Responding to injustice in the world caused by war and other violent conflict
A new report from IKV Pax Christi reveals the extent of the use of depleted uranium in civilian areas for the first time…Continue reading A Decade On and Depleted Uranium Contamination Still Blights Iraq
4 minute documentary filmed and directed by Dearbhla Glynn, in association with Afri, outlines some issues posed by use of the Depleted Uranium Weapons….Continue reading Ban Depleted Uranium Film
Public Meeting, Buswells Hotel, Dublin, 4 May 2010, 7.30pm-9.00pm…Continue reading Toxic Shock-and-Awe: The Poisoned Roots and Poisoned Fruits of War
Oxfam and 37 other humanitarian organisations are raising the alarm about the catastrophic situation in Northern Gaza The Israeli forces’ assault on Gaza has escalated to a horrifying level of atrocity. Northern Gaza is being wiped off the map. Under the guise of “evacuation,” Israeli forces have ordered the forced displacement of an estimated 400,000…Continue reading Urgent joint statement: Northern Gaza is being erased – global leaders must act now to end Israel’s atrocities
Hiroshima anniversary – Afri calls for Irish leadership in global peacebuilding Irish peace and justice organisation Afri, along with anti-war groups and peace campaigners from around Ireland attended Irish CND’s Hiroshima commemoration in Dublin today, Tuesday, August 6th. The annual commemoration took place at the iconic CND cherry tree in Dublin, which was planted in Merrion…Continue reading Hiroshima anniversary – Afri calls for Irish leadership in global peacebuilding
March 14, 2024 In a work entitled “Irish Famine 4,” Palestinian-American journalist and artist Sam Husseini combined grass and paint to commemorate a bitter time in Irish history when starving people died with their mouths stained green because, according to historian Christine Kinealy, their last meal was grass. Shamefully, British occupiers profited from exporting out of Ireland food crops so…Continue reading ‘When Starvation is a Weapon, The Harvest Is Shame’ by Kathy Kelly
Afri’s annual Féile Bride Peace Conference entitled ‘The Light of Peace amidst the Clouds of War’, organised in partnership with the Brigidines and Cairde Bríde, took place on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 in the beautiful Solas Bhríde Centre, Kildare town.
On Thursday, February 1st, ‘Brigid of Kildare’, accompanied by members of Afri and StoP, attempted to delivered a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St. Brigid Peace Cross to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. The doors of the Department, however, were firmly closed against Brigid –…Continue reading Brigid to bring message of peace to Foreign Affairs on Feb. 1st.
Afri’s annual Féile Bride Peace Conference entitled ‘The Light of Peace amidst the Clouds of War’, organised in partnership with the Brigidines and Cairde Bríde, will take place on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 in the beautiful Solas Bhríde Centre, Kildare town.
For the third year in succession, at noon, on Thursday, February 1st, ‘Brigid of Kildare’, accompanied by members of Afri and StoP, will deliver a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St. Brigid Peace Cross to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin.