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Sipekne’katik face violence in struggle over the Mi’kmaq right to fish for a moderate livelihood

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Facebook photo by Saqmaw Leroy Jown Denny of a gathering in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia on September 17 in support of Indigenous fishing rights. There are...

PBI highlights Colombia in statements at UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva

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Peace Brigades International-Switzerland Advocacy Coordinator Kim-Mai Vu recently made two presentations about the human rights situation in Colombia at the United Nations Human Rights...

PBI-Honduras observes with COFADEH the exhumation of Rinel Argueta Oliva who was killed by the police this past June

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On September 23, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page: “Yesterday we observed, together with the Committee of Relatives of Detained...

Canada’s fighter jet purchase faces turbulence as pandemic fallout could mean cuts to military spending

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Photo by the Canadian Press. What does the pandemic driven increase in unemployment and the deficit mean for the planned $19-billion-plus fighter jet purchase in...

Opponents of Canada spending billions on fighter jets draw inspiration from Swiss campaign for September 27th vote

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Twitter photo by @Anna_Leissing. Opponents of the Canadian government spending $19 billion on new fighter jets are looking to the Swiss campaign opposed to a...

Canadian and U.S. fighter jets to conduct “exercise flights” over “sparsely populated” Innu territories this week

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Photo by Bob Bartel of Elders outside a prison when Innu land defenders were being arrested for opposing fighter jets flying over their lands. Yesterday,...

Canadian company’s operations in Colombia could be impacted by Swiss vote on responsible business on November 29

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Swiss citizens will soon be voting in a referendum on a popular initiative known as the Responsible Business Initiative. A survey conducted in May...

Export Development Canada finances Calgary-based Parex Resources in Colombia

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Earlier this month, Peace Brigades International signed this letter that highlights: “The activities of have repeatedly exacerbated poverty, widened inequalities and fuelled human...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CAJAR, FCSPP and CJL contribute to “The misrule of the apprentice” report on Duque presidency

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Earlier this month 500 social organizations in Colombia released a 442-page report on the first two years of the presidency of Ivan Duque titled:...

PBI-Colombia accompanies ACVC-RAN at workshops with rice farmers in the Cimitarra River Valley Campesino Reserve Zone

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On September 17, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Projected tweeted: “This weekend PBI accompanied in the municipality of San Pablo, south of Bolívar, @ACVCRAN who...
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