Solidarity with Turkish Anti-War and Human Rights Activists
9 July 2026 | By: Stop Rearm Europe (SRE) *The International Peace Bureau is a member of the SRE. We stand in solidarity with the activists, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders being detained and silenced across Türkiye ahead of the 36th NATO Summit, taking place in Ankara on July 6th...
Toward Dialogue and Survival in a Perilous Time
Common security lessons for the US and Russia in a world without arms control. *By Joseph Gerson, Jul 05, 2026, Common Dreams The following article was initially written at the request of Oleg Bodrov, a Russian physicist with commitments to peace and environmental sustainability and...
Torture, detention, and denial of alternative service: EBCO calls on Ukraine to uphold the right to conscientious objection
English | Ukrainian. Please see the Ukrainian version below. Press release by European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) condemns the torture and death in military custody of Ukrainian conscientious objector Dmytro Koval and calls on...
Save Jeju Now: We condemn the attempted offshore rocket launch by the military, Hanwha, and the Jeju Provincial Government!
Photo by Hwang Yong-woon, June 30, 2026 Photo by Hwang Yong-woon, June 30, 2026 On June 30, the military and Hanwha attempted to conduct the fourth test of a solid-propellant space launch vehicle off the coast of Seogwipo, Jeju, but were ultimately forced to cancel it . This occurred less...
IPB Statement on the Detention and Deportation of Executive Director Sean Conner and other Activists in Istanbul on 3 July 2026
Monday, 6 July 2026 The International Peace Bureau (IPB) unequivocally condemns the detention and deportation of its Executive Director, Sean Conner, alongside other activists from Germany, Finland, and Italy. Upon arrival at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport at 17:27 local time on...
