Yearly Archives: 2019

Heidi Mitton, PBI-Colombia volunteer

Peace Brigades international-Canada is helping to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project by sharing stories of volunteers from Canada who...

Indigenous communities in Colombia want to protect the Amazon rainforest from fracking

Photo by Ficamazonia. Contagio Radio reports, “Grandparents and grandmothers from seven indigenous communities of Putumayo, Caquetá, Amazonas, Boyacá and Venezuela met to discuss the importance...

Frequently asked questions about being a PBI brigadista!

1- What do PBI field project teams do? PBI teams try to support the peaceful resolution of conflicts through an international, non-violent and non-partisan presence. Specifically,...

Colombian human rights lawyer Germán Romero Sánchez receives death threat

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on its Facebook page about a death threat against lawyer Germán Romero Sánchez. El Espectador reports that Romero,...

Luis van Isschot, PBI-Colombia volunteer

Peace Brigades international-Canada is helping to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project by sharing stories of volunteers from Canada who...

Scott Pearce, PBI-Colombia volunteer

Peace Brigades international-Canada is helping to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project by sharing stories of volunteers from Canada who...

What is Peace Brigades International?

Peace Brigades International is a global movement of activists seeking justice and peace that supports and stands in solidarity with threatened human rights defenders...

PBI-Guatemala attends exhumation by the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation and CONAVIGUA

On October 6, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Last week we attended an exhumation with Conavigua Guatemala and Fundación de Antropología Forense...

PBI-Guatemala attends court hearing for two criminalized members of CCDA Verapaz

CCDA Verapaz member Jorge Coc reads this PBI-Guatemala bulletin that features an article about the criminalization of him and Marcelino Xol Cucul. The Peace Brigades...

Colombia will not sign the Escazú Agreement that protects environmental defenders

In a worrisome development, Contagio Radio reports, “The Colombian government announced it will not sign on to the Escazú Agreement despite the increasing dangers...
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