The PBI-Mexico Project has met with the State Security Commissioner of Chihuahua to express concern about the risks faced by human rights defenders in the state of Chihuahua, especially in Ciudad Juárez and in the Sierra Tarahumara. On June 26, the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, Read more…
The PBI – Guatemala Project accompanies the Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform (la Plataforma Urbana Multisectorial Chinautla) that advocates for the human right to water to be respected and that raises concerns about the resource (sand) extraction that endangers homes and a massive garbage dump that pollutes water. On June 10, Read more…
The PBI – Honduras Project accompanies the Association of Defenders of Common Goods in Quimistán (Asodebicoq). It is an association that defends the environment and common property in the municipality of Quimistán in the department (province) of Santa Bárbara, near the border with Guatemala. PBI-Honduras highlights that, “Among other activities, Read more…
On June 13, the PBI – Guatemala Project accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (Bufete de Derechos Humanos – BDH) at a hearing for the Indigenous human rights defender Samuel Choc. Choc was arrested in March 2018 and charged with “usurpación agravada” (aggravated usurpation). UNSR Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations Read more…
On June 10, the PBI – Honduras Project accompanied the Broad Movement (Movimiento Amplio) and observed the judicial process against nine members of the San Francisco Locomapa tribe who live in Yoro department, Honduras. The Broad Movement has previously explained, “Nine Tolupanes indigenous comrades are accused by the INMARE company Read more…
On June 5, the PBI – Honduras Project accompanied the CNTC (the National Union of Rural Workers) on a march in La Paz to mark the international day of the environment. PBI-Honduras notes, “Approximately 500 people from different organizations and backgrounds gathered at this peaceful demonstration for the protection of Read more…
On June 23, the PBI – Guatemala Project accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos – BDH) to a screening of the film ‘Water, the blood of Mother Earth’. The documentary tells the history of the resistance to hydroelectric dams in the defence of the Cahabón Read more…
On June 26, the Peace Brigades International – Mexico Project accompanied the conversation “Violence of State and Torture” organized by the Integral Defence Committee for Human Rights “Gobixha” (Codigo DH Gobixha AC) in Oaxaca. The forum moderated by journalist Evlin Aragón took place on the International Day in Support of Read more…
Making space for peace and human rights and averting climate breakdown are deeply interconnected issues. Philip Alston is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. His report — which will be formally presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this coming Friday — concludes, Read more…
The Peace Brigades International – Mexico Project accompanied the Civil Observation Mission (la Misión Civil de Observación) to an information meeting today about the Ixtaca mining project in the south-central Mexican state of Puebla. Peace Brigades International-Canada Board member Paul Bocking travelled with PBI-Mexico for this accompaniment. Vancouver-based Almaden Minerals Read more…