Monthly Archives: April, 2020

PBI-Honduras notes environmental network’s concern about the dispossession of territories during the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 9, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page a 4-page statement from the National Coalition of Environmental Networks and...

PBI-Honduras notes CNTC’s opposition to new decree on food production approved during COVID-19 pandemic

On April 13, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted photos by National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) Secretary General Franklin Almendars. PBI-Honduras notes, “ denounces...

Petra Kelly’s words in support of Peace Brigades International

When Peace Brigades International was formed in September 1981, the peace and disarmament movement was arguably in its ascendancy. The Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp...

How can PBI-Canada’s peace education work help create the conditions for peace?

Peace Brigades International was founded at the Peace Education Centre on Grindstone Island (on unceded Algonquin territory in Ontario, Canada) in September 1981. Its first...

PBI-Kenya notes toolkit organizer Victor’s work distributing water containers during the pandemic

On April 13, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “WHRD Toolkit Organizers are supporting their communities to stay safe during the Covid-19 outbreak.” They then...

PBI-Kenya thanks Jecinter Agunja for distributing food and water in Mathare during the Covid-19 pandemic

On April 10, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Jecinter Agunja is a Women Human Rights Defenders Toolkit Organizer from Mathare and a member...

Indigenous land defenders monitored by Canadian government owned pipeline company security officials

On November 25, 2019, CBC reported, “The federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation is monitoring pipeline opponents and designating some as persons of interest who...

UN Secretary-General reiterates appeal for global ceasefire, Canada lifts moratorium on new weapons exports

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his call for an immediate global ceasefire given the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted, “The global ceasefire appeal is...

United Nations Secretary-General calls for global ceasefire during pandemic, Canada continues to manufacture arms

On March 23, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, recognizing the urgency of the pandemic, stated, “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of...

Please sign our petition calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to endorse a global ceasefire

Please sign the petition by clicking here! On April 7, Peace Brigades International-Canada launched an Urgent Action function on our website that allows individuals to...
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