Monthly Archives: April, 2020

PBI-Guatemala strengthens telephone contact with human rights defenders during the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 8, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project noted in its most recent Monthly Information Package both the strengthening and continuation of the telephone...

PBI-Colombia notes with concern the continued killing of people who defend peace and human rights

On April 3, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project signed this joint communique that supports the call for a ceasefire in Colombia. That statement also highlighted,...

PBI-Colombia signs statement in support of United Nations call for a ceasefire

On April 3, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “@PBIColombia with organizations from the @espaciopazencol has signed a statement supporting the call from...

PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH issues alert about the possible release of the killers of Berta Cáceres

Alert! The killers of Berta Cáceres would be released amid the COVID19 crisis On April 7, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “Copinh Intibucá warns...

Mexican journalist María Elena Ferral murdered, PBI-Mexico calls for improvements in protection mechanisms

The Guardian reports that Mexican journalist María Elena Ferral Hernández was shot to death on March 30 in Papantla, Veracruz “as violent crime in...

Wet’suwet’en land defenders call for construction of Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline to stop during the coronavirus pandemic

The Unist’ot’en Camp has posted, “As Canadians are being told to stay home to stop the spread of Covid-19, Coastal Gaslink continues work as...

PBI receives peace award from Spanish town bombed by fascist forces in 1937

Peace Brigades International has been chosen as a recipient of the Gernika Awards for Peace and Reconciliation for “facilitating the transformation of conflicts and...

Why is peacebuilding an imperative during the coronavirus pandemic?

Peace Brigades International is fully committed to the values of human rights, personal dignity and individual freedom and struggles against violence – physical or...

PBI-Honduras notes letter from MEPs calling for release of Guapinol water defenders from prison

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has highlighted on its Facebook page, “On April 3, in the midst of the COVID crisis, 20 European parliamentarians...

When Bill Blaikie, MP rose in the House of Commons and noted the work of Peace Brigades International

As Peace Brigades International, a global human rights organization founded on Grindstone Island (on unceded Algonquin territory) on September 4, 1981, approaches its 40th...
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