PBI-Canada organizes virtual roundtable with Colombian defenders and Canadian civil society

Alexandra González Zapata (CSPP) and Fabian Laverde (COSPACC). On June 2, Peace Brigades International-Canada organized a virtual roundtable to enable Colombian human rights defenders to share their concerns about Toronto-based Frontera Energy and its impact on the community of San Luis de Palenque. Alexandra González Zapata from the Committee in Read more…

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH lawyers at hearing of former military officer indicted in crimes against humanity case

On June 2, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Yesterday we accompanied the BDH lawyers to the hearing for review of measures of the former members of the Guatemalan Army, César Augusto Ruiz Morales, accused in the CREOMPAZ case.” Eleven former military officers have been indicted on charges of forced Read more…

PBI expressions of concern about police violence, the militarization of policing, and extra-judicial killings by the police

Photo: PBI-Kenya at the launch of the Missing Voices 2019 Annual Report on the State of Police Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Kenya. Peace Brigades International has expressed concern about excessive use of force by state security forces, impunity despite alleged misconduct, the increasing militarization of policing and the attendant Read more…