by Susan | Oct 9, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 9, 1968 About 2,000 students from Queen’s University Belfast tried to march to Belfast City Hall in protest against ‘police brutality’ on 5 October in Derry; the march was blocked by loyalists led by Ian Paisley and after the demonstration, a...
by Susan | Oct 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 8, 2003 In Arizona officials at Safford Middle School strip-searched Savana Redding (13) after she was suspected of distributing 4 ibuprofen pills. In 2009 the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the school officials had violated her...
by Susan | Oct 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 7, 2007 Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong’s streets to demand the right to pick their city’s leader and legislature and hoisted yellow umbrellas, starting the “umbrella...
by Susan | Oct 6, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. The Dialogue Quarted is comprised of the Tunisian General Labour...
by Susan | Oct 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 6, 2011 Some 300 Afghan men and women marched through Kabul, the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign...
