Yearly Archives: 2020

Tolupan leader Adán Mejía assassinated, the second Indigenous leader killed in Honduras in less than 48 hours

On December 29, The Guardian reported: “On Tuesday, local media reported the killing of yet another defender, Adán Mejía from the indigenous Tolupán people,...

PBI-Guatemala mourns the murder of Nelson Reyes who had participated in Tz’ikin Network processes

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted: “Yesterday, December 27, 2020 Nelson Reyes was killed by several gunshots, by unknown men in the Nazareth...

PBI-Honduras condemns the murder of Indigenous Lenca environmental defender Félix Vásquez

On December 29, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “We condemn the murder of the defender of human rights, the environment and the Lenca...

PBI-Guatemala accompanied Indigenous defenders on the need for mutual aid and the defence of territory against extractivism

Lesbia Artola, María Josefina Caal Xol, Sandra Calel. On December 23, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted this article that highlights the need for mutual...

PBI-Colombia accompanies MOVICE-Valle del Cauca chapter in self-care as a political project process

On December 23, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on its Instagram page: “Do you know the area of our work: Support for the...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS holds press conference about Calgary-based Parex Resources Inc. tutela challenge

On December 21, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted a video with the text: “CREDHOS presents the situation of environmental leaders in Bajo Simacota,...

PBI-Honduras accompanied CEHPRODEC lawyer Donald Hernández on the risks faced by environmental defenders

On December 8, Nueva Tribunas reported on the work of Manos Unidas, the Spanish Catholic Church Organization “for the aid, promotion and development of...

Women human rights defenders building solidarity across borders

Thank you for registering and hopefully being able to participate in our webinar marking International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. If you missed it, you...

When PBI co-founder Lee Stern walked cash destined for Vietnam across the Peace Bridge

By 1966, there were more than 180,000 US soldiers in Vietnam and an estimated 67,000 Vietnamese were killed in the war that year. Murray Thomson,...

The invitation letter that led to the formation of PBI was sent on January 12, 1981

The Mutual Support Group for Families of the Disappeared and the Detained (GAM) protest on October 12, 1984 with PBI volunteer observing at top...
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