This body is composed of seven distinguished judges from Europe, who are independent of governments. The Tribunal was founded in Bologna (Italy) in 1979. It took evidence in March in Paris about two specific charges against Turkey: that war crimes had been committed mainly against the Kurdish population of Turkey, between June 2015 and February…
The following was sent by email to the Prime Minster on the day before this country took part in combined military attacks in Syria. A reply will no doubt come in due course: “Despite the approval of the Cabinet, I remain opposed to this, after visiting Syria three times since 2015. If it was wrong to…
IHere is the text of a Question for Written Answer I have put to HMG: “Whether they will make further deliveries of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia conditional on that Government making determined efforts to achieve peace in Yemen”.
published 2017 by Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, Tennessee – 275 pages I have known the author at intervals since about 1987. Some of his claims may be exaggerated over Corporal Shalit. I, nevertheless, respect his perseverance in search of a rational peace since he arrived in Israel in 1979. His memories as a Zionist youth…
The following is quoted from a statement (12.01.2018)by Clive Stafford Smith, Founder of Reprieve: “I believe that our movement will inevitably be on the right side of history. As with the death penalty, we will look back on the time of Guantanamo with disgust and shame. But many of us will be proud that we played a part,…
