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The Humanitarian Intervention Centre is a proud new addition to the Coalition of Peace and is hugely supportive of the fine work done by Children of Peace and its partners.

The HIC welcomes the findings of the United Nations report on the chemical weapons attack on the Damascus suburb of East Ghouta on 21st August 2013, though the time wasted and lives lost between now and the first intelligence reports published by the US, UK, Israel, France, Turkey, Germany and others should be noted.

Prior to the Parliamentary vote on Syria, the following is a strategic briefing on top 5 Strategic & Humanitarian reasons for the West to take measures against the Assad regime.

HSC Executive Director Julie Lenarz reflects on Foreign Secretary William Hague’s comment on the violent situation in Egypt for the Evening Standard 20th August 2013 “I welcome the Foreign Secretary William Hague’s comment on the situation in Egypt. The military’s overthrow of ...

Damian Counsell interviews Julie Lenarz, the Executive Director. Their wide-ranging conversation covers her recent visit to Iraqi Kurdistan to mark the 25th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s genocidal actions against its people; why the survivors viewed Allied action as a liberation; the surprising ...