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NP part of child protection network in Mindanao
Photo Essay from the field in Sri Lanka, December 2008
Case for Nonviolent Action is Strong.This campaign season, we heard about everything from Alaskan independence to the return of the Cold War. One topic that was not mentioned, indeed is rarely mentioned in the course of mainstream discussions or news coverage, is nonviolence.Nick Mele, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 16 November 2008
Nonviolent Peaceforce executive director, Mel Duncan, named one of the "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" by the Utne Reader, November/December 2008
Interview with Executive Director Mel Duncan on "Truth to Tell" radio, 1 October 2008
AFP ambush, attack MILF in Maguindanao, www.luwaran.com, 20 August 2008
Thousands flee war zones in North Cotabato; fighting now in 4 towns , 12 August 2008
Interview with Atif Hameed, The Story with Dick Gordon, 3 July 2008
Interview with Mel Duncan, Chicago Public Radio , 10 June 2008
New York Times, 26 April 2008
Peace Magazine, Vol.24, No.2: April-June 2008
Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2008

Press Releases

Kidnapped Nonviolent Peaceforce Civilian Peacekeeper Released June 03, 2009

When repression rises in a society the first targets are often journalists and human rights defenders, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2008

International Peace Day 2008 in the “Darasallam Kids and Community Center”, Kattankudy, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka

Nonviolent Peaceforce regional peace team training supports success of new Minnesota Peace Team

The Evacuation of Two Hundred Individuals Trapped in Battlezone, 25 August 2008

Field Note: NP arranges safe passage for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Mindanao, 22 August 2008

Accompanying the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Mindanao, 21 August 2008

Nonviolent Peaceforce's case studies posted in the Best Practices of UN's NGO web site

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury challenged funders to provide one half of the funds needed by NP

NP-Japan publishes book: Unarmed Peacekeeping Operations

Nonviolent Peaceforce Co-founder Mel Duncan to step aside as Executive Director

NP shares Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping overview with United Nations Member states, 24 June 2008

Burma-Myanmar: An Historic Moment for Peaceful Transition and Genuine Democratization and Reconciliation, 30 September 2007

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