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| Exodus 20:13 You shall not kill. | ||
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Matthew
5:43-44 "You have heard that is was said,
'You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and
pray for those who persecute you." |
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Matthew
26:52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put
your sword back into its place; for all who take
the sword will perish by the sword." |
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| John 15:13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. | ||
| Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. | ||
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CPT in the News
Some media reports of events involving CPT members contain inaccurate information and quotations. We urge the public and the media to refer to CPT releases for a basic account of events, and we encourage reporters to contact CPTers directly for comment. Our offices can direct reporters to CPTers. CPT Canada: 416-423-5525 CPT US: 773-277-0253 |
Getting in the
Way:News from CPT's Projects
CHICAGO/TORONTO: Christian Peacemaker Teams upcoming delegations
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ARIZONA BORDERLANDS: 1-8 March and 24 May -4 June
2007. Monitor human rights and meet with representatives
of human rights groups, government officials, and
individuals on both sides of the border, and confront
unjust immigration policies through nonviolent public
witness.
COLOMBIA: 17-30 January, 23 May - 5 June,
18-31July, 26 September- 9 October
2007. Meet with human rights workers and
church leaders, visit communities and
provide accompaniment to villagers who
are vulnerable to threats from various
armed groups.
MIDDLE EAST (Israel/Palestine): 10-22
January, 19-31 March, 29 May-10 June,
30 July-11 August, 16-28 October, and 19
November-1 December 2007. Delegates will
meet with representatives of Israeli and
Palestinian peace and human rights
groups, tour the "security wall"
separating Israel from the West Bank and
visit Palestinian families whose homes
and livelihoods are threatened by
expanding Israeli settlements.....
[MORE]
MONTREAL,
CANADA: Government Roundtable on Extractive Industries
told Canadian corporations benefit from human rights
abuses in Colombia
CPTnet, 30 November 2006
On 14 November 2006, in Montreal, CPTer Robert Holmes
(CSJ) presented the case of the Colombian military's
assassination of southern Bolívar Mining Federation
leader, Alejandro Uribe, to the last of four National
Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the
Canadian Extractive Sector in Developing Countries....
[MORE]
JONESBOUROUGH,
TN: CPT delegation meets with community members living
near DU plants
CPTnet, 30 November 2006,
by Murray Lumley
On 24 November 2006, fifteen people met at the Jackson
Park Church of the Brethren in the eastern Tennessee
community of Jonesborough to talk about plants in the
area that manufacture Depleted Uranium (DU.)... [MORE]
COLOMBIA:
CPT begins accompaniment of Awa indigenous community
CPTnet, 25 November
2006
On Thursday 16 November, CPTers Noah Dillard and Nils
Dybvig began an eight-week accompaniment project with
the Awa (pronounced ah-WAH) indigenous communities of
Narino in southwestern Colombia. The mobile team, invited
by the community to provide physical accompaniment in
the zone, hopes to make visible the grievous situation
that the Awa community currently faces.... [MORE]
BEIT
UMMAR, Palestine: Who is in charge here?
CPTnet, 28 November
2006
On 13 November 2006, JoAnne Lingle and Sally Britton
met with Farhan Alqam, Mayor of Beit Ummar, an agricultural
village near Hebron. He told them that twice in two
weeks soldiers awakened him at 1:00 a.m., blindfolded
him and drove him to an area where they ordered other
families out of their houses. The Mayor told the soldiers
they were treating him like a spy. The soldier
replied, "Shut up. I have my orders. I do nothing
but my orders...." [MORE]
HEBRON: Crime
and helplessness in the Old City
CPTnet, 25 November
2006, by Jerry Levin
A Hebron municipal official, Nidal Tamimi, sadly acknowledged
"the municipality is helpless to stop crime and
the sexual harassment of women -including younger CPT
women -in the streets near and in the Old City."
"This behavior," he said, "is not against
CPT. It is against all women. It is a sign," he
said sadly, "of the deterioration of family life
since the collapse of the Palestinian Authority....
[MORE]
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