People for Peace in Africa issue statement on the ongoing tensions in South Sudan
With over 300 people dead since July and a million more displaced by fighting in South Sudan, observers are pessimistic about the prospects of peace...
Mexico: Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolome de Las Casas, AC calls for return of Maximiliano Martinez Gordillo
On 7 May 2016, Maximiliano Martinez Gordillo, age 18, traveled from his community located in Socoltenango, Chiapas to Quintana Roo Playa del Carmen, looking for work. He was arrested by the National Institute of Migration in the house known as Chablé in Tabasco, and was accused of being an undocumented Central American based on his physical traits. To date his whereabouts are unknown and the INM denies any knowledge.
Pax Christi Montreal's Ferdinand Djayerombe Vaweka to participate in World Social Forum roundtable
Ferdinand Djayerombe Vaweka, native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and president of Antennes de paix-Pax Christi Montréal, will be a featured speaker at a round table discussion sponsored by the Public Peace Prize at the World Social Forum...
International Peace Bureau World Congress 2016 on Military and Social Spending to be held in late September in Berlin
"Disarm! For a Climate of Peace – Creating an Action Agenda," the International Peace Bureau World Congress 2016 on Military and Social Spending will be held 30 September to 03 October 2016 at Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany...
Pakistan: National Commission for Justice and Peace issues press release on attack in Quetta
The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a rights based organisation of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, strongly condemns the tragic attack on the civil hospital in Quetta...
Pax Christi UK members remember Hiroshima 2016
Pax Christi members from Barnet to Kendal, London to Liverpool and Southampton to Abingdon and Coventry, took part in Hiroshima events on 6th August 2016. From bidding prayers in memory of the dead, to information stalls, prayer vigils and acts of witness, the story of the first use of nuclear weapons at Hiroshima in 1945 was shared with hundreds...
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