Water defender Roberto Antonio Argueta Tejada, one of the 32 people criminalized for defending the Guapinol River, was killed on August 28 in the city of Tocoa in the department of Colon in northern Honduras. COPINH and C-Libre, two organizations accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project, have posted about Read more
The Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP), an organization of women human rights lawyers based in the Magdalena Medio and Catatumbo regions in north-eastern Colombia, has long sought the implementation of the historic T-880 court ruling. Judgment T-880/2006 of the Constitutional Court of Colombia relates to “the right to free Read more
On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page, “This morning we were present at the hearing for the presentation of the accused of 7 new defendants (for illegal association, robbery and aggravated fire) in the Guapinol case for the defence of natural assets.” Their post Read more
Monday September 2nd is Labour Day in Canada. Peace Brigades International-Canada both recognizes and celebrates this day and affirms the critical role played by the labour movement in the advancement of human rights. We are thankful for the solidarity and support provided by Unifor and National Union of Public and Read more
Friday August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The United Nations has explained, “On 21 December 2010, by its resolution 65/209 the UN General Assembly … decided to declare 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, to be observed beginning in Read more
On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “During the past weekend we accompanied Asociación Arcoiris (the Rainbow Association) to San Pedro Sula where a cultural night and an LGTBIQ+ pride march was held.” PBI-Honduras adds in their Facebook post that, “Together with several organizations of sexual diversity (such Read more
Many may remember the extraordinary story of Karen Ridd, a Peace Brigades International volunteer in the late 1980s. In December 1989, the Canadian news magazine Maclean’s reported, “Following a two-week trip to Nicaragua in 1986, Ridd decided to put her beliefs in social justice to work in Central America. She Read more
On August 28, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Today we accompanied representatives of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón during their complaint of the company Oxec for trying to build a third dam in its territory and for contributing to the criminalization of their partner, political prisoner Bernardo Caal Xol.” Read more
On August 23, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “Today in San Juan after having been forcibly displaced from its territory Wounaan population of Pichima organized a verification mission accompanied by the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission and PBI-Colombia.” A community of Indigenous Wounaan people were displaced from their territory Read more
The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project is seeking field volunteers! Key qualifications include a fluency in Spanish, a commitment to at least 12 months of field work, and an ability to work in a horizontal structure where decisions are made through consensus. PBI-Honduras will cover the following costs: a round trip Read more