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Nonviolent Peaceforce In The News

  • The European Union announces funding of NP's Mindanao Project, December 2008
  • Photo Essay from the field in Sri Lanka, December 2008
  • Case for Nonviolent Action is Strong.This campaign season, we heard about everything from Alaskan independence to the return of the Cold War. One topic that was not mentioned, indeed is rarely mentioned in the course of mainstream discussions or news coverage, is nonviolence. Nick Mele, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 16 November 2008
  • Nonviolent Peaceforce executive director, Mel Duncan, named one of the "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" by the Utne Reader, November/December 2008
  • Interview with Executive Director Mel Duncan on "Truth to Tell" radio, 1 October 2008
  • AFP ambush, attack MILF in Maguindanao, www.luwaran.com, 20 August 2008
  • Thousands flee war zones in North Cotabato; fighting now in 4 towns , 12 August 2008
  • Interview with Atif Hameed, The Story with Dick Gordon, 3 July 2008
  • Interview with Mel Duncan, Chicago Public Radio , 10 June 2008
  • New York Times, 26 April 2008
  • Peace Magazine, Vol.24, No.2: April-June 2008
  • Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2008

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    Press Releases

  • When repression rises in a society the first targets are often journalists and human rights defenders, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2008
  • International Peace Day 2008 in the “Darasallam Kids and Community Center”, Kattankudy, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka
  • Nonviolent Peaceforce regional peace team training supports success of new Minnesota Peace Team
  • The Evacuation of Two Hundred Individuals Trapped in Battlezone, 25 August 2008
  • Field Note: NP arranges safe passage for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Mindanao, 22 August 2008
  • Accompanying the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Mindanao, 21 August 2008
  • Nonviolent Peaceforce's case studies posted in the Best Practices of UN's NGO web site
  • Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury challenged funders to provide one half of the funds needed by NP
  • NP-Japan publishes book: Unarmed Peacekeeping Operations
  • Nonviolent Peaceforce Co-founder Mel Duncan to step aside as Executive Director
  • NP shares Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping overview with United Nations Member states, 24 June 2008
  • Burma-Myanmar: An Historic Moment for Peaceful Transition and Genuine Democratization and Reconciliation, 30 September 2007

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