The following is a statement by Peace Brigades International, a global organization comprised of 8 field projects (Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nepal, Indonesia and Kenya) and 13 country groups (including PBI-Canada): In this extraordinary time of uncertainty, fear and instability, Peace Brigades International (PBI) extends our solidarity to all Read more…
On April 1, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “PBI-Colombia has accompanied journalist Claudia Julieta Duque since 2010. Today @OneFreePress [the One Free Press Coalition] includes her in the list of the 10 most urgent cases of threats against freedom of expression in the world.” PBI-Colombia shared Claudia’s tweet that Read more…
On March 30, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “We express our concern about various threats that the colleagues of the Olopa resistance shared with us in the last days in the face of the mining project Cantera Los Manantiales.” A peaceful blockade of the mine site was established in Read more…
On April 2, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted, “This past Tuesday [March 31] was the International Day of Trans Visibility, a group that is in a situation of extreme vulnerability in Honduras, with numerous attacks and attacks and without progress in accessing justice.” PBI-Honduras adds, “With this documentary produced Read more…
Residents put this banner up on a main road when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador visited in January of this year. It says: “Welcome to the territory of San Pedro and San Pablo Ayutla Mixe, a community with 957 days without drinking water.” On April 1, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Read more…
On March 31, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Thinking about Bernardo Caal Xol from the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabon, Jorge Coc and Marcelino Xol Cucul of the CCDA and Agustín Ramírez and Timoteo Suchité de Rosa, indigenous authorities and members of Nuevo Dia, all defenders of the territory imprisoned.” Read more…
On April 2, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted on its Facebook page, “This is Editar, a WHRD Toolkit Organizer.” PBI-Kenya adds, “She is sensitizing the community on facts around COVID-19 and how to behave with regards to it. Editar is also involved in the distribution of water vessels and Read more…