by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
In developments which have been largely ignored in the US media, police have staged preemptive armed raids targeting protesters and alternative media around the Republican National Convention – including thousands of people demonstrating about war world poverty...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said that the UN Peacebuilding Fund “has swiftly become a unique and dynamic tool to help countries emerging from conflict avoid slipping back into war.” However the concept and practice of peacebuilding...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 4, 2008
Following a series of horrific attacks in Orissa, Indian church and human rights organisations have been keeping up pressure on the government for decisive action against militants, and they are asking for world attention to the crisis. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 3, 2008
A pastoral delegation from the World Council of Churches is visiting Russia and Georgia today, staying through to 7 September 2008. The participants will listen to WCC member churches in both countries, encourage their efforts for peace and visit people displaced by...
by Sean Reilly | Sep 3, 2008
Despite the official termination of Russian military operations in Georgia, tensions in the region remain high, and campaigners claim that Russia has been dropping cluster bombs on innocent civilians in the Georgian republic, killing and wounding many and spreading...
