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2006

 

December 2006:

a)

Signed “PetitionOnline” on 22 December 2006: In solidarity with Global Peace Movement petitioned on-line “Investigate Israeli Nuclear capacity now” to Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, IAEA.

b)

Signed endorsement on 22 December 2007: In solidarity with the United for Peace and Justice Movement in New York endorsed the 27 January 2007 people?s march in Washington DC aimed at persuading the new American Congress to end the war in Iraq.

c)

Endorsed by letter on 28 December 2006: In solidarity with Global Peace Movement on their “Support the No Bases Network” campaign.

November 2006:

a)

Signed on 10 of November the petition: Ceasefire Campaign; Stop the War in Iraq.

b)

Signed on 10 of November the petition: Sayama International Solidarity Campaign.

October 2006:

a)

Signed the petition on “The Proposed National Health Financing Scheme”.

b)

Supported the Campaign entitled “India: Clouds of Injustice ? Bhopal disaster 22 years on”.

c)

Signed the Petition to support “The Muslim Minority in the Sri Lankan Conflict”.

d)

Endorsed the call for “Fair Trial in the Subic Rape Case in the Philippines” on 25 September 2006.

September 2006:

a)

Endorsed statement on demand an Immediate International Criminal Tribunal for Israel to Stop Global War initiated by Creating a Sustainable Future (CASF) on 1 September 2006.

b)

Supported call to government of Sri Lanka and LTTE to cease hostilities initiated by IMADR on 7 September 2006.

c)

Signed petition: Right to education for Palestinian students initiated by the Gender Study Project on 25 September 2006.

August 2006:

a)

Endorsed statement on tragedy in Lebanon and Palestine initiated by Ayse Berktay of Istanbul, Turkey on 4 August 2006.

b)

Supported call for immediate ceasefire in the Middle East from the Khiam Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (KRC) in Beirut, Lebanon on 6 August 2006.

c)

Signed, on 8 August 2006, the petition calling for immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the call for an international day of protest and solidarity on 12 August 2006 by the International Solidarity Delegation in Lebanon.

d)

Carried Hiroshima Day Message 2006 on JUST website on 11 August 2006 in response to a request from the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

e)

Endorsed the call ‘Cuban sovereignty should be respected’ by The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP). Asia Pacific Division on 11 August 2006.

f)

Supported, on 25 August 2006, the ‘Free the Cuban Five’ petition that calls for the release of five Cuban men who are imprisoned in the US.

July 2006:

a)

Signed on 4 July 2006 the ‘Stop starving the Palestinians’ petition to Tony Blair protesting the European Union/United States decision to withhold funding to the Palestinians following the Hamas victory.

b)

Endorsed ‘Call for a General Strike’ in Cairo on 23 July 2006 against the wanton bombing of Lebanese civilians by the Brussels Tribunal Committee.

c)

Endorsed the ‘Save the Lebanese Civilians’ petition on 26 July 2006 in response to a call by Verde, a peace movement based in Belgium.

d)

Endorsed on 26 July, call to ‘August 5th Weekend of Actions’ around the themes ‘No Justice, No Peace, US Out of the Middle East’, ‘Stand with the Palestinian and Lebanese Resistance’, ‘End the Occupation of Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon’, ‘Support the Palestinian People’s Right to Return’, ‘US/Israeli Troops Out Now’, ‘No More Fighting and Dying for Oil Profits’, and ‘Stop US Aid to Israel’ by the International Action Centre, New York.

e)

Endorsed on 29 July 2006 vide a letter to the Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, protest against the ‘Destruction of Lebanon’.

June 2006:

a)

Signed on 14 June 2006 an emergency letter, in conjunction with Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, addressed to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari and members of the UN Security Council, urging for a resolution to call on the Government of Burma to protect its citizens against all forms of atrocities.

May 2006:

a)

Signed on 11 May 2006 international petition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stop mistreating and continuing to hold in Israel, Mordechai Vanunu, the Morocco-born Israeli nuclear whistle-blower.

b)

Signed on 13 May 2006 petition ‘Condemning the Egyptian Government’s Attacks on Judges and Peaceful Demonstrators’.

c)

Endorsed on 19 May 2006 letter to US President George W. Bush protesting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to the White House in May.

April 2006:

a)

Endorsed on April 14, 2006 online petition ‘No Life Sentence For Soldiers Who Refuse To Be Occupiers’ to UK Secretary of State for Defence, John Reid. The UK Armed Forces Bill – Section 8, if passed, would impose harsh penalties on soldiers who refuse to take part in military occupations.

b)

Endorsed on April 17, 2006 the ‘Save the Narmada Campaign’ protesting the Indian Government’s decision to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the Narmada Valley without first keeping its promises of just and adequate rehabilitation to tens of thousands of families displaced by the dam.

c)

Endorsed on April 24, 2006 Bar Council’s ‘Movement Towards a Better Police Force’ public endorsement in support of the formation of an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

d)

Endorsed on April 27, 2006 ‘No to War’ campaign organized by United for Peace and Justice, the largest the broadest anti-war coalition in the United States, aimed at the UN Security Council demanding that the Council stand firm against US pressure to invade Iran.

e)

Supported the ‘Say No to Germany’s Prostitution of Women during the World Cup Games in 2006’ by the Coalition Against Trafficking of Women (CATW) on April 28, 2006.

March 2006:

a)

Supported petition by the Republic of Cuba on March 15, 2006 demanding an end to hypocrisy on the issue of human rights to be submitted to the Human Rights Commission in Geneva at its forthcoming meeting.

b)

Endorsed the Kuala Lumpur Anti-War Declaration on March 19, 2006 by the Gabungan Anti Perang Malaysia.

c)

Supported protest against the repression of Korean anti-war activists by the Roh Moo-hyun government on March 25, 2006.

d)

Endorsed SUARAM memorandum to the Prime Minister on the fuel price hike on March 25, 2006.

e)

Carried announcement on the Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War on the JUST website.

February 2006:

a)

JUST endorsed an appeal initiated by the Bertrand Russell Tribunal to save Iraq?s academics. A study by the United Nations University (UNU) shows that 84% of Iraqi academic institutions were destroyed during the American occupation of Iraq.

b)

The Global Call for Action asks civil society to observe 3rd anniversary of Iraq War on March 18, 2006. JUST will organize a roundtable on this date.

c)

Endorsed press conference and Muslim NGOs? joint statement on the Palestine Issue by ABIM on February 25, 2006.

• January 2006:

a) Endorsed appeal on Iran and Nuclear Weapons initiated by Mayors for Peace, Abolition ? 2000 Global Council, 14 January 2006.

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2005

 

•            16 JUST members endorsed the Global Call to Action against the Military Occupation of Iraq initiated by Nobel Peace and Literature Laureates, Cindy Sheehan and other peace and human-rights activists and religious leaders.

•             Joined appeal made by scores of other activists and intellectuals for the immediate release of the four peace activists from the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) kidnapped in Iraq on November 26 initiated by Project Solidarite Irak, 8 December 2005.

•             Endorsed the Kempen Tandatangan Pekerja Kilang & Kesatuan Sekerja Peringkat Nasional initiated by Gabungan Pekerja Kilang & Kesatuan Sekerja (GPKK) and Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT) on 13 October.

•             Endorsed the call for support for the Palestinian mass mobilization against Sharon’s presence at the UN initiated by Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign – outreach, 22 September 2005.

•             Supported the call for the abolition of Public Order and Prevention of Crime Ordinance 1969 (POPO) on 27 August 2005, initiated by Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM).

•             In solidarity with Ms Cindy Sheehan and the movement that has grown around her plea to the President of the United States to meet her face to face to explain why he went to war in Iraq, 20 August 2005. Request for endorsement from United for Peace & Justice.

•             Endorsed the 2005 International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration of the United States, 5 August 2005 initiated by Not in Our Name.

•             Endorsed the nomination of the Hibakusha/Hidankyo Organisation for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005, 2 July 2005.

•             Endorsed the call for ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel’ initiated by Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative (OPGAI) and Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), 21 June 2005;

•             Endorsed Joint NGO Statement on ‘Stop Water Privatization in Malaysia’, 10 June 2005;

•             Endorsed the Memorandum on Gender Discrimination against MAS Flight Stewardess, 8 June 2005;

•             Endorsed the call for the immediate implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Royal Malaysia Police, 8 June 2005;

•             Endorsed a letter initiated by 50 Years is Enough: US Network for Global Economic Justice on 25 May 2005 concerning the appointment of Dr Paul Wolfowitz, as the President of the World Bank.

•             Endorsed appeal against the deportation from Malaysia of a permanent resident of Indonesian origin, Abdul Mutalib on 30 April 2005;

•             On 30 April 2005, JUST endorsed the call for an international conference in support of the Iraqi Resistance on October 1 and 2, 2005

•             Comment sent to IMADR expressing disappointment over the decision of the Supreme Court of Japan in dismissing the special appeal in the Sayama case, 19 March 2005.

•             Endorsed statement by Sisters in Islam on ‘The State has no role in Policing Morality’, 11 March 2005

•             Written a letter to the Presidente De La Republica Colombia urging for a thorough investigation on the massacre of seven persons associated with the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado by the Colombian Army, 10 March 2005.

•             Supported the campaign for the registration of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), 10 March 2005.

•             Endorsed the upcoming World Peace Forum schedule for Vancover in June 2006 on 9 March 2005.

•             Endorsed 6 point appeal by the Gabungan Pekerja Kilang & Kesatuan Sekerja (GPKK) on minimum wage, bonus, working hours, Worker’s Fund, maternity leave and every factory to have a Kesatuan Sekerja on 14 January 2005.

•             Endorsed a letter initiated by Korea Peace Forum addressed to the President George Bush, opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons throughout the world and propagating a nuclear-free Korean peninsula conducive to attaining peace on 5 January 2005.

•             Written a letter to the Editor, The Guardian, UK on the closing of accounts for ‘Palestinian Aid Groups’ on 4 January 2005