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“Governments are not doing enough to protect human rights defenders”: Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur

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In this exclusive interview with Mongabay Latam, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, highlights the reality...

UN Special Rapporteurs call for space for human rights defenders at Finance in Common Summit, November 9-12

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Clockwise: Mary Lawlor, Anita Ramasastry, Livinstone Sewanyana, Saad Alfarargi, Jose Francisco Cali Tzay, and David R. Boyd. In this open letter to the Secretary General...

Urgent Action: Summit of public development banks should hear from human rights defenders

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Summit of public development banks should hear from human rights defenders Public developments banks – such as Export Development Canada and its wholly owned subsidiary...

PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP in Bogota and CIJP in Putumayo during the October 21 national strike

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Photo: The PBI-Colombia accompaniment of members from the Perla Amazónica Peasant Reserve Zone at the national strike action in Puerto Asis, Putumayo. On October 21,...

$13.1 million for RCMP actions against Wet’suwet’en land defenders is “a tremendous waste of money”: Hereditary Chief Na’moks

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Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'moks says it is “a tremendous waste of money.” According to documents obtained by CBC News reporter Chantelle Bellrichard, $13.1 million of...

Indigenous Minga arrives in Bogota as three Canadian companies seek to frack in Colombia in 2021

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Photo of the Minga arriving in Bogota by UNEES Colombia. On October 19, the BBC reported: “Thousands of indigenous people have arrived in the Colombian...

Concerns expressed about systemic racism in the response of Canadian police to Indigenous land defenders and settler violence

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Contrasting images: Photo by Michael Toledano during the militarized RCMP raid against Wet'suwet'en land defenders in January 2019. Photo by Eric Woolliscroft/CBC of the...

Lobster pound used by Mi’kmaw destroyed by fire, Mi’kmaq Warrior Peacekeepers now present as protection

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Twitter photo by Pierette d'Entremont Early this morning, a fire destroyed a lobster pound (building/facility) used by Mi’kmaw fishers in the fishing village of Middle...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR lawyer Reynaldo Villalba and the “huge potential for risk and danger” that comes with the proceedings against Álvaro Uribe

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Reynaldo Villalba is a lawyer with the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CCAJAR) which is accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project. Currently, he is...

Secwepemc Hereditary Chief Segwses and four land defenders arrested in opposition to Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline

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Photo from the We, the Secwepemc: Virtual Unity Camp to stop Transmountain Pipeline. On October 15, five Secwepemc land defenders were arrested by the Royal...
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