Full Coverage: Peace

30.01.2007 WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

25.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which also found that the Defense Department collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database.

22.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 20 (OneWorld) - Worried that a continued deadlock in peace talks between the Ugandan government and rebel forces could unleash another wave of bloodshed, international aid organizations are urging the United Nations to step up its efforts to bring the two sides back to the negotiating table.

22.01.2007 The Humanitarian Law Centre addressed Boris Tadic, Serbian President, to warn him about the situation concerning Lakic Djorovic, lieutenant colonel of Serbian Army, who is exposed to abuse, humiliation and threats to his own life and the safety of his family ever since 2000, when he first talked publicly about war-crimes in Kosovo, and of which he knew due to his position as military prosecution officer in Pristina.

10.01.2007 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights called upon the authorities to stop the practice of non-sanctioning of writing racist, nationalist and fascist graffiti in Serbia. The authorities are legally obligated to react strongly and sanction the perpetrators of such criminal offences.

10.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 9 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's plan to beef up the U.S. military presence in Iraq is likely to create a new wave of protests across the United States in the coming days.

08.01.2007 Several OneWorlders nominated Santoli and his organization for their inspiring efforts to build peace and security through community development.

03.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 3 (OneWorld) - Peace groups across the United States marked the 3,000th U.S. military death in Iraq with protests and vigils this weekend and promised to continue to press to end the war.