News and Updates
Stop Illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada and South Africa
Both Canada and South Africa have both taken forward legal complaints regarding illegal Israeli military recruiting in Canada and South Africa.
John Philpot receives Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and Peace
Congratulations John Philpot, on receiving the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and Peace awarded on March 19 in Brussels.
Land Day 2022 Webinar: Challenging Corporate Complicity in the Continued Colonization of Palestine
This webinar will consider direct approaches to challenge corporate complicity in the continued colonization of Palestine. This will include judicial and non-judicial mechanisms in in the Canadian specific as well as broader international context.
Join the Day of Action to End the War in Yemen
March 26 2022 marks seven years of the brutal war in Yemen. A war that has killed over a quarter of a million people. Over 4 million people have been displaced because of the war, and 70% of the population, including...
Stand with the UNHRC Commission of Inquiry on oPt
Perhaps this is push back related to the response from Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, in partnership with the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School response to the the call for submissions from the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry...
Press Release: Reject Zelensky’s call for no fly zone and push for diplomacy
“Zelensky’s call for a no-fly zone is a reckless bid to stoke direct conflict between NATO and Russia”, explained Yves Engler, a fellow with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI). “It would lead to even more devastation for Ukrainians and could lead...
Canada’s silence on Saudi mass executions deeply troubling
Canadian government silence over the execution of 81 men in Saudi Arabia is deeply troubling.
Just Peace Advocates was pleased to join Hands Off Venezuela Monthly Virtual Picket Action!
Online picket action to hear important updates about the case of Alex Saab, directly from Camilla Saab, who is leading the campaign for his freedom in Venezuela. This picket will also share perspectives from organizers in solidarity with Venezuela...
Electronic Intifada publishes “Canada’s contradictions on Palestine” by Jonathan Kuttab
On Palestine, this line is often a repetition of empty platitudes about supporting the two-state solution and strengthening civil society, but doing little or nothing to oppose Israeli policies that clearly undermine even their own declared government positions.
Silencing Kashmir—The state of press freedom in the world’s most militarized zone
In Kashmir, press freedom has virtually disappeared. Journalists in Kashmir face threats, arrests, constant surveillance, criminal cases under terror laws, regular harassment by state authorities, and murder. After the world’s longest ever communications blackout following the political changes made to...