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UN to examine NZ govt on racial discrimination
Monday, 30 July 2007, 10:20 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On 31 July and 2 August 2007, the government's performance in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will be considered by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at its 71st session ... More >>
Act now: Foreshore and Seabed Repeal Bill
Sunday, 22 July 2007, 1:32 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
21 July 2007 Act now: Foreshore and Seabed Repeal Bill The Foreshore and Seabed Act (Repeal) Bill [i] is likely to come up for its first reading in parliament on Wednesday, 25 July. Both Labour and National have indicated they will not support the Bill which ... More >>
NZ to host international security meeting
Friday, 23 March 2007, 4:43 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Yesterday Phil Goff announced that the government will host officials from 20 countries at a meeting of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Auckland next week. The PSI was established by the US government in May 2003 as part of its pre-emptive ... More >>
Iraq Invasion Anniversary - What's On In NZ
Friday, 16 March 2007, 9:23 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
From 12 to 24 March 2007, there are protests, vigils and rallies all around the world to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Below are the details of what is happening in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch; and ... More >>
Peace Movement Update
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 10:29 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
1 March is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day ('Bikini' Day), which marks the anniversary of the US 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll. Below are: details of a Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Day event in Wellington; ... More >>
Speaking tour: Eyewitness in Palestine
Sunday, 18 February 2007, 12:57 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Christina Gibb, a Quaker from Dunedin, who has spent 10 months over the last three years in Hebron, Palestine, with Christian Peacemaker Teams will be speaking at public meetings in Opotiki, Gisborne, Wellington, Upper Hutt and Masterton from 20 to 26 ... More >>
Former Iraq hostages to issue statement
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 9:26 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Former Iraq hostages, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, will arrive in the UK this week to be reunited with fellow captive Norman Kember, and issue a statement concerning their alleged captors who may face the death penalty. This will be the ... More >>
Gaza: Stop The Sige - Stop The War
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 9:14 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
This message is primarily about the international Gaza: Stop the Siege - Stop the War! campaign that has been running through November and will culminate in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, 2 December. There are five sections below: More >>
Farhan Alqam, Mayor of Beit Ommar, freed
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 12:24 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On 12 September, CPT learned that the Mayor of Beit Ommar, Farhan Alqam was back home after 15 days detention by the Israeli Defence Forces - see release 27 August, Palestine Mayor abducted, at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hb270806.htm More >>
Nighttime round-up of Hebron men.
Monday, 18 September 2006, 10:21 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Christian Peacemaking Team (CPT) Hebron received a telephone call at 10pm on 13 September, saying that soldiers were holding a dozen men near the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) building in the Old City. Team members also saw that soldiers were ... More >>
Report/Images: Nighttime round-up of Hebron men
Monday, 18 September 2006, 10:05 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
To view the photographs with this article, please go to http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hb140906.htm Christian Peacemaking Team (CPT) Hebron received a telephone call at 10pm on 13 September, saying that soldiers were holding a dozen men near the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee ... More >>
Hebron: Israeli military abducts Palestinian mayor
Monday, 4 September 2006, 3:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
We have just received an update to New Zealander Christina Gibbs' interview with Farhan Alqam, Mayor of Beit Ommar, last month - see 'Another face of Hamas' at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/hb070806.htm Alqam was abducted by Israeli soldiers on 24 August, and is being held without charge, ... More >>
Updated details for W Papua national speaking tour
Monday, 28 August 2006, 12:46 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
From Friday, 18 August, through to Tuesday, 5 September, Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman will be speaking at public meetings around the country about West Papua - the hidden Pacific conflict. Below is some biographical information about Socratez, and ... More >>
Campaign Against The Taser Public Meeting in Wgtn
Friday, 11 August 2006, 2:18 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
In September, the New Zealand police intend to 'trial' taser stun guns, initially in Auckland and Wellington. The government has supported this move without any public consultation, yet it has the potential to dramatically change the relationship between ... More >>
2005 World Military Spending Data Available
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 9:52 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The SIPRI Yearbook 2006 'Armaments, Disarmament and International Security' was released earlier this week - the new edition of SIPRI’s annual compendium of data and analysis of developments in security and conflicts, military spending and armaments and non-proliferation, ... More >>
Peace Movement Aotearoa May 2006 Update
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 12:58 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ Wednesday, 3 May - World Press Freedom Day - to celebrate the struggle for press freedom and to remember the journalists who have been killed, persecuted or jailed because of their work; the main theme of World Press Freedom Day 2006 is the correlation ... More >>
Support for Malcolm Kendall-Smith
Friday, 21 April 2006, 2:44 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
we have received a number of requests for information about how to support Flight-Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, the RAF doctor who refused to return to Iraq because he considers the invasion of Iraq contravened international law, the Nuremberg principles and ... More >>
CPT rejoices in the release of our peacemakers
Friday, 24 March 2006, 8:38 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
this message is to let you know that Christian Peacemakers Teams have confirmed that Harmeet Sooden, James Loney and Norman Kember have been released; although we do not yet know what state of health they are in. There will be a statement from Christian ... More >>
Third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 9:41 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
During the week of 15 to 22 March 2006, there will be protests, vigils and rallies all around the world to mark the third anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Below are the details of what is happening in Aotearoa New Zealand More >>
Act Now! Imminent Nuclear Weapons Test
Friday, 24 February 2006, 9:07 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The US and British governments are planning to conduct a subcritical nuclear weapons test some time tonight (NZ time). As with their other nuclear weapons tests going back over the past 61 years, this nuclear device will be detonated at the Nevada ... More >>
