Statement against the Open Firing by the Military and Police on Protesting Farmers and Indigenous Peoples in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, 1 April 2016 The starving and unarmed farmers of Kidapawan cried for rice. They were given bullets. The Hong Kong Campaign for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP), a network of individuals…
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Peace Heroes
By Rachel Bergen Superheroes can fly, they have super strength, they can shoot webs from their hands, and they fight bad guys. These characters are out of this world. Hollywood superhero movies can raise a lot of money at the box office, but these characters aren’t real. In real life heroes are somewhat less awe-inspiring, and…
“Free Anwar”
Romlah and Anwar’s story By Sara Klassen, edited by Rachel Bergen Foreward by Max Ediger In 1902 the the Kingdom of Siam, known today as the Kingdom of Thailand, annexed the Kingdom of Pattani. Pattani was, at that time, a semi-autonomous region of Malaysia. From that time to the present there have been conflicts based…
Jahan Ara’s Peacebuilding Story
By Sara Klassen, edited by Rachel Bergen Jahan Ara has worked to build peace in India for almost 20 years. It isn’t the most glamourous or lucrative job in the world, but Jahan loves it and feels called to do the work. Jahan grew up in a Muslim home. Her mother and father placed more…
The UEC Must Review Discriminatory Candidate Rejections
By Burma Partnership On Aug. 20, the Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the preliminary candidate lists for the upcoming Nov. 8 general election. Thus far, 5,866 candidates have been nominated from 93 political parties across the country with both the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National League for Democracy (NLD) each fielding…