Prayers for Peacemakers

Three people stand together in conversation. CPT visited Youssif in Nahla valley to discuss the militarized checkpoints

Prayers for Peacemakers 26 January 2022

Villagers in Kurdistan’s Nahla valley not only suffer from Turkish bombardments but are now subject to checkpoint controls, stigmatized by local government as collaborating with guerrilla presence in the region.

A stone is placed on the desert ground, engraved with the words "Unidentified male, found Dec 2, 2004.

Prayers for Peacemakers 19 January 2022

United States policies on migration are increasingly violent, focusing on border reinforcement and immigration reform, but fail to address migrant deaths. We acknowledge and remember those migrants who die alone in the desert and we pray for reconciliation on our borders.

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