Opinion article by Dr Margaret Beavis, – board member of ICAN (Australia) and the Medical Association for Prevention of War. Published by the Canberra Times on January 1st 2018 As we look back on the past year, one issue that abruptly came into focus was nuclear weapons. On the one hand, North Korea aggressively tested […]
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Making Waves – ICAN Tour 2018
ICAN Speaking Tour 2018 Making Waves is a speaking tour featuring nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia, traveling aboard Peace Boat’s voyage to Oceania in January-February 2018. Public events, meetings and media opportunities will take place in five cities. The Tour is a collaboration between Peace Boat and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, […]
Watch ICAN Receive the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Watch Hiroshima survivor, Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Finn, CEO of ICAN, accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of ICAN. Their speeches send a powerful message to the world that nuclear weapons must be banned. Click here to watch the ceremony in full.
More from Oslo – Sue Coleman-Haseldine talks about the impact of nuclear testing on her community
Sue Coleman-Haseldine has been at the forefront of the camapign to abolish nuclear weapons. As a survivor of British nuclear testing at Maralinga and Emu Fields, Sue has supported ICANi‘s campaign by speaking out and sharing her testamony with people from around the world. Sue joined ICANi campaigners from around the world to witness, and […]
Nobel Peace Prize 2017 – MAPW Congratulates and Celebrates with ICAN
MAPW congratulates and celebrates with ICAN the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to this outstanding campaign which is achieving so much towards our goal of a nuclear weapons free world. The award will be presented in Oslo on Sunday, 10 December, very late evening (not so late for our friends and colleagues in […]