by Susan | Sep 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 7, 2013 Thousands of Cambodians, many holding lotus flowers symbolizing peace, joined a mass protest in the capital Phnom Penh in a last-ditch bid to challenge Prime Minister Hun Sen’s disputed election...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1985 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, based in the United States, for authoritative information and by creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic warfare, contributing to an...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 6, 2011 In Swaziland more than 1,000 people marched through the main city of Manzini in one of the largest protests yet against Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1983 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Desmond Mpilo Tutu, of South Africa, for his role as a unifying leader figure in the campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa and to direct attention to the non-violent struggle for liberation. In his Nobel...
by Susan | Sep 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 5, 2013 In Indonesia some 1,000 members of the Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia resumed protests against the Miss World pageant to be held over the weekend in Bali. The week before, the Indonesia Ulema Council, whose fatwas are followed by many devoted...
