A celebration of the life of Murray Thomson was held at the First Unitarian Church in Ottawa on the afternoon of Wednesday October 23. Murray, one of the eleven original founders of the global human rights organization Peace Brigades International, died at 96 years of age this past May. The Read more…
The federal election in Canada on October 21 resulted in a minority government. That is to say, no political party secured a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. The Liberals won 157 seats (short of the 170 seats needed for a majority government), the Conservatives won 121 Read more…
On October 18, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted, “Today we are accompanying a tour of the Isthmus with defenders of the land and territory of Union Hidalgo, who showed us the impacts of wind farms in the municipality.” El Universal has reported, “The agrarian community of Union Hidalgo defends Read more…
On October 17, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Today we accompanied the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “The struggle and the work does not cease, so every day they rededicate their territorial defence under the motto ‘Yes to life, no to mining!’” Residents from the communities of Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted, “On Wednesday, October 23, the public hearing of the appeal of the amparo given by the Supreme Court of Justice to the Q’eqchi’ communities impacted by the Renace hydroelectric power plant was held in the Constitutional Court.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “Inhabitants of San Pedro Read more…
On October 23, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “CEHPRODEC is an organization that informs the Honduran population about their rights and facilitates the processes of their claim.” That post adds, “PBI-Honduras was present at one of these processes at the beginning of this month, when the municipality of Gualaco, Read more…
On October 21, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “On October 20, Revolution Day, the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA), together with other organizations, held the National Agrarian Congress.” PBI-Guatemala further explains in its Facebook post, “This Congress is part of the commemorative activities of the 1944 Revolution, within Read more…
On October 18, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “Yesterday, dozens of member organizations of CONROA (The National Coalition of Environmental Networks and Organizations of Honduras) came to Tegucigalpa to carry out a march rededicating their opposition to mining and making visible their work in defence of water.” PBI-Honduras adds, Read more…
On October 18, a locally-organized Extinction Rebellion action on the Laurier Avenue Bridge in downtown Ottawa included a solemn gathering to remember the 164 land and environmental defenders killed in 2018. These were individuals who worked to protect their land/territory, water and air and stop major drivers of climate change, Read more…
On Saturday October 19, land defenders Kanahus Manuel and Isha Jules were arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for reportedly “bugging” road construction workers on unceded Secwepemc Nation territory in British Columbia, Canada. Manuel and Jules are members of the Tiny House Warriors, a group opposed to the Read more…