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Call for PBI-Colombia volunteers extended to October 21!

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New volunteers are currently being sought by the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project whose placement would begin in July/August 2020. The deadline to apply is now...

PBI-Switzerland attends ‘Women, Peace & Security’ conference

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On October 16, Peace Brigades International-Switzerland posted, “At the ‘Women, Peace & Security: Reclaim Prevention!’ conference in mid-September, various civil society organizations and experts...

Colombian energy minister says Canadian company interested in fracking

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On September 17, the Magistrates from the Council of State, Colombia’s top administrative court, clarified that a moratorium on fracking that it upheld earlier...

PBI-Mexico expresses support for the work of Tlachinollan lawyer Vidulfo Rosales Sierra

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On October 15, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted, “We support the legitimate work of Vidulfo Rosales, lawyer and defender of the ‘Tlachinollan’ Human...

PBI-Germany hosts seminar in Hamburg on Zapatista and CRIC struggles for rights

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Peace Brigades International-Germany will be holding a seminar on October 26-27 in Hamburg titled: Indigenous movements in Chiapas (Mexico) and Cauca (Colombia) and their...

What do human rights and legal observers do?

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The founding statement of Peace Brigades International notes: “We are forming an organization with the capability to mobilize and provide trained units of volunteers.  These...

Earth Institute article says fracking a risk to peace in Colombia

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Alexander Rustler’s article for the New York-based Earth Institute highlights that fracking risks the already precarious peace process in Colombia and that fracking the...

Colombian environmental defenders to visit Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Nanaimo

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Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove from the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP) and Ivan Madero from the Regional Corporation for the Defence of...

Extinction Rebellion honours Earth Defenders killed for protecting the environment

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This Extinction Rebellion newsletter notes, “, XR communities in Paris and London joined in a wave of solidarity for fallen Earth Defenders: those for...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Community Feminism Network at reinstallation of monument to girls killed at state home

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On October 9, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page, “Yesterday we accompanied the Network of Healers in the ceremony for...
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