Yearly Archives: 2020

Manitoba Hydro dam blockaded by Treaty 5 nations in May due to health concerns now has 90+ workers in COVID-19 isolation

Photo of the RCMP presenting an injunction against a blockade of the Keeyask hydro-electric dam construction site on May 20 by Cathy Beardy. On May...

Global Campaign reports Canada opposed to UN process for a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights

From October 26-30, the United Nations open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) held its 6th session discussions on the Second Revised Draft of the Binding...

Canada to host United Nations Peacebuilding Fund conference in January 2021

On November 2, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called on UN member states to support the Peacebuilding Fund. Guterres stated: “I call on every...

PBI-Honduras recommends timeline to end the Military Police for Public Order role in public security

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted: “This Thursday, November 5, the State of Honduras undergoes the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), where the country's...

Would the proposed Canadian military propaganda initiative be used to promote the purchase of new fighter jets?

It’s possible (and worrisome) that if new fighter jets were seen as a national interest priority by the Canadian military (as is almost certainly...

Maya K’iche’ journalist Anastasia Mejía arrested in Guatemala for reporting on protest

Photo by Carlos Choc, Prensa Comunitaria. On November 1, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared this La Hora article: Periodista Anastasia Mejía: No me van...

Mohawk policy analyst Russ Diabo highlights Indigenous land defence struggles in Canada on global PBI webinar

On October 30, Peace Brigades International entities convened defenders from Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Kenya and Canada for a webinar titled Police violence has no...

PBI-Guatemala accompanied UVOC reports on forced eviction that leaves two dead in dispute with palm oil company

Photo by UVOC. The Verapaz Union of Campesino Organizations (UVOC) is an Indigenous and peasant organization dedicated to the defence and promotion of access to...

PBI-Guatemala shares Bankrolling Extinction report that lists RBC and TD among top financiers of biodiversity loss

A new research report highlights: “The financial sector is bankrolling the mass extinction crisis, while undermining human rights and indigenous sovereignty.” On October 31, the...

Help uphold the rights of Secwepemc land defenders at the annual meeting for the Trans Mountain pipeline

Twitter photo by Kanahus Manuel. Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination more than 50 years ago...
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