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Prayers for Peacemakers, April 3, 2013

April 3rd, 2013
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Pray with Christian Peacemaker Teams partner Grassy Narrows First Nation after Ontario's Court of Appeals authorized Ontario to grant logging permits on the Nation's traditional territory, based on a colonial legal argument rejected by international law for centuries.

PALESTINE: One international arrested, two people injured during solidarity march

March 29th, 2013
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Soldiers and border police disrupted a peaceful solidarity march
in the South Hebron Hills today. The soldiers attempted to arrest
two Palestinians and arrested one international. One international
and one Palestinian were injured.

IRAQI KURDISTAN REFLECTION: Don't forget the living

March 29th, 2013

The world remembers the dead;
politicians make promises to survivors.
The living are risking the consequences
of demanding more. Who will answer them?

ABORIGINAL JUSTICE: Ontario appeals court rules against Grassy Narrows First Nation

March 28th, 2013
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On 18 March, Ontario's Court of Appeals ruled that Ontario has the authority to issue logging permits on Grassy Narrows (Asubpeeschoseewagong) traditional territory, overturning a previous Superior Court decision that sided with the community.

Prayers for Peacemakers, March 27, 2013

March 27th, 2013
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Jesus, let the blood of the brutalized, the sweat of the
threatened, and widows' tears lubricate love, awaken zeal, 
and resurrect humanity, that we may confront people and
systems that -- in robbing, terrorizing and uprooting Lilia
and millions of Colombians -- are persecuting you.