On July 24, Colombian journalist Claudia Julieta Duque tweeted (in Spanish), “Many thanks to @PBIColombia for accompanying me in the court hearing on William Merchán for torture in my case…” She also thanked in her tweet, “@IFJGlobal @PeriodistasFSC and @marvindelcid for the coverage and support always.” That morning Duque had Read more…
The Toronto Star headline reads, “Colombian-Canadians rally for peace amid rising violence back home”. The newspaper article highlights, “Almost three years after the peace deal was signed, Colombian-Canadians will take to the streets on Friday as part of a global effort to draw attention to the situation in their homeland.” Read more…
What is the role that Canada plays in the migrant rights crisis that has been making headline news throughout North America (Turtle Island)? Let’s start in Mexico and work our way northward to understand the context of this situation. The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanies the Saltillo Migrant Shelter, which Read more…
On July 20, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project expressed its “concern about the visit this morning of the federal police to the Casa Del Migrante de Saltillo, for possible intervention and immigration verification at the hostel.” The Casa had tweeted that the federal police had tried “to do immigration check Read more…
On July 21, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday, July 20, we observed the development of the march for sexual diversity.” More than 5,000 people reportedly took part in this march in Guatemala City. El Periodico reports (in Spanish), “The XIX Parade of Sexual Diversity and Gender Identity toured Read more…
“You can sit there calmly and believe that nothing is happening, while the planet – our home – is destroyed; or we can come together to take the necessary actions to stop global warming. It is time to act; it is our responsibility to cool the planet down.” – Colombian Read more…
On May 7, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project reported in this article that it had accompanied the case of Eduardo Bin Poou, a Q’eqchi human rights defender and vice president of the Fishermen’s Association of El Estor, Izabal, who had been unfairly criminalized by being charged with the crime of Read more…
On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on Facebook that it accompanied Los Comuneros Zapotecas de Unión Hidalgo at their event celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Presidential Resolution of Communal Property. A recent headline in El Universal (in Spanish) explains that it was in 1964, by presidential Read more…
On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on Facebook, “This week, we visited Río Blanco, Intibucá, a community affiliated with Copinh Intibucá, to see the damage caused to the community’s collective crops.” Peoples Dispatch explains, “Members of the Lenca community in Río Blanco in the northwestern region of Read more…
This is the last call out for this opportunity! Peace Brigades International is seeking field project volunteers in Guatemala! The deadline to submit an application is Monday July 22. Last year, ten international volunteers with PBI-Guatemala accompanied members of eleven organizations and three human rights defenders working on issues including Read more…