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Issue number
90
March 2023

War Resisters' International begins building an Asia Peace Network

Members of WRI take action at the ADEX arms fair in Korea, 2015

In late 2022, WRI launched an initiative to develop a regional network of peace workers, pacifists and antimilitarists in Asia.

War profiteer profile: Accuracy International

An Accuracy International sniper rifle

Accuracy International (AI) is a British company based in Portsmouth, specialising in the production of high-end, hand built, precision sniper rifles and associated equipment. Weapons manufactured by AI have been used extensively in conflict zones, including states accused of human rights abuses.

Conference announcement! Antimilitarist Roots, June 2023

a crowd of people at a WRI conference with the conference logo super imposed

We are excited to announce that the War Resisters' International network is preparing to gather in London, in June 2023. We will hold a public conference called Antimilitarist Roots: nonviolent resistance for a world in crisis.

Russia: Release all those who object to engage in the war and are illegally detained in the Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine

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EBCO, Connection e.V., IFOR, and WRI strongly denounce the reported detention by the Russian authorities of large numbers of soldiers and mobilised civilians in a number of centres in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, because they refuse to participate in the war. Russian authorities are reportedly using threats, psychological abuse and torture to force those detained to return to the front.