On Earth Peace thanks supporters of captured peacemakers.

On Earth Peace thanked its Peace Witness Action List yesterday "for your prayers and constant watchfulness" for the four Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) members being held hostage in Iraq--Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney, and Harmeet Singh Sooden.

No word has been received about the hostages since a deadline set by their captors passed on Dec. 10. A group called "Swords of Righteousness Brigade" kidnaped the men on Nov. 26. The brigade said the hostages would be killed Dec. 10 unless all prisoners of the US and the United Kingdom in Iraq are freed.

Today CPT issued a call for letters to the editor about human rights for Iraqis and the four peacemakers. "The media is eager to keep focusing on the 'human interest' story and are delving into the lives of the four CPTers," CPT said. "Our team in Iraq urges us to keep telling the `human rights' story--lifting up the suffering of Iraqis in detention and living under occupation." For more information go to www.cpt.org.

On Earth Peace also called attention to a report on www.aljazeera.net on Dec. 13 "about the inundation their office has received of appeals on the hostages' behalf." The article, "Calls grow to free Iraq hostages," reported on the peacemakers' many supporters and well-wishers around the globe including Muslim groups such as the Iraq Islamic Party and Palestinian leaders. See http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/80028675-F183-4F83-8C86-4C3F48DAB30C.htm.

For more about On Earth Peace go to www.brethren.org/oepa.

Source: 12/14/2005 Newsline
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