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Guapinol water defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo shot to death in Honduras

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Guapinol water defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo was shot to death in his home in the community of Tocoa on October 13. Morazán Erazo was...

PBI co-organized virtual roundtable notes that Canada abstained in vote on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

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On October 15, Peace Brigades International-Switzerland, the PBI-Honduras Project and allies held a virtual round table on peasant rights in Honduras. One of the speakers...

What is Canada’s position on the eve of the UN Binding Treaty talks, October 26

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The next round of talks on the proposed United Nations Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights begins on October 26. It’s unclear what...

Berenice Celeita and Germán Romero to speak on PBI webinar on police violence, October 30

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The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has tweeted: “Berenice Celeita of the Nomadesc Association and Germán Romero from dhColombia will speak on the ‘Police violence...

Fracking contracts could be awarded to Canadian companies in Colombia in November

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Photo: A protest against fracking in San Martin, Cesar, Colombia in April 2016 where Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd. could be awarded a contract this...

PBI-Honduras report for the UN’s review of human rights in Honduras, November 5

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“We never wanted to go to the police, because it was the police who were chasing us.” On October 14, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project...

PBI-Canada calls on Deputy Prime Minister Freeland to support journalists at-risk in Mexico

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Photo: Mexican journalist María Elena Ferral Hernández was shot to death on March 30, 2020. 133 journalists have been murdered in Mexico over the...

PBI-Mexico accompanied ProDESC files civil suit against transnational building wind farm without Indigenous consent

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Photo: On February 26, 2020, PBI-Mexico accompanied ProDESC at a media conference relating to the Gunaa Sicarú wind farm megaproject. On October 13, a media...

PBI-accompanied defenders in Guatemala and Mexico denounce neo-colonialism and the trampling of Indigenous rights

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Photo: Assembly of a Mayan Q'eqchi' community, affected by different megaprojects in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala. On October 12, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala...

“It taught me so much about the meaning of justice and healing”: Marianna Tzabiras on her time with PBI-Guatemala

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As Peace Brigades International approaches its 40th anniversary in 2021, we are sharing the reflections of past volunteers from Canada who accompanied at-risk defenders...
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