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Group by date: 2009

Antimilitaristas de América latina rechazan el golpe de Estado en Honduras y exigen desarme y reducción del gasto militar

30 Jun 2009

Nosotros y nosotras, antimilitaristas de diferentes países de América latina, con el apoyo de la red mundial Internacional de Resistentes a la Guerra (WRI-IRG), rechazamos y condenamos el golpe de Estado realizado por las fuerzas armadas hondureñas, especialmente cuando la represión castrense favorece a un sector político en los conflictos civiles, así como a toda forma de represión y atropellos de las libertades de expresión y de reunión que están ocurriendo actualmente en el país centroamericano. Estamos en contra del uso de la intervención militar para solucionar conflictos en la sociedad.

It is not counselling conscientious objectors that is criminal, but rather not recognising the right to conscientious objection

28 Apr 2009

On 26 April 2009, five members of WRI's Israeli affiliate New Profile were detained by Israeli police, their homes raided, and their computers, and also computers of partners, seized. Among those detained was also Sergeiy Sandler, a member of the WRI Council and Executive Committee. All those detained were interrogated at Ramat Hachiyal police station in the Yarkon Region of the police. After the interrogation, all five were released, but only after agreeing to bail conditions which do not allow them to contact each other in the coming thirty days.

WRI public statement on the bomb attack on Greek COs

26 Feb 2009

The War Resisters' International (WRI), an international network of 82 affiliates in 43 countries, including Greece, condemns the terrifying attack on its associate, Association of Greek Conscientious Objectors.

Group by date: 2008

Congo: More troops will bring more problems

04 Nov 2008

The War Resisters' International Council meeting in Bilbao (29-31 October) was extremely concerned about the situation of war and general insecurity in eastern Congo (Kivu provinces and Ituri region), and warns against the deployment of more troops in the area.

Since August 2008, the situation has been worsening as a result of the renewed activity of different armed militias and daily military confrontations with the FADRC (governmental armed forces) and the UN force MONUC. The suffering of the local population is extremely hard, and at least 200,000 people have been displaced.

The War Resisters' International Executive and Office Report July 2007 - August 2008

16 Oct 2008

This report, the annual report by the WRI Exec and staff for the WRI Council and net, is about what we've been up to since the last Council meeting, and where we're at. It focuses on our achievements this year and on the challenges facing us. This time, however, our focus is more on the challenges as WRI faces a crisis.

Death threats against Colombian WRI affiliate Red Juvenil de Medellín

09 Jun 2008

Statement of the War Resisters' International Executive Committee

War Resisters' International is very concerned about the death threats received by its Colombian affiliate Red Juvenil de Medellin. Last week, Red Juvenil received death threats in the name of "Aguilas Negras" (Black Eagles) [1], a name widely used by groups of supposedly demobilised paramilitaries.

Call for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey to recognise international standards on the right to conscientious objection

11 Apr 2008

Representatives of conscientious objection and human rights organisations from several European countries, meeting in Athens over the weekend, call for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey to recognise the right to conscientious objection according to European and international standards.

We don't need another war

05 Mar 2008

Statement by Latin American antimilitarists

We don't need another war. We, conscientious objectors and antimilitarists from Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and all Latin America and the Caribbean, united, emphatically refuse a military escalation leading to a war that, once more, will try to divide us. With hunger, corruption, extreme militarism, shameless military spending, civil insecurity, the continual assault on human rights by our governments, we already have enough without being given another armed conflict.

Kosovo: International pacifist organisation calls for end of prosecution of Albin Kurti

01 Feb 2008

On 5 February in Prishtina, Kosovo, nonviolent activist Albin Kurti faces the fifth hearing in a trial where he is charged with "attempting to cause general danger and/or large-scale property damage", obstructing official persons in performing their duties, and inciting people to break a police cordon.

Group by date: 2007

WRI at the 2007 G8

01 Jun 2007

This year's G8 took place in Heiligendamm, a hotel next to the Baltic Sea in Germany, that was protected by a fence of over 10 kilometers.

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