On January 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared on Facebook this infographic about free, prior and informed consent. The United Nations has explained, “Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is a specific right that pertains to indigenous peoples and is recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights Read more…
On January 27, Peace Brigades International-Germany tweeted, “Before the European Parliament elections in May 2019, a broad alliance of 74 organizations and institutions from nine European countries called for the rescue of the European peace project. PBI Germany was among the signatories.” That petition states: The European integration reconciled enemies Read more…
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have not given their free, prior and informed consent to the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on their unceded territory in northern British Columbia, Canada. On January 18, the Unist’ot’en Camp posted, “Gidimt’en and Unist’ot’en are seeking legal observers. Our unceded Wet’suwet’en lands are Read more…
As noted by Quaker.org, “Peacefund Canada was founded in 1985 by a group of Canadians which included a number of Quakers. Its purpose was to encourage and support education programs which challenge people to believe in and work for peace.” A paper prepared for The Council of Ministers of Education, Read more…
On January 24, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “The communities of Jocotán, Camotán and San Juan Ermita claim the care of the forest that joins its three municipalities. This forest is undergoing immoderated logging by a mine installed in the territory.” PBI-Guatemala adds, “Yesterday we accompanied more than 20 Read more…
On January 20, Unifor posted, “After hundreds of Unifor members from across Canada came out to peacefully support locked out Co-op Refinery workers, the Regina Police chose to escalate the situation with heavy handed and extreme tactics, including the arrest of Unifor National President Jerry Dias and Western Regional Director Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project writes in Bulletin No. 42, “The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges that has faced humanity for decades and, having grown in urgency over time, it is now causing much alarm.” “Despite this urgency, however, so far the necessary measures have not been Read more…
Photo caption: “In what kind of country are the rivers killed off in the middle of a water crisis?” On January 23, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared a Facebook post from Herbert Reyes that notes, “The population of Santa Cruz Chinautla (municipality of the department of Guatemala, capital) is Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project is seeking volunteers to be placed in the field as of August/September 2020! As noted in our most recent Annual Report, “Ten international volunteers accompanied members of 16 organisations working on forced disappearances, impunity, women’s rights, indigenous rights and environmental protection.” “Volunteers are divided into Read more…
On January 22, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page, “Last Friday [January 17] we were present at the working days in San Estebán, Olancho on open pit mining in Honduras, an event coordinated by Cehprodec (Honduran Center for the Promotion of Community Development).” Defensores en linea Read more…