Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Canada and Britain resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite human rights violations

Photo: An image of what appears to be a Canadian-made LAV captured from Saudi forces in Kitaf, northern Yemen, in August 2019. On July 7,...

Jani Silva, Yessika Hoyos and Danilo Rueda to join PBI-UK webinar at 12 noon EDT today!

The Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom website highlights that it will be hosting a webinar on ‘Protecting our future through corporate accountability’ today (Wednesday July...

Peace Brigades International rejects structural violence. What could that mean?

The principles and mandate of Peace Brigades International “rejects violence of any kind from any source.” It also acknowledges “different forms and structures of...

Editar Ochieng among 56+ people arrested at protest against police violence in Nairobi, Kenya

On July 7, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project tweeted: “We express our concern about the arrests of various human rights defenders including @happyolal @UhaiWetu...

War and the Environment: How did the war in Colombia harm the land, water and air?

As part of our commitment to peace education, Peace Brigades International-Canada will be participating in the World Beyond War-organized War and the Environment online...

PBI-Canada supports the call for a fundamental reassessment of Canadian foreign policy

Peace Brigades International-Canada supports the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute’s call to “fundamentally reassess Canadian foreign policy.” Some of the questions that would help frame that...

Fracking could lead to the expansion of the Barrancabermeja refinery and further jeopardize the human right to clean drinking water

The largest oil refinery in Colombia is located on the Magdalena River in Barrancabermeja, Santander and has a refining capacity of 250,000 barrels of...

From Talisman to Frontera: Peace Brigades accompanies struggles centered on Canadian oil and gas operations in Colombia

Photo from 2011: “PBI accompanies the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) and the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC),...

#NoALosPilotosDeFracking hashtag on Twitter raises awareness of opposition to fracking in Colombia

On July 2, many individuals and organizations tweeted messages with the hashtag #NoALosPilotosDeFracking (No To The Fracking Pilots). Media reports have indicated that the Colombian...

MP Paul Manly hears from Colombian human rights defenders concerned by Canadian company in San Luis de Palenque

  On July 2, Peace Brigades International hosted a Zoom call between Canadian Member of Parliament Paul Manly and representatives from the Committee in Solidarity...
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