about the Nakba | The gift of Change: The Global Youth Assembly 2007 | |||
| "The first-ever “truth commission” in Israel, to be held on Wednesday, will feature confessions from veteran Israeli fighters of the 1948 war who are expected to admit to perpetrating war crimes" | "a project to keep the momentum of the assembly going on; so this assembly would not have a dead end like most of the other youth "Things"." | |||
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| Libreville Pan-African Forum: African Youth and the Challenge of the promotion of Culture of Peace in Africa | The International Forum of Reflection on the Culture of Peace in Africa opened in Abidjan | |||
| "The establishment of a dynamic and sustainable network of youth organizations of the African continent as well as of its governing bodies" | "the forum is dedicated to identifying new actions to reinforce the culture of peace in West Africa . . . and contribute to the formulation of the new Medium Term Strategy of UNESCO for the period 2014-2021 " | |||
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| Libreville Forum Panafricain: Jeunesse africaine et le défi de la promotion de la culture de la paix en Afrique | Development of Peace Thinking and Peace Education by NGOs in Russia | |||
| "La mise en place d’un réseau, dynamique et durable d’organisations de la jeunesse œuvrant sur le continent africain, et de ses organes directeurs" | "results of a survey I recently made concerning peace activities by NGOs in Russia" | |||
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| 8th International Conference of Museums for Peace | International Day of Peace Celebrated in Every Country | |||
| "Directors and curators from peace and human rights museums from around the world as well as peace educators, activists, and artists presented their work, engaged in discussions, and forged bonds of friendship and collaboration" | "Partly it is due to better organizing, but perhaps it also represents an increased global demand for peace." | |||
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| Africa: Creating media channels to promote the culture of peace | Ethiopian journalist Reeyot Alemu wins 2013 UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize | |||
| "It is in pursuit of this ideal that the Hirondelle Foundation has just installed several media in Africa: Radio Okapi in Kinshasa, Radio Ndeke Luka in Bangui, the Tamani studios in Mali, Mozaïk in Ivory Coast, and Hirondelle in Guinea." | "She wrote critically about . . . the root causes of poverty, and gender equality. She . . . founded her own publishing house and a monthly magazine . . . subsequently closed. . . arrested. She is currently serving a five year sentence in Kality prison. " | |||
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| Africa: Faire des médias des voies pour la promotion de la culture de la paix | 25th anniversary of the International Congress on Peace in the Mind of Men,Yamoussoukro | |||
| "C’est dans la poursuite de cet idéal que la Fondation Hirondelle a justement installé plusieurs médias en Afrique, dont Radio Okapi à Kinshasa, Radio Ndeke Luka à Bangui, les studios Tamani au Mali, Mozaïk en Côte d’Ivoire et Hirondelle en Guinée." | "Africa is the new place of thinking and rethinking the culture of peace" | |||
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| Philippines: Mindanao mayors back Bangsamoro Basic Law | Preparing for the International Day of Peace, September 21 | |||
| " to turn the resource-rich island into a “land of peace and opportunity, where there are no more conflict, hunger and suffering." | "Pathways To Peace has been working with the United Nations to promote the observance of the International Day of Peace since its inception in 1981. " | |||
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| United States: News and Press Freedom Organizations Stand Up for Real Net Neutrality | Culture of Peace at the World Social Forum in Tunisia | |||
| "This filing highlights how crucial the open Internet is for news organizations to thrive and for people to access the information they need" | "the first WSF in the Arab World, which is especially important since the movements of the "Arab Spring" continue to reverberate throughout the region " | |||
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