Ryan James

Aerial view of village by a river

Walking together in El Guayabo

Since 2013, CPT has been walking alongside the community of El Guayabo. Over the years, the community has faced threats from armed actors, political and

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Fragile peace

Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – the PKK – announced it would disband, bringing to a close a decades-long armed struggle against the

The last two years

This week marks two years since 7 October 2023, two years of apocalyptic devastation, during which the people of Gaza have endured unimaginable suffering. Over

A man arrested by police and led to car

The nightmare Europe needs

“When your prisons are filled with so-called asylum seekers who repaid kindness with crime, it’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders.” The

A Palestinian flag flying from a traditional Greek street

Postcards from Naxos

Every August, the Greek islands come to life. Greeks travel there to escape the intense heat of the cities, looking to cool off in the

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Fear in the city

About ten years ago I was travelling in Naples. I was staying at a hostel when I struck up conversation with a man from the

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The power to define

It took me years to understand, after moving to Greece, that “racism” is often used as a catch-all for many different forms of personal prejudice.

Do you support the violent dispossession of me and my family?

Paths and pitfalls

I’ve been reading Mohammed El-Kurd’s Perfect Victims. He’s a Palestinian from Jerusalem and a poet. I don’t quite know how to describe the book: it’s

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How to build a detention centre

How do you build a migrant detention centre that nobody wants? That’s the question the Greek government has been grappling with for years as it

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