News and Updates
Canada’s pathetic response to civil society call to remove sanctions on Syria following Feb. 2023 earthquake
Why does Canada sanction beyond the sanctions put in place by the UN? Are sanctions beyond those specified by the UN, not acts of war taken unilaterally by those countries imposing them? #SanctionsKill and the impact becomes even...
Report from Geneva of the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem
Zakaria Odeh the exec director from the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights In Jerusalem sent the following message from Geneva where he was attending the United Nations Human Rights Council 53rd Session.
Take Action: Lululemon Dressing up Apartheid!
Lululemon recently opened its first store in Israel and has plans to open seven more. Take Action: write to lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald, to let him know you will not be buying lululemon as long as they are selling products in apartheid Israel.
Stop the War, Stop NATO! Opposing the 2023 NATO Summit
As NATO gathers for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, we unite with pro-peace and anti-war actions occurring around the world at the same time to demand a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Just Peace Advocates joins the Joint Statement Regarding the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database, and Call for Full and Annual Implementation of the Mandate
Human Rights Organisations Welcome the Release of OHCHR’s Update of the UN Database of Businesses Facilitating Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and Call for Full and Annual Implementation of the Mandate
Jenin invasion underlines the need for BDS in Canada: Isolate the occupier!
Just Peace Advocates joins with the Canadian BDS Coalition with the call that the Jenin invasion underlines the need for BDS in Canada: Isolate the occupier!
Just Peace Advocates joins the call to Free Walid Daqqah!
Just Peace Advocates along with many other groups and individuals joined the Palestinian Youth Movement call on international actors to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah.
Armed Drones Killing in Palestine! Armed drones purchase underway in Canada!
With Israel’s first ever weaponized drone strike in the Palestinian West Bank in June 2023 killing 3 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, and the recent use of armed drone strikes in Jenin, we call for no armed drones in Canada, no armed drones...
500+ individuals & 25+ organizations sign letter to say: Prime Minister Trudeau, “No” to a second extradition for Hassan Diab
June 26, 2023: Since the original letter written by Michelle Weinroth, and endorsed by Just Peace Advocates, was delivered to Prime Minister Trudeau 10 days ago with 116 individuals including Michael Lynk, Chris Hedges, and others, there are now over...
Release: Despite Cancelling Attempts, Dimitri Lascaris’ Canada-wide Tour for Peace Continues
The Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network (CWPJN) is pleased to announce that, despite unsuccessful attempts to cancel and deplatform the Canada-wide Tour For Peace of Dimitri Lascaris, his in-person tour will continue over the next two weeks in six cities...