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Saving lives is not a crime
A decade ago, in the summer of 2015, the Greek island of Lesvos became the epicenter of Europe’s “refugee crisis.” Images of local residents doing
Sand in the gears
The PKK-Turkey peace process has been underway since February this year. Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, ordered the PKK to
A daughter’s return
The story the villagers tell each other is that CPT has brought her daughter back, Harya* shares with us. She is a mother who had
Belonging to the land
In occupied Palestine, access to one’s own land is never guaranteed. The simple act of farming can become a battle over identity and survival.
Dungeon No.38
In this short story, Danya Nasereddin sketches the life of a young Palestinian as he navigates detention and interrogation under Occupation.
Join the CPT solidarity raffle
The CPT Solidarity Raffle has begun! From now until 18 December, you can buy a ticket, support our work, and have the chance to win
Solidarity on trial … again!
As I write this week’s bulletin, a friend is standing trial at Mytilene court in Lesvos, alongside twenty-three others who worked in Search and Rescue
Freedom and remembrance for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
As we began the year 2025, we also end it by recalling our Wet’suwet’en partners and their allies. Four years after the Royal Canadian Mounted
The snowball starts an avalanche
These days it feels like the world is falling apart. Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people and is bombing several neighboring countries. Russia
Remembering captivity, twenty years on
This week marks twenty years since four CPTers were taken captive in Iraq. On 26 November 2005, Norman Kember, Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Tom
The autumn season
Here comes the autumn season. Things fall apart. With autumn came the first rain. The rains finally reached our land, and the first are always
Say “NO” to Vastria migrant detention centre!
On the island of Lesvos, the Greek government is pushing to open a new migrant detention centre – a prison in all but name –
Vastria detention centre: join our call to reject the new Environmental Impact Assessment
An amendment to the Environmental Terms Approval Decision for Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre in Lesvos is an attempt to paper over old cracks. Find out why it should be rejected, and sign up to say “NO” to a new detention centre.
The unbreakable spirit of Palestinian mothers
To be a Palestinian mother is to live with grief and hope intertwined. Their faith in the future, fragile yet unbroken, is what keeps the spirit of Palestine alive.
Remembering the lost in Arizona
Almost no migrants show up in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, these days. No Mexicans from the south or people from other countries are coming to
Keeping memory alive
What does it mean to keep memory alive? We wrestle with this question regularly at CPT. Holding on to collective memory – of a comrade
Must we die in order to live?
As Palestine counts the toll of the genocide in Gaza, Shahd reflects on how poetry helps us to understand the nature of homeland, memory and resistance.
Learning under threat: Semester school report February – June, 2025
Download report Since its establishment in Al-Khalil/Hebron in 1995, CPT Palestine has remained committed to accompanying children, teachers, local residents, and school principals on the
For the freedom and dignity of Palestinian people
The deal between Hamas and the Israeli state reminds us of the distance between relief and justice.
May memory be our guide
Do records truly matter? Does the preservation of memory really matter? Can memory and history be a weapon in the hands of the powerless, for
Europe’s “refugee crisis” ten years on
This summer marked ten years since Europe’s so-called refugee crisis. I say “so-called” because the crisis was never about the arrival of migrants – they
Vastria detention centre: a new Environmental Impact Assessment recycles old problems – and introduces new ones
Now nearing completion on the island of Lesvos, the Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre – essentially a prison for people on the move – embodies
Lamenting the loss of village life and land to war
“I would not a little bit but a lot rather live in our village home in the mountains than here in the city,” insisted Haji
The boy in the liferaft
A month ago, hundreds set sail across the Mediterranean sea – a citizens’ flotilla to break the siege of Gaza and cry out against the
