13 April 2014, Middle East

To raise awareness on The Global Day of Action on Military Spending, GDAMS, 2014 in the Arab region,  a press release was circulated by Arab Human Security Network to different Arab media and e-groups highlighting the consequences of the unbelievable military spending including nuclear weapons on the people and earth now and in the future.

The statement entitled: stop madness in military spending, called civil societies and Media to play more active role in divesting the spending to promote peace, poverty alleviation, education and sustainable development.

Below are some links from the media in Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Austria (in Arabic):

Press report 1 | Press report 2 | Press report 3 | Press report 4 | Press report 5 | Press report 6