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Since the coup d'etat in Paraguay, WRI has been following the situation in Paraguay closely. At the WRI Council meeting we had a session on Paraguay, where Council member, Pelao Carvallo, who lives in Paraguay, gave a presentation about how the coup was orchestrated and the resistance to it. As we send this statement, an antimilitarist week is taking place in Paraguay, with MOC Paraguay (a WRI affiliate) being one of the main organisers. WRI will continue to work in support of the Paraguayan antimilitarist and nonviolent movement.

Javier Gárate

Statement of War Resisters' International

War Resisters’ International, a network of 83 organisations from 42 countries, maintain our founding declaration of 1921 that “War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.” At our 2012 Council meeting in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, we make the following statement: