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Criminalization of Mi’kmaq and Inuk land defenders asserting Indigenous sovereignty

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On January 7 of this year, heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers raided a checkpoint that had been established on Wet’suwet’en territory...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and allies link human rights and trade policy

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The Beyond NAFTA 2.0: Toward a Progressive Trade Agenda for People and the Planet report (published in June 2019) by the Canadian Centre for...

PBI-Honduras attends LGBT Rainbow Association Miss Arcoiris event

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On December 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “On December 7 we attended the celebration of the Miss Arcoiris event, organized by the...

PBI-Honduras expresses concern for the security situation of CNTC leader Sebastián Reyes

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On December 27, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page, “We express our concern for the security situation of defender Sebastián...

Trans rights activist Julie Berman killed in Canada

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On December 27, Pink News reported, “A trans woman and activist who tirelessly worked to battle transphobia was allegedly murdered last weekend in Canada...

PBI-Guatemala visits Chinautla Multisector members who advocate for the human right to water

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On December 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we visited the members of the Chinautla Multisectorial that is still in peaceful resistance...

Colombian government opens public consultation period on fracking

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El Colombiano reports, “The Ministry of Mines and Energy published on Thursday the draft decree with the ‘guidelines for advancing exploration activities (...)...

Land defender Sleydo’ of the Wet’suwet’en Nation on resource extraction and territorial rights

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The Wet’suwet’en Nation is opposed to a fracked gas pipeline crossing their territory in British Columbia without their free, prior and informed consent. To assert...

PBI-Honduras accompanies CEHPRODEC at public meeting on mining in San Esteban, Olancho

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On December 30, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “On November 29, we accompanied CEHPRODEC to an informative open Cabildo (council) to publicize the...

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules human rights are jeopardized by climate breakdown

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On December 20, CBS News reported, “The highest court in the Netherlands rulings that humans have a fundamental right to be protected from...
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