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Welcome to another issue of our irregular wri-info e-newsletter. After the international conference 'Globalising Nonviolence' and a summer break, WRI is back to normal working schedule in the office, and we are busy preparing for Prisoners for Peace Day (see main article). Please get involved in WRI's activities, and contact us if you want to help, or need materials.

Andreas Speck
WRI Office

Traditionally, War Resisters' International celebrates Prisoners for Peace Day on 1 December. The history of War Resisters' International's activities for Prisoners for Peace goes back to the 1920s, but 1 December was for the first time celebrated as 'Prisoners for Peace Day' in 1956.

The focus of Prisoners for Peace Day 2006 will be the situation in Russia: