BANGKOK — Every April, Thailand begins its annual draft lottery to conscript Thai males, aged 21 and above, into military service. The young men line up to draw slips of paper; a red slip means one has to serve for…
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The Conscientious Objectors of Thailand
Tagged with: Conscientious Objectors, Dictatorship, Netiwit Chothiphatphaisal, New Naratif, peace, Thai Military, Thailand
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Myanmar’s Anti-War Generation
YANGON – “Without ending war we can’t move forward as a nation,” said 23-year-old Myanmar peace activist Esther Naw. Naw is under constant surveillance by Yangon’s Special Branch of the police, run by Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs – one…
Uganda: Radio for Justice and Human Rights in northern Uganda
A chime rings out from the radio speakers. A booming male voice intones: “This is Facing Justice, brought to you by the Institute of War and Peace Reporting, discussing issues of justice and human rights in northern Uganda.” Facing Justice…
Tagged with: Facing Justice, Gulu, human rights, IWPR, justice, Moses Odokonyero, NUMEC, peace, radio, Reconciliation, Simon Jennings, Uganda, Voice for Peace
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South Sudan’s Hip Hop Artists Call for Peace and Reconciliation Through the Unhip Practice of Farming
JUBA, Aug 28 2014 (IPS) – “What is the benefit when children are crying and people are dying due to hunger? There is no need to cry when you have the potential to dig,” sings Juba-based dancehall reggae group, the…
Tagged with: Addis Ababa peace talks, Africa, agriculture, Artists call for peace and reconciliation, farming, Hip Hop, Juba, peace, South Sudan
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War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan
JUBA, Aug 21 2014 (IPS) – Along the fertile banks of sub-Saharan Africa’s White Nile, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile River, a war veteran’s co-op is planting for a food secure future in South Sudan, a…
Tagged with: Africa, agriculture, famine, FAO, food crops, food insecurity, former SPLA, Juba, Mennonite Central Committee, Nile River, peace, Simon Agustino, South Sudan, UNMISS, vegetables, war veterans, Werithior Veterans Association, White Nile, Wilson Abisai Lodingareng
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