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El Guayabo’s wounds finally acknowledged
“Get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of here!”, shouted Chela on 13 December 2017, as she watched the police destroy her
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
Welcome to Checkpoint 160
In August, CPT Reservist Maggie Hindley returned to Al Khalil/Hebron after a few years. She reunited with those she’d met before, and reflects on the changes in their daily lives after two years of war in Gaza.
A cold peace: a ceasefire without demobilization
Seven months on from the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, bombardments and attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan seem to have ceased. But the increasing military presence by both actors makes the situation appear fragile.
May the path to learning become easy, and may Palestine one day be free
Each morning in Hebron, the sounds of school children fill the neighborhoods near checkpoints Qitoun, Al-Salaymeh, and 56. The sound of their small footsteps echoes
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
Draw the Line gathers movements for people, peace and the planet
Thousands joined forces in Toronto in a demonstration against interconnected crises.
Beyond imagination
In the occupied West Bank, checkpoints enforce restricted movement on Palestinian families. One family describes the daily struggles of navigating them.
Release Sherwan Sherwani and end judicial harassment
We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organizations, call on the Kurdistan Regional Government to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Sherwan Sherwani, who remains
Messengers of hope
This week in Agua Prieta, Sonora, MX, in Douglas, AZ, US, and worldwide, migrants and migrant-solidarity communities have joined together to remember “Migrants, missionaries of
From Turtle Island, Colombia, the Aegean, to Palestine: CPT stands in solidarity with those sailing to break the siege of Gaza!
Last week CPT watched nervously yet hopefully as the Global Sumud Flotilla edged closer to Gaza. This fleet of 42 ships carried around 450 activists
The Global Sumud Flotilla carries our hopes for a free Palestine
On 1 June, the Madleen, a tiny but mighty boat named in honour of the first Palestinian fisherwoman of Gaza, set sail from Catania, Sicily,
Prayer for Crete
Those who now reach the shores of Crete in small and fragile boats come because Europe offers no safe or legal way to seek asylum,
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
Abu Ghraib is closed but dissidents are still imprisoned
We who come from Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan have grown up with the painful legacy of Abu Ghraib prison. Before the US army invaded Iraq,
Charges dropped against CPT Canada Coordinator
This week, Community Peacemaker Teams celebrates the fact that charges have been dropped against our Canada Coordinator, Rachelle Friesen. Last September, Friesen was arrested for
More than 200 organisations: inhumane deportation rules should be rejected
On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive, traumatising, and rights-violating measures premised on an imperative of increasing deportation rates. Instead of focusing on protection, housing, healthcare and education, the Regulation is premised on punitive policies, detention centres, deportation and enforcement.
Social movements converge to Draw the Line for people, for peace and for the planet
Social movements across the world are struggling to contend with a wave of rightwing populism. In Canada, a neoliberal federal government is rapidly pushing forward
Peacemaking takes a community – and we are grateful for ours!
In August, Turtle Island Solidarity Network hosted a delegation, Unmasking and Dismantling Settler Colonialism. Here, one of its leaders reflects on the importance of community in hosting delegations.
The God of the poor
After almost a year of continuous work, I went to Bogotá to visit my family. While I was on the Transmilenio, an elderly man who
Occupation, death, and other privileges
Tameem Tamimi, a member of CPT Palestine, reflects on life, death, grief and survival in the context of the Israeli Occupation and the genocide in Gaza.
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
The Human Rights Museum built on stolen land
From August 10-18 CPT-Turtle Island Solidarity Network hosted a delegation called Unmasking and Dismantling Settler Colonialism. Participants spent time learning in Winnipeg, Kenora, and Grassy Narrows. This is one delegate’s reflection.
Even our dead are imprisoned
In most parts of the world, visiting a grave is a simple, deeply human act. People walk to the cemetery, bring flowers, sit by the