by Peace | Sep 28, 2026 | Climate Change, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
In his opinion piece in Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant, Casper Wits argues that the ‘peace’ referred to by participants at Sunday’s National Peace Protest amounts to subjugation for Ukraine. This is because reduced Western military support for Kyiv puts Russia...
by Peace | May 13, 2026 | children, Russia, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
According to a report by the NOS, the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation, broadcast on 11 May, on Russia’s Victory Day the previous Saturday, Putin stated that he believes the conflict with Ukraine is drawing to a close and that he considers Schröder the right person to...
by Peace | Mar 23, 2026 | Ukraine, United Nations, Vrede en oorlog
Update: 23 March 2026. Quaker and conscientious objector Yurii Sheliazhenko has been released from military custody in Ukraine after being forcibly detained last Thursday. Yurii was beaten, pepper-sprayed, dragged by his feet and hair and humiliated during his...
by Peace | Mar 13, 2026 | human rights, Russia, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
In the current report, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine presents its latest findings on crimes and violations committed during the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Commission has continued its investigations...
by Peace | Nov 6, 2025 | Russia, Ukraine, United Nations
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine submitted the present report to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on 27th October 2025. Below you find the summary of this report. The Commission’s latest investigations have established that in...
by Peace | Sep 16, 2025 | Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
On Thursday morning, I read on the Dutch news website NOS that 15 people had been killed in a major air strike on Kyiv, including four children. An EU building had also been hit. My thoughts went out to Yurii Sheliazhenko, my pacifist Ukrainian peace activist friend...
