DI member organisation: Human Rights & Democratic Participation Centre “SHAMS” based in Ramallah held five open meetings in five Palestinian universities and colleges.

Gun violence kills more than 350,000 people a year, and severely injures more than a million. Yet the global trade that fuels the epidemic of armed violence is not subject to international regulation.

From 2-8 June 2008, civil society in 70 countries around the world marked the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence.

 

Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence in Ramallah

 

DI member organisation: Human Rights & Democratic Participation Centre “SHAMS” based in Ramallah held five open meetings in five Palestinian universities and colleges. Students and student networks were invited to participate.
The discussion and dialogue focused on the phenomenon of the use of small arms and how to identify ways to  respond to the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons in a more coherent and coordinated manner.
The Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence in Ramallah:

Date      Place
3/6/2008 Palestine Technical University
4/6/2008 Modern University
5/6/2008 Al-Tira University
6/6/2008 Al-Quds Open University
7/6/2008 Al-Quds University, Abu Dis

SHAMS Photo Gallery of the 2008 Week of Action Against Gun Violence, 2-8 June 2008 in Ramallah

 

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