Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Nederland supports Afro-Colombian human rights defender Victor Hugo Moreno Mina

Photo: Victor Hugo on the recent PBI webinar ‘Police violence has no borders’. Peace Brigades International-Nederland is supporting Afro-Colombian defender Victor Hugo Moreno Mina through...

Judge rules Trans Mountain must release correspondence that may show bias in the arrest of Secwepemc land defenders

Photo: A Secwepemc land defender arrested by the RCMP on Secwepemc territory (Kamloops, BC) on December 10, 2018. A British Columbia provincial court judge has...

Trudeau talks Keystone XL in first call with Biden despite Native American opposition to the pipeline

On Monday November 9, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called President-elect Joe Biden to congratulate him on his win and to talk about key issues...

Five things to watch for with President Joe Biden, Canada and the human rights agenda

Photo: Then-US Vice-President Joe Biden walks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, December 8, 2016. While there are numerous policy...

PBI-Canada to host webinar on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, November 29

Peace Brigades International-Canada will be hosting a webinar on Sunday November 29 to mark International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. To register for the webinar,...

PBI expresses solidarity with people affected by Tropical Storm Eta

Photo: Erick Alexander Cano Roque/Prensa Comunitaria. On November 5, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “We express our solidarity with the people affected by the...

Mechanism to receive complaints of human rights violations by Canadian companies expected to launch in late November

On November 3, iPolitics reported: “A new office formed by the Trudeau government to handle complaints of human-rights abuses perpetrated by Canadian companies operating...

Water defenders who have challenged fracking and Veolia-operated landfill among those who receive death threat in Barrancabermeja

Photo: Oscar Sampayo and Yesid Blanco. On November 4, El Espectador reported that 18 people, 14 of whom reside in Barrancabermeja, are named in a...

Canada comments on human rights in Honduras at its universal periodic review at the United Nations

At the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of the human rights situation in Honduras on November 5, Canada's intervention, made by Rory Raudsepp-Hearne, the...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS speaks against threat received by environmental leaders in Barrancabermeja

Photo: CREDHOS President Ivan Madero Vergel. On November 4, W Radio reported that 18 people, 14 of whom reside in Barrancabermeja, are named in a...
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