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Farewell to Haidar
On New Year’s Eve, Haidar Khaled Akhalil embarked from Turkey to Greece. What happened after he landed shows that the danger for migrants does not end after surviving the perilous sea crossing.
Stories held by the Aegean Islands
In the first hours of 2026, Haidar and Hussein were lost. They set off from Turkey on New Year’s Eve to reach Europe and a
Despite the ceasefire, Iran and affiliated groups continue attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Following the escalation of the conflict and the start of joint attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran on 28 February 2026, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has faced sustained drone and missile attacks carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups operating in Iraq.
Pray for our endangered Earth
On 22 April, people around the world mark Earth Day. This year, it seems as though many of our governments’ environmental policies are headed in
Hands that sail: a prayer for the children of the Middle Magdalena
Through theater, these children transform their reality into a collective vessel. By intertwining their hands, they give life to a small boat that defies the
Call for the immediate halt of Vastria CCAC
CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity calls for the immediate halt of all plans to construct or operate a new migrant detention centre in Lesvos.
The day before the ceasefire
The day before the ceasefire, the US was promising to wipe Iran off the map. “A whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump wrote, “never to
Money, police conquest, and genocide – the three horsemen of Canada’s settler state
Canadian politicians continue to try to dismiss Indigenous resistance. Turtle Island Solidarity Network unpacks the white supremacist roots of this contempt.
Palestinian prisoners and the death penalty
Amid the arbitrary decisions imposed on Palestinian prisoners, the denial of medical treatment, the restriction of family visits, and the withholding of adequate food seem
Police and thieves: when the occupation invaded our safety
One morning, soldiers rushed into Ameera’s home, turned the place upside down, and took her brother away. This is the reality in many Palestinian homes.
Refusing to pay for war
Behind every budget are decisions about whose lives are protected – and whose are not. Through taxation, we are implicated in those decisions. But what
Filmmaking and resilience
“Everyone should see this film.” “It’s an emotional story about migrant families and what they have gone through.” “It’s the most impactful documentary I have
The only choices left
Here’s what we’ve seen this week: Israeli parliamentarians celebrated as they passed a death-penalty law targeting Palestinians. They popped the champagne, and wore lapel pins
One month of Iran-linked attacks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, 14 people have been killed and 93 have been injured in Iraqi Kurdistan.
A bridge with two ends
Sami Rasouli, founder of Muslim Peacemaker Teams and long time friend of CPT, reflects on a life of peacemaking between Najaf and the Twin Cities, on the legacy of the US occupation of Iraq, and the principles we must hold on to in wartime.
How long will we let fear rule our hearts?
We have built a society like a fortress, where the “other” is no longer a brother or a sister. We have traded our humanity for
New report documents systemic fair-trial concerns in “smuggling” trials in Greece
A new Annual Trial-Monitoring Report by the Border Violence Monitoring Network and Community Peacemaker Teams documents serious and recurring fair-trial concerns in the prosecution of
“Border management”: death and criminalisation
Last month started with yet another shipwreck in the Aegean sea. The Hellenic Coast Guard caused it, this time in Chios. Once again we saw the results of the criminalisation of migration and the border violence that accompanies it.
118 Days, Twenty Years Later
“Our hearts are filled with joy today…” These were the opening words of CPT’s statement on March 23, twenty years ago, when Harmeet Singh Sooden,
The view from Rûste
Show me hope when all I can see is death.Millions of lives quenched and forever changed.Show me hope when all I can see are the
Starting the story with “secondly”
The US and Israeli war on Iran is out of control. Trump has no plan. To paraphrase his own verdict on the 12-day war of
Ten years of the EU-Turkey deal: a decade of systemic harm
Ten years after the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016, we mark a decade defined by the sustained degradation and dehumanisation of people on the move.
Attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continue as civilian harm increases
307 strikes by the IRGC and affiliated groups since 28 February leave 8 people killed and 51 injured.
Al-Khalil: the untold layers of Hebron
To understand Palestine, you must understand Hebron