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Welcome to
wri-irg.org
the War Resisters' International website
Nonviolence
Issue 67 of the Broken Rifle newsletter is dedicated to WRI's Campaign against War Profiteers. You can read or download the issue in English (HTML or PDF: four pages A3), German (HTML or PDF: eight pages A4), French (HTML or PDF, eight pages A4) and Spanish (HTML or PDF, eight pages A4).
WRI's September 2005 appeal is based on the war profiteers' campaign; you can read the appeal letter here in English and German.
The WRI Wiki -- which some readers may have already discovered by chance -- has been formally incorporated into our online resource work, and is an integral tool for the War Profiteers campaign. Visit the wiki here and register for a username.
Office news
WRI is seeking an administrative and finance worker (2 1/2 days/week) for its London office. You can find a detailed description and application forms here.
We are now taking advance orders for Devi Prasad's War is a crime against humanity: The story of War Resisters' International, to be published 21 October 2005 by WRI. Read more about the book here, download the colour poster for the launch event at Housmans (A4 size), or visit the WRI online shop to make your order at the special advance price (save £10, €15, or US$18 on the regular list price).
The Right to Refuse to Kill
WRI has submitted the case of Mehmet Tarhan to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Mehmet was sentenced in early August to four years' imprisonment for his refusal to serve in the Turkish military.
- Read a press release about the UN submission here in English.
- You can read WRI's CO Alert here in English as well as reports in French and Spanish, and can send a protest letter to the President of Turkey here.
- Read about the campaign to support Turkish conscientious objectors in English and German.
The 13th issue of CO Update, the e-newsletter from WRI, is now online. You can read the current edition here or subscribe by email.
WRI's joint statement (with the European Bureau for Conscientious Objectors and Amnesty International) on CO rights in Greece is now available in German as well as English.
You can buy copies of the Korean documentary People Who Don't Take Up Arms: The story of conscientious objector Oh Taeyang from the WRI webshop. This 60-minute film (Korean with English subtitles) is available in either DVD or VCD format at a price of £10 / €15 / US$20 including shipping.
Meetings and seminars
Globalising Nonviolence
The 24th WRI Triennial will take place in Germany in summer 2006; an information page is now available in English, French, Spanish, and German.
The Triennial leaflet artwork is available for download in PDF for English, French, Spanish, and German.
Peace in North-East Asia
The WRI seminar "Peace in North-East Asia" met from 26-29 June at the Bongdo Centre outside Seoul.
- A report of the seminar is available here in English.
- Background articles for the event, as published in the conference reader, are available here in English and Korean (200-220k plus graphics).
The WRI Council meeting in Seoul issued two statements:
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