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Crowd gather under Toronto's skyline with Palestine flag raised

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

Palestinian women, some of them pregnant, hold their hands over their bellies

Motherhood in doubt

Women in Palestine have many reasons to worry, but motherhood under occupation brings even heavier fears. Danya Nasereddin reflects on the meaning of motherhood and resistance in these conditions.

An aerial shot of a closed refugee centre, in the middle of a forest

How to build a detention centre

A new report by CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity offers an in-depth investigation into the construction and operation of the new Closed Controlled Access Center in Vastria, Lesvos.

The sky over a barbed-wire fence

Becoming an abolitionist

In the final article in our series on abolitionism, CPT’s Interim Director, Melissa Berkey-Gerard, reflects on the development of her conviction that the prison system must be dismantled and re-imagined toward justice and healing.

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