Whereas many people are fully aware of conflict areas such as Georgia, the Caucasus or the Middle East, the international press and most of all our politicians are totally unaware of the growing tensions in South America. In the North, tensions between Columbia and Venezuela are growing and are climaxing with the abduction and killing…
Category: Peace & Conflicts
FYEG wishes for “peace with dignity” to end the conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico
As heavily armed police forces were preparing to put an end to a month-long rebellion in the state of Oaxaca in the poor south of Mexico, the world was reached by news that a New York-based independent journalist, Brad Will, had been shot. He had arrived in the restless capital of the state, also called…
Green MEP supports “1 million faces” photo petition for an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
Every minute one person on Earth is killed by a weapon. That makes more than half a million each year. While there are international conventions dealing with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, no global treaty limits the trade in conventional weapons. Small arms and light weapons but also tanks, helicopters, rocket launchers and…
Torn between two worlds
Ten Young Greens from Germany travelled to Israel in May. They met with people from both sides of a conflict. People who are yearning for peace. However, many of them remain sceptical towards each other. After all, it seems to be a long way until peace and equality for everyone will be established. When we…
YEs : what a joyful word!
15 Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot poets, Nese Yasin, Filiz Naldoven, Lily Michailidou, Fikret Demirag, Elli Peonidou, Zeki Ali, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Tamer Oncul, Feriha Altok, Neriman Cahit, M. Kansu, Stephanos Stephanides, Gur Genc, Jenan Selcuk, Michalis Papadopoulos, and Aydin Mehmet Ali came together to use their imagination and work on a common poem. “We decided…
A worldwide survey
A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: “Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?” The survey was a huge failure… In Africa they didn’t know what “food” meant. In Eastern Europe they didn’t know what “honest” meant….
Are we ready to bring down "Our Wall"?
This article has been written by Sevgül Uludag, a Turkish Cypriot journalist, for the Cockroaches internet magazine (www.hamamboculeri.org) and was later published in the daily newspaper Yeniduzen in the northern part of Cyprus. It was also published in ALITHIA Newspaper, March 7, 2004. Israel is building a wall in the West Bank. The whole world…
Give up the arbitrary applications in “TRNC“ Cyprus
YBH Youth has criticized the demonstration which nationalists attended and provoked last weekend in Derinia. YBH Youth condemns the “Internal Affairs Ministry” because “Ministry” had prevented the people, who live on the other half of the island, to attend the peaceful demonstrations which took place before, with the reason that only citizens of “TRNC” can…
Down with wars
In my opinion human rights consist of freedom in all aspects, for everyone on this planet. It doesn’t matter to which nationality, religion or colour of skin one belongs to, to have freedom of speech, acts, thoughts et cetera. Also the rights of national minorities are very important. There should be respect and tolerance for…
Euromed Seminar on Conflict Management and Peace
We just came back from a seminar organized by Euromed with the collaboration of Ankara Fotograf Sanatcilari Dernegi (AFSAD), which was held in Ankara – Turkey between the 14th and the 18th of July. It was a wonderful experience due to a number of reasons. The organization, which made this seminar possible, was great. Ms….