The people of Halabja and these young protesters
ask the world not to forget the dead, but also not
to forget the living.

Hundreds of Chicagoans, including a U.S. senator, hear the calls of Colombian women for rule of law and respect for court-recognized land rights. At stake is whether officials will honor their commitments to return ill-gotten land to those displaced from it and protect both people and land from corporate predation.

An oil palm grower that has operated on the contested land of Las Pavas for years is attempting to extend its plantation to areas legally designated for use by displaced farmers.

To protect and serve. That is the motto of the provincial police force Sureté du Quebec, and perhaps the majority of police departments world-wide. To protect and serve whom? The Algonquins of Barriere Lake continue to ask that question.

Sixty Palestinians protested the installation of a turnstile at an Israeli military checkpoint in Al-Khalil on 9 July. Children as young as six played a key role in the protest and faced soldiers' physical and verbal responses to the protesters' indignation.

Palestinians from the village of Susya demonstrated on 16 June against the announced demolition of their homes. After receiving pressure from settler-led Zionist nongovernmental organization Regavim, the Israeli military issued a demolition order for approximately fifty structures, including house tents, solar panels and animal pens, threatening the entire village.

Fifty years after mercury dumping began to turn their lives upside-down, Grassy Narrows First Nation is seeking justice and healing for the people and land affected.

River Run, a week of public events and actions in support of Grassy Narrows, took place in Toronto 4-8 June. Christian Peacemaker Teams’ Aboriginal Justice Team helped to organize the event. 

CPT monitored a demonstration to “Open Shuhada Street” organized by the Hebron Defense Committee to commemorate the 45^th anniversary of Al-Naksa Day, when Israel gained control of most of the West Bank on 5 June 1967. 

Israel military officials stymied efforts by Palestinian and international volunteers to build a house for Um Fagarah villagers on 2 June. 

The approach of Naqba Day, the Day of the Catastrophe, brought a sense of trepidation to the Al-Khalil Christian Peacemaker Team. This day commemorating the displacement of Palestinians following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948 is often marked by demonstrations and violence on both sides. While patrolling the evening before, we had observed Israeli soldiers conducting drills, moving portable barricades and simulating the rescue of fallen comrades. This stoked our anxious anticipation of the day to come.

As morning dawned on Naqba Day, additional military presence was evident throughout the Old City. Soldiers at their checkpoints checked every schoolchild’s bag. Having heard of a march planned in the city’s Palestinian-controlled sector, we proceeded as a group to the planned route. Various political parties, clearly separated and defined by their distinctive flags, participated in the march. When part of the Hamas Party group broke away and moved toward the Israeli-controlled zone in the Old City, we became concerned that heightened tensions could lead to violence.