In civil society
The Nonviolent Movement in Kosov@ and Yugoslavia, by David Hartsough
Save Kosovo by demilitarizing it, by David Hartsough, Director of Peaceworkers
Quakers protesting war arrested at White House
Rally against the war draws 2,500 to Ottawa
MP Svend Robinson travels to Belgrad and Pristina
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Newest Links:
- Kosovo: End the Bombing May 16: page of links and things you can do, by Paul Miniato (Delta, BC, Canada)
Key Links:
- Wolfville Quaker Meeting Kosovo Page
- Balkan Peace Network (Bob Jiggins' site, Bradford, UK)
- Nonviolence Web
- War Resisters' International: Kosovo Page
- UK Committee for Peace in the Balkans (founded 1993)
- German Peace Movement Website (Netzwerk Friedenskooperative -- in German)
- International Action Center (Demonstrations against the war)
Three Ottawa Friends carry signs on Parliament Hill
at an interfaith vigil against the war, April 2, 1999.
Photo: Margaret Jensen, Peace and Environment News.
Responses to the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO and the expulsion of Kosovars by Yugoslavia
Vigils organized by Friends:
- May 2, 1999: Philadelphia Friends hold Prayer Vigil for Peace
- April 15, 1999: Fredericton Friends hold Vigil outside MP's office
- Ottawa Interfaith Peace Vigils (Quaker-led) ongoing since April 2
- April 17, 1999: Interfaith Peace Vigil planned for Ottawa
- April, 1999: Friends in Oxford join in vigils
- April 12, 1999: Peace Prayer Vigil at Virginia Beach Friends Meeting
- April 11, 1999: Friends gather for vigil in Philadelphia
- April 11, 1999: Interfaith Peace Vigil held in Ottawa
- April, 1999: Vigils planned in the United States
- April 9, 1999: Nova Scotia Friends join vigil in Halifax
- April 5, 1999: AFSC* sends aid to Kosova/Kosovo refugees
- April 4, 1999: Peace Vigil in Philadelphia
- April 2, 1999: Interfaith Peace Vigil in Ottawa
A silent vigil is a traditional Quaker witness to injustice and human tragedy.
Letters to governments by Friends Meetings and organizations:
Online resources created by Friends:
- May 30, 1999: The Friend (UK) creates Peace Links Website
- April 23, 1999: What British Friends are asked to do to help end the conflict
- April 27, 1999: Network for Peace in the Balkans (created by Bob Jiggins)
- April 9, 1999: Canadian Friends Service Committee accepts donations for refugees in and from Yugoslavia
- April 16, 1999: Wolfville Quaker Meeting Kosova/o page
- March 29, 1999: Quaker Council on European Affairs
- Northern Friends Peace Board (UK)
- Yugoslavia-Kosova/o reports by David Hartsough (executive director of Peaceworkers and a member of San Francisco Friends Meeting)
- March 24, 1999: Chuck Fager's Kosovo Peace Page
- Information from AFSC on Kosovo
Responses by friends of Friends:
- Ottawa Events to Stop the War, May-June, 1999
- Mothers' Day Walk for Peace in Edmonton, Alberta, May 8, 1999
- Vancouver Rally to stop the bombing, May 1, 1999
- Rally/March to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa, May 15
- !Stop the War! March from Parliament Hill to DND in Ottawa, May 29
- April 28, 1999: Canadian Senator speaks against the war
- April, 1999: Open Letter to the Heads of NATO Governments
- Committee for Peace in the Balkans, London, UK
- April, 1999: Peace vigils across Europe
- April, 1999: Peace vigils in the UK (courtesy Northern Friends Peace Board)
- April, 12, 1999: Telegram to Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin from le Mouvement de la paix
- April 12, 1999: Canadian, US and world church councils appeal to Chr�tien
- April 12, 1999: Project Ploughshares briefing on the crisis in Yugoslavia
- March 30, 1999: Project Ploughshares Letter to Jean Chr�tien
- March 23, 1999: Canadian Pugwash Group Letter to Jean Chr�tien
Media and others:
Background information:
*AFSC is the American Friends Service Committee
**CFSC is the Canadian Friends Service Committee
***FCNL is the Friends Committee on National Legislation (USA)
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