The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today launched a #NoHateNoFear initative to counter terrorism.
At a special ceremony, parliamentarians stood up to say NO to hate and fear. They committed to follow up on this initiative in their national parliaments.
"We have to prevent the mutual suspicion and hostility that fear of terrorism engenders as an ill in its own right. This is the main purpose of our Assembly’s initiative against terrorism #NoHateNoFear," PACE President Pedro Agramunt announced.
With this initiative, PACE wants to rally as many people as possible – politicians, religious leaders, academics, journalists, representatives of civil society and ordinary citizens – to say “NO” to fear and hatred.
On the occasion of the launch ceremony, the PACE President also paid tribute to the powerful message which the French reporter Antoine Leiris posted on his Facebook page after losing his wife in the attack on the Bataclan in Paris. "It lies at the very heart of our initiative," he concluded. (more...)