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David Cawthorne Haines

Date: September 13, 2014

logo 0(Published Sept. 13, 2014) Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is deeply saddened by the murder of our friend and former colleague, David Cawthorne Haines.  Although he was not working for NP at the time of his abduction, David served NP in South Sudan in 2012 and was known and beloved by many of us.  He protected people under threat with courageous determination whilst always demonstrating a sense of humility and where required humour. We send our love and condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and ex-colleagues and want them all to know that he saved many peoples’ lives through his good work.

We are outraged by his brutal murder.  We are struggling to separate the actions from the persons committing them.   We appeal to our shared humanity with those who have killed our friend to turn away from these horrible acts and to let other captives free.  NP in memory of David rededicates ourselves to protecting civilians and creating nonviolent approaches to resolving  conflicts.

NP, an international nongovernmental organization with offices in Belgium and the US, provides direct, unarmed physical presence protection to civilians caught in violent conflict and works with local civil society to reduce further violence on a nonpartisan basis. 

We are deeply saddened. In respect to his family and loved ones, NP has no further comment.

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