On January 7 of this year, heavily armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers raided a checkpoint that had been established on Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia in opposition to the construction of a fracked gas pipeline. Now, almost a year later, The Guardian reports, “Canadian police were prepared to Read more…
The Beyond NAFTA 2.0: Toward a Progressive Trade Agenda for People and the Planet report (published in June 2019) by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Institute for Policy Studies, and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung examines in part the relationship between trade policy and human rights. The editors highlight, Read more…
On December 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “On December 7 we attended the celebration of the Miss Arcoiris event, organized by the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras.” PBI-Honduras adds, “They showed that, despite the violence they are going through, the LGBT group in Honduras faces the defence of Read more…
On December 27, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page, “We express our concern for the security situation of defender Sebastián Reyes and in general of all the members of the CNTC [the National Union of Rural Workers] and request that the facts be investigated.” This follows Read more…
On December 27, Pink News reported, “A trans woman and activist who tirelessly worked to battle transphobia was allegedly murdered last weekend in Canada and a suspect has been arrested. Julie Berman, 51, based in Toronto, had for years exerted energy in raising awareness of the rocketing rates of anti-trans Read more…
On December 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we visited the members of the Chinautla Multisectorial that is still in peaceful resistance for its defense of the right to water.” The UN has noted, “On 28 July 2010, through Resolution 64/292, the United Nations General Assembly explicitly recognized Read more…
El Colombiano reports, “The Ministry of Mines and Energy published on Thursday [December 26] the draft decree with the ‘guidelines for advancing exploration activities (…) on unconventional deposits.’” The Minister, María Fernanda Suárez, says, “More than a year ago we convened a commission of experts and recommended doing pilot projects, Read more…
The Wet’suwet’en Nation is opposed to a fracked gas pipeline crossing their territory in British Columbia without their free, prior and informed consent. To assert their sovereignty over their territory and stop surveying and construction activities related to the pipeline, the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation established Read more…
On December 30, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “On November 29, we accompanied CEHPRODEC to an informative open Cabildo (council) to publicize the negative consequences of open pit mining in San Esteban. This municipality is located in the department of Olancho, one of the most concessioned in the country.” Read more…
On December 20, CBS News reported, “The highest court in the Netherlands [has upheld] rulings that humans have a fundamental right to be protected from the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change by their government.” “Presiding Judge Kees Streefkerk … ruled that Articles 2 and 8 of the European Convention Read more…