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COP26 in Glasgow should be a pivotal human rights summit

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The United Nations COP25 summit concluded this weekend with little progress. The Guardian reports, “Global climate talks have ended in Madrid with a partial agreement...

Concerns mount that human rights are being sidelined at the UN COP25 climate summit

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Photo: “Indigenous people from the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon park an Extinction Rebellion sailboat outside COP25 venue demanding an end to the murders of...

PBI-Switzerland screens ‘Nairobi Half Life’ in Bern with Kenyan human rights defenders

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On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Yesterday, on International Human Rights Day, PBI Switzerland organized a public screening of ‘Nairobi Half...

PBI-Guatemala attends media conference by organizations of victims of the internal armed conflict

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On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we attended the press conference of the Platform of organizations of victims of the...

Greta Thunberg says Canada’s oil and gas production infringes on children’s human rights

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On December 10, Greta Thunberg tweeted, “On human rights day, we call for climate action. The climate crisis is the biggest threat to human...

PBI-Netherlands on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #16

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Please see this Peace Brigades International-Netherlands statement on Sustainable Development Goal 16 which has been translated into English below: The Sustainable Development Goals - often...

Celebrate Human Rights Day by supporting at-risk human rights defenders

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Today is Human Rights Day! As the United Nations notes, “Human Rights Day commemorates the 10 December 1948 adoption by the UN General Assembly of...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CSPP president Franklin Castañeda in Washington

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On December 9, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted, “Important meeting with Senator Bernie Sander’s team as part of the tour with Franklin Castañeda...

Extinction Rebellion draws attention at COP25 to the 164 environmental defenders killed in 2018

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On December 9, Extinction Rebellion Spain posted, “At least 164 Earth defenders were killed in 2018, many of them indigenous. Minga Indígena and Extinction...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CJL and CAHUCOPANA on Humanitarian Caravan in Northeastern Antioquía

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On December 8, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted, “In the last weeks of November a Humanitarian Caravan was made in the Northeast of...
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