Welcome to Citizens Against Terror
Chloe Davies posted this on 2007-06-10 via citizensagainstterror.net
“Not only political leaders, but civil society and religious leaders should clearly denounce terrorist tactics as criminal and inexcusable. Civil society has already conducted magnificent campaigns… I should like to see an equally strong global campaign against terrorism.”
Secretary General of the UN, Madrid Summit on Democracy, Terrorism & Security, March 2005
At the Madrid Summit Kofi Annan called for a “global citizens’ campaign against terrorism.” Citizens Against Terror, or CAT, is an alliance of citizens from across the world who have taken up this challenge.
Urgent Letter from the Turkish HCA: I request that you lobby/pressure your governments to try to stop the Turkish army through international community and all its relevant organizations binding Turkey, and to support the Government in Turkey.” Read more here
Aid development, not war on terrorism
A network of European non-governmental organisations has criticised the European Union’s plans to use development aid to finance anti-terrorist activities. Read more here
The murder of Hrant Dink
More than 100,000 mourners marched Tuesday in a funeral for a slain ethnic Armenian journalist who had angered Turkish nationalists — an extraordinary outpouring of support for freedom of expression and reconciliation. Hrant Dink was gunned down outside his newspaper, Agos, on Friday. He had been outspoken in labeling the mass killings of Armenians in the last days of the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Read more here
World Civilisation or Clash of Civilisations?
The controversial ‘clash of civilisations’ theory is the subject of a special one-day conference organised by the GLA on Saturday 20 January.
Some argue that the world is going into an era of conflict and war driven by a ‘clash of civilisations’. The Mayor of London’s policies are based on the exact opposite idea — that the multicultural city is part of creating a new concept of world civilisation that corresponds to a globalised world.
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Murder of Isam Al-Rawi
On October 30, gunmen shot dead Dr Isam Al-Rawi, head of the University Teachers’ Association in Iraq, near his house in Baghdad.
Dr Al-Rawi, a geologist at Baghdad University, took part in the Madrid Summit on Terrorism, Democracy and Security, in which CAT originated, as a member of the working group looking at ‘civil society and political violence.’
In February 2006, Dr Al-Rawi told the Inter Press Service News Agency, “This is tyranny, we live in the worst tyranny in all of human history. Every hour in Iraq there are killings, kidnappings, arrests, house raids and more. And all of that is because of occupation and our weak government. When I say that I don’t mean Saddam was good leader. No he also was bad but Iraqi streets were clean from these crimes, especially the crimes against professionals.”
As University Professors and teachers increasingly became the targets of organized killings, Dr Al-Rawi bravely chose to remain in Iraq, documenting their deaths and working to hold to account their murderers. He resolutely worked towards a more secure future, tragically he has been robbed of that future.
Gill Hicks, 7/7 survivor speaks out
In a world full of conflict is there anything YOU can do for peace? 7/7 survivor Gill Hicks says yes. There are things you can do right now. See for yourself what they are. Click on the video link here
Day for Darfur*
On September 17 people around the world will take part in a Global Day for Darfur to show world-wide support for the Darfuri people and to put pressure on our Governments to protect the civilians. Read more here
