PRAYERS
FOR PEACEMAKERS, July 25, 2012
Pray
with CPT for Zahid Mahmoud Imam, father of a demonstrator killed last year in
Iraqi Kurdistan. Zahid campaigns to free still-imprisoned demonstrators and to
hold accountable officials who have detained, beaten, tortured and killed
people participating in legitimate public witness.
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