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Exodus to Sinai: For Gaza’s Palestinians, No Promised Land in Sight
By René Wadlow Calls from both governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel armed conflict having not been acted upon. Attention is now centered on a...
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Women as Peacebuilders
By René Wadlow October 31 is the anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1325 which calls for “the full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, peace...
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Gaza Hostilities Renewed: New Mediation Efforts Needed
By René Wadlow On Friday, December 1, 2023, with Hamas firing rockets into Tel Aviv and Israeli forces renewing airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the “humanitarian pause” in the Gaza fighting came to an...
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Human Rights Day: A Time for Celebration – and, More Than Ever, for Action
By René Wadlow In this time when there are violent conflicts and real dangers, it is vital to come together to champion positive values and plan for common actions on this December 10: Human Rights...
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Nobel Peace Prize honors “Woman, Life, Liberty” and human rights endeavors
By René Wadlow On the traditional date of December 10, the Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the Iranian woman human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. She is in Evin Prison in Iran, called by some...
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Torture in Wartime: Growing Awareness—a Human Rights Council Focus
The Association of World Citizens (AWC) first raised the issue of the use of sexual torture in time of violent conflicts in the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights in March 2001, citing the...
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Preventing the Expansion of the Gaza Conflict: Are Peace Brigades a Possibility?
By René Wadlow Antony Blinken, the United States (U.S.) Secretary of State, has been again in the Middle East working to prevent the violence of the Gaza Strip of spreading to much of the area. The...
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Israel-Palestine: Paths to Negotiations
By René Wadlow With the armed conflict in the Gaza Strip continuing to increase the number of dead, wounded, and displaced and the danger of the conflict spreading to other areas of the Middle East,...
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Burma: A Sad Anniversary
By René Wadlow February 1 marks the anniversary of the military coup which overthrew the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. She was in practice the leader of the government but could not take the...
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Missak Manouchian : A un grand homme, le Monde reconnaissant ?
Par Bernard J. Henry Aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître à qui connaît mal le mouvement Citoyen du Monde, lorsqu’il s’est manifesté pour la première fois sous sa forme contemporaine pendant...
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