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Join the CPT solidarity raffle

The CPT Solidarity Raffle has begun! From now until 18 December, you can buy a ticket, support our work, and have the chance to win

a greek military vehicle passes a wall with grafitti that reads close moria

Solidarity on trial … again!

As I write this week’s bulletin, a friend is standing trial at Mytilene court in Lesvos, alongside twenty-three others who worked in Search and Rescue

Remembering captivity, twenty years on

This week marks twenty years since four CPTers were taken captive in Iraq. On 26 November 2005, Norman Kember, Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Tom

Keeping memory alive

What does it mean to keep memory alive? We wrestle with this question regularly at CPT. Holding on to collective memory – of a comrade

A statue of a migrant and her two children along side a waving flag of greece on the coastline of mytilene

Europe’s “refugee crisis” ten years on

This summer marked ten years since Europe’s so-called refugee crisis. I say “so-called” because the crisis was never about the arrival of migrants – they

A faded orange life jacket on the lesvos coast

The boy in the liferaft

A month ago, hundreds set sail across the Mediterranean sea – a citizens’ flotilla to break the siege of Gaza and cry out against the

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

flag flies over building in sunlight

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

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