hiroshima nagasaki

IPPNW 24th World Congress

December 19, 2024

While marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this will be an opportunity to reflect on the devastating consequences of nuclear weapons and to recommit to disarmament.

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Please spread the message of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner: Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Never Again!

December 10, 2024

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”

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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Honoring Nihon Hidankyo

November 22, 2024

Watch this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, honoring Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors (Hibakusha).

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Event: Watch the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Honoring Nihon Hidankyo Hibakusha

November 20, 2024

Join us in congratulating Nihon Hidankyo, and celebrating the work of Hibakusha in bringing us closer to a world without nuclear weapons.

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Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize 

October 25, 2024

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced they will award the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, the largest Hibakusha organization in Japan.

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Events Reflect an Outpouring of Concern

August 23, 2024
People marching holding paper lanterns

The wide variety of activities and events — including vigils, film screenings, public gatherings, art exhibitions, nonviolent direct actions and Toro Nagashi lantern floating ceremonies — share a common theme: Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Never Again! 

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“We’re paying for our own annihilation but nobody thinks about it”

August 13, 2024

Article in People’s World quoting PSR-Los Angeles staff member Maylene Hughes.

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Hiroshima survivor: “We had no idea what happened” when the bomb dropped

August 6, 2024

People’s World article quoting Chesapeake PSR’s Dr. Gwen DuBois.

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Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin hosts ‘Lanterns for Peace’

August 4, 2024

News clip on PSR Wisconsin’s Lanterns for Peace event commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Events and More

August 1, 2024
Paper lanterns with peace messages written on them float in a lake next to a canoe

With the 79th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings drawing near, PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program invites you to participate in a communal remembrance of the attacks on August 6 and 9.

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