PRAYERS
FOR PEACEMAKERS, Aug. 1, 2012
Give
thanks for CPT trainees, members and supporters in Chicago July 20 who publicly
reenacted the resistance of Mercelis Payares of Las Pavas, Colombia. She lay
down in front of a tractor to prevent illegal planting of oil palms on her
community’s land.
CPT has documented the arrest of 34 journalists and media staff in Iraqi Kurdistan between 1-7 August 2022.
Teachers demand an increase in salary, respect and implementation of the agreements made in 2018, and support for their children.
The recent court decision to designate Masafer Yatta as a military firing zone has resulted in increased harassment against teachers and injuries to students exercising their rights to education.