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CENTRE FOR LIBERATION THEOLOGIES
Advocacy
Last Update: 23 July 2006

Local concerns:

• 6th Kerk en Leven Peace Prize: Vote for Francisco de Roux, a Jesuit who lives and works in Colombia.
• 23 February 2003: Awarding of the Theodor Haecker Prize for civil courage and political integrity to Laurien Ntezimana, in Esslingen/Neckar, Germany
• Detention of Laurien Ntezimana of Rwanda, field diplomat and founder of "Association Modeste et Innocent" promoting peace education, co-signatory of the Confession of Detmold (12 December 1996) initiating the process of reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis, recipient of the International Peace Award from Pax Christi International (1998).
  Read the following articles: "Non-structural peace initiative under fire", "Vredeswerkers maken vrienden en hebben vrienden nodig", "Rwanda: Peace workers suffer increasing political repression", "Rwanda: Activists in Detention"
• 15 October 2001: Torchlight Procession: Stop the War!

International concerns:

• Environmental Awareness.
• Prophecy - Advocacy on the war against Iraq. Reflections for the Easter liturgy for academic year 2002-2003.
• 26 April 2002: 'Genocide in Congo', review article by Rony Ceustermans of Tertio on the new book by Jean Migabo Kalere, Génocide au Congo? Analyse des massacres de populations civiles.