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PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH in defence of Indigenous land defender Samuel Choc Ac

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On September 6, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we accompanied the BDH in the court of Cobán to the hearings of Samuel...

PBI-Colombia attends meeting with community groups, diplomats in Buenaventura

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On September 12, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “Today in Buenaventura visit of the diplomatic corps and meeting with the Committee of the...

Peace Brigades International accompanies defenders of the rights of Indigenous peoples

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PBI-Honduras accompanies the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras (COPINH). In January 2019, members of COPINH (pictured above) expressed solidarity with...

PBI-Switzerland addresses UN Human Rights Council session on involuntary disappearances

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On September 11, Peace Brigades International-Switzerland Advocacy Coordinator Kim-Mai Vu addressed the 42nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. She spoke...

PBI-Mexico accompanies Codigo DH at public meeting on proposed hydro transmission line

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On September 12, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project tweeted, “PBI accompanied @CodigoDH during the public information session on the SET - IXTEPEC POTENCIA transmission...

Colombian top court ruling maintains temporary moratorium on fracking

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Reuters reports, “Colombia’s top administrative court maintained a temporary moratorium on the use of fracking on September 10, stymieing potential pilot projects...” And Argus...

PBI-Guatemala shares letter condemning murder of environmental defender Diana Isabel Hernández

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On September 12, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on Facebook a letter (see below) and noted, “Organizations of the Americas condemn the murder...

Bachelet: Climate change a threat to human rights

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Referencing climate change, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, “The world has...

PBI-Mexico film ‘Children of the Water’ screened in Puebla prior to court ruling on dam

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“Sow beauty and not the destruction of the land, Out Comexhidro” On September 9, LadoB reported, “The Peace Brigades International (PBI) organization has made a...

PBI-Guatemala accompanied the historic GAM protest march on October 12, 1984

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The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project was established on March 21, 1983 when it opened its first headquarters there in a vacant home in Guatemala...
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