January 2003 Peace Activists Photos


About 30,000 participants in the International social alliance demonstrated in Poto Alegro, Brizil, yesterday against war and calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state (An Nahar, 1/29/03)	Yes, some parliaments are not rubber stamps to the executive branch. This is a member of the European Parliament lifting a sign of "Nor War for Oil," while the European Foreign Minister, Solana, giving a speech about Iraq (An Nahar, 1/30/03).


The British peace activist, Ken Okefe, standing beside a bus lauded with peace activists who volunteered to be human shields, in their way to Baghdad (An Nahar, 1/26/03).	The shadow of a protester falls on an anti-war banner during a demonstration in Bombay on Monday. About 1,000 protesters shouted anti-US and anti-war slogans as they marched through the streets of Bombay. (Alquds Alarabi, Arab News, 1/28/03)	Anti-War activists representing Pakistan Scholars Society burning the US flag in protest to the impending war on Iraq (An Nahar, 1/28/03).


Europeans against the US war on Iraq (Alquds Alarabi, 1/24/03).	About 100,000 people from 153 countries demonstrated in Porto Alegrez, Brazil, protesting globalization and war. The protested was in connection to the annual Davos meetings (Alittihad, 1/25/03).	Pakistani nunns demonstrating in Lahore, in protest to the US war on Iraq (An Nahar, 125/03).


British anti-war demonstrators protesting the coming war on Iraq, in front of the British Parliament (Alquds, 1/22/03).	Protesters demonstrate against a possible war on Iraq outside the U. S. Embassy in Jakarta on January 22. (Reuters, Khaleej Times, 1/22/03).	Most of the British oppose the war on Iraq. This was part of the weekend demonstrations against the war (Alquds Alarabi, 1/22/03).


About 300,000 Americans demonstrated against war on Iraq, in Washington DC, on Saturday (Alhayat Aljadeeda, 1/19/03).	Thousands of people gather to protest against likely war in Iraq, as part of worldwide demonstrations, in Tokyo on Saturday. (AFP, Arab News, 1/18/03).


Anti-US war on Iraq demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan (Al-Kifah Al-Arabi, 1/19/03).	Anti-US war on Iraq demonstration in Washington DC, USA (Al-Kifah Al-Arabi, 1/19/03).	Anti-US war on Iraq demonstration in Paris, France (Al-Kifah Al-Arabi, 1/19/03).


Anti-war demonstration in Demascus, Syria (Al-Ittihad, 1/19/03).	Anti-war on Iraq demonstraton in Gaza, Palestine, on Friday (Alhayat Aljadeeda, 1/18/03).	Palestinian refugees in Ain El-Helweh, Lebanon, demonstrating against the US war on Iraq, on Friday, carrying pictures of Saddam Hussain and Yasser Arafat (Alquds, 1/18/03).


Damascus demonstrators against war on Iraq (aljazeera.net, 1/18/03).	Amman, Jordan, protest against war on Iraq (aljazeera.net, 1/18/03).	Moscow demonstrators against war on Iraq (aljazeera.net, 1/18/03).


150 naked women in California protested the war on Iraq with their naked bodies, writing NO WAR here, and PEACE in another picture. The group was headed by the actress Donna Shihan (An Nahar, 1/16/03).	Protesters from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament stand Monday on the shores of Loch Long where British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is berthed in Scotland (photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Reuters, Jordan Times, 1/14/03)	British peace activists continue to protest British build up for attacking Iraq with the US (Alquds Alarabi, 1/15/03).

Alquds Alarabi, (11/7/02)

Al-Ahram Weekly (10/10/02).

A group of anarchists present a banner during an anti-NATO demonstration in Prague on November 20. NATO said on Wednesday it was building multinational rapid response teams to turn attacks with chemical and biological weapons from potential catastrophes into manageable crises. (Khaleej Times, 11/21/02).


About ten thousand people demonstrated today in Sydney, Australia, against war on Iraq (aljazeera.net, 11/30/02).	Thousands of Bahrainis demonstrating yesterday on Jerusalem Day, in support for the Palestinian people and in protest against the Israeli occupation of Palestine (aljazeera.net, 11/30/02).


Women from all continents against Sharon and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.		Filipino activists chant anti-Australian slogans during a rally outside the Australian embassy in Manila. The Philippines branded Australia's proposal to allow pre-emptive strikes against militants in other countries as bizarre and said foreign troops are not welcome without Manila's consent (Khaleej Times, 12/3/02).

Turkish Islamist protesters chant slogans as they burn a British flag in an anti-war rally in Istanbul on December 29 in which around 2,000 demonstrators demanded Turkey not to assist the United States in the event of war in neighbouring Iraq (Khaleej Times, 12/30/02).

A demonstration against US war on Iraq, in Pakistan, on Friday (Alquds Alarabi, 1/4/02).

Protesters shout slogans as they carry banners in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Saturday during a demonstration against a possible US-led war against Iraq. (Reuters, Arab News, 1/5/03).


Women from all continents against Sharon and the Israeli occupation of Palestine.		Filipino activists chant anti-Australian slogans during a rally outside the Australian embassy in Manila. The Philippines branded Australia's proposal to allow pre-emptive strikes against militants in other countries as bizarre and said foreign troops are not welcome without Manila's consent (Khaleej Times, 12/3/02).

A demonstration against US war on Iraq, in Pakistan, on Friday (Alquds Alarabi, 1/4/02).

Protesters shout slogans as they carry banners in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Saturday during a demonstration against a possible US-led war against Iraq. (Reuters, Arab News, 1/5/03).

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