Governments must act on Arms Trade Treaty
Whilst a meeting at the UN takes place, delegates must ensure no weapons or munitions are sold to human rights abusers.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
UN to vote on Libya ban from Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to suspend Libya’s membership in the Human Rights Council, the latest international move aimed at pressuring leader Moammar Gadhafi to step down.
A yes vote would mark the first time a sitting member is removed from the council.
(...more)Why does Vietnam fear a nonviolent, 69-year-old physician?
It’s not every day that a Washington Post op-ed has its truth proven within a few hours of publication, but author Nguyen Dan Que had that dubious satisfaction on Saturday.
In Saturday’s Post, Dr. Nguyen, a noted Vietnamese democracy advocate, wrote, “While the world’s attention is riveted on the Middle East, democracy continues to struggle to take root in other regions
(...more)Lessons and Signs of Hope Amidst the Carnage in Libya
The civil insurrection in Libya has been far more violent, and forces loyal to the dictator far more violent still, than the recent successful unarmed revolutions against the dictatorships in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt. Still, there are signs of hope and important lessons to be learned in the ongoing struggle against the 42-year regime of Muammar Gaddafi, whose days appear to be numbered.
(...more)The Power of Nonviolent Resistance
A widely read New York Times story last week connected the nonviolent resistance in Egypt with the academic work of an American scholar, Gene Sharp. He is the author of the seminal 1973 three-volume study, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, as well as decades of further publications translated into thirty languages.
What are Sharp’s ideas, and how do they help us understand events in Egypt and elsewhere?
(...more)Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution
BOSTON — Halfway around the world from Tahrir Square in Cairo, an aging American intellectual shuffles about his cluttered brick row house in a working-class neighborhood here. His name is Gene Sharp. Stoop-shouldered and white-haired at 83, he grows orchids, has yet to master the Internet and hardly seems like a dangerous man.
(...more)Saturday, 12 February 2011
CPT INTERNATIONAL: Call for Expressions of Interest and Nominations for Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) Full-Time Co-Director | Respond by March 1
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
CPT seeks applications for a co-director to work with Carol Rose, current co-director. Position begins in July 2011. Job description is flexible depending on the intersection of applicant’s skills with current co-director. Applications from members of racially marginalized groups and from outside North America are warmly welcomed. As with all Support Team members, compensation is a stipend based on need. The initial appointment is for a period of three years.
