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Wir dokumentieren hier (leider vorläufig nur auf Englisch) die Höhepunkte der ersten Tage.
Weitere Fotos können hier eingesehen werden. Nähere deutschsprachige Informationen zu La´Onf finden sich im BSV-Rundbrief.
BAGHDAD
In Al-Sadr City, Ard Al-Rafeden and Women Rights convened a conference
attended by Baghdad human rights activists with a particular emphasis
on the participation of women. Conference organizers introduced La'Onf
to the community and focused dialogue on preventing electoral violence.
One conference attendee stated that al-Sadr City is completely
forgotten; that no one thinks about their reality of increasing
violence and deteriorating security. Attendees thanked La'Onf's Baghdad
group for expressing commitment and interest in al-Sadr and for the
introduction to nonviolence. BABIL (Babylon)
Babil's La'Onf members, in cooperation with the National Center for the
Rehabilitation of Young People and the Office of International Aid in
Babylon, conducted a festival in the Cultivating Peace Hall (Shatt
al-Hilla). The festival was organized with the significant leadership
of young people and included arts projects for children and the reading
of poetry with one of the poets being only 10 years old. La'Onf
presenters talked about the role of civil society in partnership with
government agencies, religious institutions, and cultural, social and
educational organizations to spread nonviolence throughout the
governorate. Two sixth graders performed an operetta telling the story
of how Iraqis can face violence and maintain the unity of their
country. La'Onf members also distributed posters in Jabla in Northern
Babil. DIWANIYA
La'Onf participants distributed and hung posters in Albdir, approximately 30 miles away from the city center. DIYALA
La'Onf member organizations, including the Relief and Development
Organization and Defense of Iraqi Deportees Association, distributed
posters on nonviolence in the city of Jalula, including public areas,
schools, government offices, and residential neighborhoods. ERBIL
Azadi radio station interviewed La'Onf representatives who discussed
the principles of nonviolence and described activities planned across
Iraq during the 2008 Week of Nonviolence. KARBALA
La'Onf members convened a conference attended by representatives of
civil society, academia and political parties. The conference opened
with a song of peace and love, and rejection of all violence in Iraq,
performed by the Cultural Knowledge Foundation. The La'Onf coordinator
in Karbala then introduced the goals and activities of La'Onf followed
by a courageous presentation by Mr. Yahya Najjar, a journalist in
Karbala. Mr. Najjar appealed to the media to exercise strict neutrality
in reporting on the elections and candidates. He asked the community to
reject violence, sectarianism and all forms of terrorism,
marginalization, racial discrimination, and political and social
oppression. He added that the road in front of journalists is "planted
with brambles," recognizing that they are being targeted and that
"journalism has become a profession of martyrs." However he emphasized
the journalists' "love for life and for painting hope with their free
writings." KIRKUKLa'Onf participants hung posters in public areas, schools and government service and administrative offices. They also met with 40 organizations from Iraqi civil society. In Haweja, Iraqi police interfered with attempts to hang the posters, and two participants were arrested for two hours before being released. Unknown armed forces also interfered with participants in Reyad but members of Al-Sahwa Men were able to de-escalate tensions at the location, and no one was hurt.
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Das gewaltfreie irakische Netzwerk "La´Onf" führt vom 11. bis 18. Oktober seine dritte Woche der Gewaltfreiheit im Irak durch. Thema der Woche ist "die Friedenstaube und die Wahlurne", denn "die Wahlurne ist der beste Weg, um die Besatzung zu beenden". Das Netzwerk, dem sich inzwischen über 100 Organisationen und Gruppen der Zivilgesellschaft aus allen Teilen Iraks angeschlossen haben, startet damit eine Reihe von Aktionen um Gewalt bei den anstehenden Provinz-Wahlen im Januar 2009 zu verhindern.
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