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  • 15 Oct
    2009
    Writing peace out of the script

    What are the opportunities and constraints involved in highlighting non-violent interventions in situations of conflict for the general media? Civil society organizations, academic institutions, faith groups and peace workers are regularly involved in conflict transformation work, and in direct interventions to challenge violence and injustice. While the role of the military is regularly profiled and even celebrated, the contribution of those who act without weapons or contracts is usually overlooked. In part, this is because the nature of peace work is often sensitive and requires a degree of ‘under the radar’ operation. But it also happens because of lack of wider understanding and knowledge of non-violent interventions, and because such interventions do not fit the dominant ‘news narrative’ around conflict. This becomes particularly evident in times of crisis. Here we present a short case study of working with the wider media response to the 2005-6 ‘Iraq hostage crisis’ (as it became known), involving four members of a short-term Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in Baghdad.

    Simon Barrow
  • 3 Jul
    2008
    Christian peacemaker debates nonviolence with brigadier

    Nonviolence doesn't always seem to work - but neither does military might. That was Professor Norman Kember's response to questions at the annual Global Student Forum (GSF) for sixth formers attended by a Government minister and where conflict resolution was a major theme.

  • 30 May
    2008
    Making peace matter

    Ekklesia has contributed to a forthcoming book on the Christian Peacemaker Teams Iraq hostage crisis and its ramifications.

  • 25 Jun
    2007
    Media urged to question its role in 'culture of confrontation'

    Received ideas about neutrality, ‘news values’ and the place of reporting in current events must be questioned because of the changing global role of the media in an age of conflict, a commentator will suggest at a meeting in St Ethelburga's Centre, London, on 26 June 2007.

  • 23 Mar
    2007
    Trafalgar Square vigil remembers Iraq victims

    A vigil in London today will remember victims of the Iraq conflict, the death of hostage Tom Fox in 2006, and the release of three other Christian Peacemaker Teams activists - including Norman Kember.

  • 16 Mar
    2007
    London vigil for peace in Iraq
    23/03/2007 - 12:00
    23/03/2007 - 14:00

    Vigil to commemorate the release of Norman Kember and the other hostages in Iraq (26 November 2005 - 23 March 2006), to commemorate the death of Tom Fox and to remember the on-going suffering of peopl

  • 15 Mar
    2007
    Christian Peacemakers mark anniversary of death of Iraq hostage
    Christian peacemakers with the memorial plaque

    Christian peacemakers in Hebron have held a memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the death of Iraq hostage Tom Fox.

  • 10 Mar
    2007
    Order Norman Kember's new book

    You can get the former Iraq hostage's book via Ekklesia, with proceeds going to peace and justice causes.

  • 10 Mar
    2007
    The peacemaker as dissident

    Norman Kember’s experience as a hostage in Iraq is part of a journey of dissent from the supposed logic of violence

  • 10 Mar
    2007
    We must take risks for peace, says Norman Kember

    Reflecting on his Iraq captivity, the Christian peacemaker says he has no regrets – except the pain it caused his wife and others

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