Prayers for Peacemakers, June 26, 2013
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Give thanks for the release of whistleblower Karzan Karim, jailed in 2011 in Iraqi Kurdistan after publicly denouncing corruption at Erbil International Airport. Karzan thanked Christian Peacemaker Teams and other organizations that advocated for him during his imprisonment.
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