[TEXT] Joint Statement from the 2014 No Nukes Asia Forum

[TEXT] Joint Statement from the 2014 No Nukes Asia Forum

Activists from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Turkey, Philippines, India and Taiwan converged in Taipei last week to chart out the common issues across Asia and build solidarity for a nuclear free world. Kumar Sundaram participated on behalf of the CNDP in the Forum. Here is the joint statement adopted by the NNAF 2014 -
National Convention – Challenges to Indian Democracy: Nuclearisation, Militarisation, State Violence

National Convention – Challenges to Indian Democracy: Nuclearisation, Militarisation, State Violence

The 2-day National Convention will be held in New Delhi on 30th and 31st of August 2014. Concerned citizens and movements from all over the country will be invited to raise their voice for justice and peace. We are reaching out to democratic organisations and people's movements to come together and among other matters help work out a programme that will include opening and closing plenaries, parallel workshops and evening cultural activities and in this way make a public statement before the new government.
Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2014

Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2014

Following is the full text of the Peace Declaration issued Wednesday by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima:
CNDP Statement on Israel’s Brutal Assault on Gaza

CNDP Statement on Israel’s Brutal Assault on Gaza

We are shocked at Israel's ongoing brutal assault on the Gaza Strip, which has caused more than 150 Palestinian civilian deaths. The kidnapping and murder of three teenage Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank was condemnable, but Israel has reacted to it by visiting indiscriminate collective punishment on the Palestinian people, without identifying the culprits.