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Canada sends two warships to participate in Rim of Pacific war games near Hawaii

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The Government of Canada has noted: “The Royal Canadian Navy will send two warships: HMCS Winnipeg and HMCS Regina with embarked shipborne helicopter detachments...

Canada to spend up to $5 billion on 12 armed drones

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On August 12, Vice reported: “The Canadian government is finally forging ahead with plans to set up its own fleet of armed drones, joining...

PBI-Canada welcomes the decision of Carleton University’s criminology institute to end placements with police forces and prisons

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On August 12, CBC reported: “Carleton University's Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ) is ending all student co-op placements with police forces and...

PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC says the situation for defenders and journalists has worsened with the pandemic

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The Civil Society Organizations (OSC) Space (Espacio) for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (Espacio_OSC) writes: “More than 5 months after decreeing...

PBI condemns the murder of Benoit Maria, “a great defender of the rights of the Maya” in Guatemala

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Photo: Benoit Amedee Maria during a training with Ixiles de Quiché farmers. (Free Press Photo: Hector Lamb). On August 11, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project...

41 members of Congress from 8 parties back law that would ban fracking in Colombia

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Photo: Senator Iván Cepeda Castro is one of the 41 members of Congress who back a proposed law that would ban fracking in Colombia. On...

Court revokes custodial arrest measure on two leaders prosecuted for protesting Toronto-based oil company in Colombia

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On November 27, 2018, more than 200 members of the Army and Police landed in San Luis de Palenque, Casanare, Colombia and charged eight...

Three Indigenous Kukuma killed at protest at Calgary-based PetroTal oil company site in Peru

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Photo from EFE. Three Indigenous Kukuma were killed by Peruvian National Police late in the evening on Saturday August 8 at a protest at Calgary-based...

Toolkit Organizers meet in Kawangware to discuss strategies for the elimination of sexual and gender-based violence

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On August 10, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted on Facebook: “The Women Human Rights Defenders Toolkit Organizers met today in Kawangware urban settlement...

PBI-Kenya draws attention to police violence in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project has encouraged people via Twitter to read at an article in the Kenyan newspaper The Star titled Protesting during...
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