Yurii Sheliazhenko – arbitrarily detained to be forcibly conscripted – a victim of cruel and humiliating treatment
March 24, 2026 The undersigned organisations express their deep dismay over what happened to Mr. Yurii Sheliazhenko and strongly condemn the serious human rights violations committed against him by the Ukrainian authorities. Yurii Sheliazhenko was forcibly taken by the Ukrainian police in Kyiv on...
The world is closer to Armageddon
By Pablo Ruiz* In January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that we are 85 seconds away from midnight—or the “Doomsday Clock”—due to the threats of nuclear war and climate change. As the war—which resumed in late February against the Islamic Republic of Iran—intensifies...
GSPP Statement: Stop Israel’s Assault on Lebanon!
20 March 2026 *The International Peace Bureau is a member of the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine (GSPP) coalition Less than two years after the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, a renewed Israeli assault on southern Lebanon, stretching to include suburbs of the capital Beirut and...
Urgent Action: Free Conscientious Objector Yurii Sheliazhenko
Yurii Sheliazhenko, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, IPB Council member, and a well-known conscientious objector, was detained by Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv on Thursday, March 19th. This action was taken without a proper legal basis and without compliance with the...
Germany Fourth Largest Exporter of War Weapons – with Fatal Consequences!
Action Aufschrei Demands a Turn Towards a Culture of Peace The alliance Aktion Aufschrei – Stoppt den Waffenhandel! (Outcry – Stop the Arms Trade!) strongly criticizes the trend in the global arms trade, as presented in the latest figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute...