Yearly Archives: 2019

Remembering Alaine Hawkins

Alaine Lisham Hawkins played a crucial role in the early formative years of the global human rights organization Peace Brigades International. In terms of her...

PBI-Honduras accompanies C-Libre at appeal for Guapinol water defenders

On September 5, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “This morning we accompanied the Committee for Free Expression to the Constitutional Chamber, where...

Guapinol water defender Roberto Antonio Argueta killed

Water defender Roberto Antonio Argueta Tejada, one of the 32 people criminalized for defending the Guapinol River, was killed on August 28 in the...

CCALCP seeks the implementation of the right to free, prior and informed consent in Colombia

The Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP), an organization of women human rights lawyers based in the Magdalena Medio and Catatumbo regions in north-eastern...

PBI-Honduras at court hearing for Guapinol water defenders

On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page, “This morning we were present at the hearing for the presentation...

PBI-Canada and Labour Day 2019

Monday September 2nd is Labour Day in Canada. Peace Brigades International-Canada both recognizes and celebrates this day and affirms the critical role played by the...

PBI-Canada observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Friday August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The United Nations has explained, “On 21 December 2010, by its resolution...

PBI-Honduras accompanies Asociación Arcoiris at LGBTQI+ pride march

On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “During the past weekend we accompanied Asociación Arcoiris (the Rainbow Association) to San Pedro Sula...

The story of Karen Ridd, a PBI volunteer in El Salvador

Many may remember the extraordinary story of Karen Ridd, a Peace Brigades International volunteer in the late 1980s. In December 1989, the Canadian news magazine...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Cahabón complaint against building of Oxec III dam

On August 28, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Today we accompanied representatives of the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón during their complaint of the...
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