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Concerns deepen after violence against Mi’kmaq fishers in southwestern Nova Scotia

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There are deepening concerns about violence against Mi’kmaq fishers on Sipekne’katik territory in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada as they assert...

1492 Land Back Lane highlights the need to address land theft instead of criminalizing and judicializing land defenders

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Indigenous land defenders and allies gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court of Canada on October 9 in solidarity with 1492 Land Back...

Indigenous Minga march proceeds in Colombia amid concerns about repression against it

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A Minga march for the protection of life, territory, democracy and peace is taking place in Colombia from October 10 to 16. Minga is a...

Global trade unions call for the United Nations Binding Treaty to recognize trade unionists as human rights defenders

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A global trade union movement statement welcomes the second draft of the proposed United Nations Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights –...

O’odham land and water protectors arrested at blockade against cultural and ecological destruction of U.S. border wall

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Photo by Defend O’odham Jewed. On Monday October 12, two O’odham groups, Defend O’odham Jewed and the O’odham Anti Border Collective, held an Indigenous Peoples’...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti’ defender to file a complaint against the theft of documents from his home

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Photo: PBI-Guatemala accompanying Nuevo Dia in April 2019. On October 9, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted an update about Nuevo Dia (CCCND), an Indigenous...

PBI-Kenya supports community discussions on teenage pregnancies in Nairobi’s informal settlements during the pandemic

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The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project has noted that there has been a sharp increase in teenage pregnancies in Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic. PBI-Kenya has...

PBI-Kenya holds trainings on the security situation for human rights defenders in Nairobi

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In June, PBI-Kenya carried out a collaborative risk baseline assessment with sixteen Social Justice Centres that identified gaps that needed to be addressed to...

Court orders Colombian Defence Minister to apologize for police violence against peaceful protests

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The BBC has reported: “, in an unprecedented ruling, the Supreme Court of Justice ordered the national government to take administrative measures that guarantee...

Canada Pension Plan should divest from BAE Systems and warplanes

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Canada Pension Plan should divest from BAE Systems and warplanes The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) increased its holdings in the United Kingdom-based...
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