Dr. Edhi wins top UN prize for non-violence

Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi, a Pakistan-based philanthropist, has recently won top UN award for his contributions promoting tolerance and non-violence. "Abdul Sattar Edhi of Pakistan and a Belgian human rights defender...

The Nobel Peace Prize's Most Famous Omission

According to an article in Foreign Policy Magazine Premature Nobelization? 7 People Who Should Have Won, But Didn't, topping The Nobel Peace Prize's most famous ommission was Mahatma Gandhi, a pacifist and...

International Day of Peace Celebrated On September 21

Today, the world celebrates the International Day of Peace for the 27th time. The day, which is dedicated to the celebration of global ceasefire and non-violence, is celebrated in all UN member states.The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United...

Non-violence can't tackle terror: Dalai Lama

" Dalai Lama, a lifelong champion of non-violence on Saturday candidly stated that terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed. "It is difficult to deal with terrorism through non-violence," the Tibetan spiritual...

Sen. Inhofe: Paulson Made Martial Law Threats Re: Wall Street Bailout

Senator James "more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment [of tortured detainees]" Inhofe-R OK, has said that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made warnings of martial law, a new great depression and civil unrest on a conference call about 2 weeks before the...

How to Perform a Citizen's Arrest of A Bush Administration Official by Nathan...

"The news that 4 people had been arrested in Iowa while trying to perform a citizen's arrest on Karl Rove got me wondering: Can we arrest Bush administration officials ourselves? So I slogged through a slew of...

Refusing to be silenced

"On July 24, about 100 people gathered in Baltimore for a forum to stand up against a long-term spying operation conducted by the Maryland State Police against anti-death penalty and antiwar activists. The...

Crime against humanity under the ‘Shadow of Lord Buddha’

Burma Review : www.burmareview.com in its latest post entitled, Crime against humanity under the 'Shadow of Lord Buddha' analyzes Bogyoke Aung San's vision that monks should participate in politics or not, as it was published in the military junta's official mouth-piece -The...

Crime against humanity under the ‘Shadow of Lord Buddha’

Burma Review : www.burmareview.com in its latest post entitled, Crime against humanity under the 'Shadow of Lord Buddha' analyzes Bogyoke Aung San's vision that monks should participate in politics or not, as it was published in the military junta's official mouth-piece -The...

OPERATION GRAVE DIGGERS ?

Burma Review: www.burmareview.com in its latest post publishes new non-violent strategy suggested by one its Burmese reader - Maung Sit Naing for Burma's democratic agenda.

India can’t afford to be a fence sitter in Burma’s struggle for Democracy

Burma Review- www.burmareview.com in its latest post publishes article entitled, "India Can't afford to be a fence sitter in Burma's struggle for Democracy written by Honurable member of Indian Parliament - Nirmala Deshpande.

MIRACLE at US Capitol?

James Twyman and representatives from Communities of Peace gathered on the west lawn of the US Capitol to commemorate the Season For Non-Violence. During the ceremony a mile long quilt called “The Children’s...

Gandhian Philosophy Of 'Ahimsa'

Usually, we consider non-violence (Ahimsa) to mean non-injury. But in Gandhi’s scheme of things non-violence means not just avoiding physical harm, mental harm or loss of livelihood. It also means giving up even the thought of harming someone.   For Gandhi, "I...

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