On October 30, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on Facebook that it had accompanied CCDA Verapaz land and territory defenders Marcelino Xol and Jorge Coc at court for their sentencing. In response to their sentencing, the Campesino Committee of the Highlands CCDA Verapaz posted, “Urgent! Sentence of 35 years Read more…
On October 29, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page that, “Last week, PBI-Honduras attended the ‘Local Forum on the Situation of the Municipalities of Victoria, Sulaco and Yorito in the Department of Yoro’, where Donald Hernández, the director of CEHPRODEC, spoke before 250 attendees about the Read more…
On October 29, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “On Monday we observed the hearing of the first statement of the Genocide Ixil case.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “Manuel Benedicto Lucas García, Manuel Antonio Callejas y Callejas and César Octavio Noguera Argueta, all senior officers of the Army during the presidential term Read more…
Bucaramanga, Colombia Three Colombian human rights defenders – Ivan Madero, Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove – will be visiting Canada just days after regional and local elections in Colombia. Aljazeera reports that 32 governors, more than 1,000 mayors and thousands of regional and local legislative legislators were elected this past Read more…
On October 28, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we accompanied the Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform in the celebration of the 2nd Festival for Life, Dignity and the Territory of the [Indigenous Maya] Poqoman people.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “Particularly, in the absence of water in the municipality they reinvidicated [insist Read more…
On October 18, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Léo Heller, presented to the UN General Assembly his thematic report on the impact of mega-projects on the human rights to water and sanitation. The 17-page The Impact of Mega-Projects on The Read more…
On October 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Today 10 years ago, the municipality of Cunén held its community consultation.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “Almost 60% of its inhabitants participated and declared their municipality free of exploitation.” Context NISGUA explains, “For generations, indigenous communities in Guatemala have held consultations to make Read more…
Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove (seated on the left in the photo) from the CCALCP legal collective will be visiting Canada from November 2-10. The Santurban páramo is a sensitive ecosystem (wetland/moor) that supplies drinking water to more than two million people in Colombia. It is currently at risk from Read more…
What can we glean from mainstream media reports about Canadian corporations involved in the oil and gas sector in Colombia? What can we further discern about the companies that may have some involvement with the fracking pilot projects expected to start soon in that country? Additionally, what impact might their Read more…
Mexican human rights lawyer and social activist Arnulfo Ceron Soriano went missing on October 11 in the city of Tlapa de Comonfort in the state of Guerrero. The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has tweeted, “We express our concern about the disappearance of human rights defender Arnulfo Cerón Soriano.” PBI-Mexico adds, Read more…