Press Releases: Most Recent

D.C. Fast Calls for Economic Justice and Cancellation of Debt in Iraq:
09/13/2005
CHICAGO, IL and WASHINGTON DC, September 13–For the next sixteen days, advocates for economic justice in Iraq will fast outside the headquarters of the International... Federal Judge Orders Fine Against U.S. Citizens for Bringing Medicine to Iraq:
08/14/2005
Chicago-On August 12, 2005 U.S. Federal District Judge John Bates ordered payment of a $20,000 fine imposed against Voices in the Wilderness. Voices was fined... Human Rights Activists in Federal Court for Bringing Medicine to Iraqis:
07/06/2005
Washington, D.C.-Representatives of Voices in the Wilderness will gather on the steps of the U.S. Federal District Court at 8:30 a.m. and again at 2:00...

Published Articles Regarding VitW: Most Recent

Despite Regime Change, Kuwait Debts Keep Mounting:
06/22/2005
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21 (IPS) - International social justice groups are calling on the United Nations to stop paying out millions of dollars in Iraqi... Ex-U.N. boss in Iraq seeks end to Gulf War payouts:
06/16/2005
Hans von Sponeck, who quit as U.N. humanitarian coordinator in 2000 after sharply criticising the effects of the then economic sanctions on civilians, said Iraq’s... Activists to Fast for Ending Iraq Economic ‘Exploitation’:
06/16/2005
American and British activists said they “bear a special responsibility” as citizens of countries “which created and held firm to the economic sanctions which devastated...