Yearly Archives: 2020

The Canadian-backed General Mining Law and the criminalization of the Guapinol water defenders in Tocoa, Honduras

The families of the Guapinol water defenders wait for justice outside the courthouse in Tocoa, Honduras. Photo by Radio Progreso. The criminalization of the Guapinol...

Toronto-based Frontera Energy co-owned pipeline could move fracked oil from the Middle Magdalena region in Colombia

Photo from a Global Day of Action against Fracking protest in Bogota on December 11, the eve of the 5th anniversary of the conclusion...

Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd. waiting on regulations to frack in the Middle Magdalena Valley in Colombia

Photo: A community blockade in 2016 protested against the Canacol and ConocoPhillips owned Picoplata 1 fracking project near San Martin, Cesar. As noted on its...

PBI-Canada following today’s court hearing on pre-trial detention measures for the Guapinol water defenders

The eight Guapinol water defenders will be in court today at 9 am Honduras time (10 am EST) in the city of Tocoa in...

Help PBI-Canada find field brigadistas for PBI’s frontline projects physically accompanying human rights defenders

Field brigadistas play a crucial role in fulfilling the mission of Peace Brigades International to physically accompany threatened human rights defenders. This week, PBI-Colombia posted...

PBI releases new 14-minute documentary on police executions, social justice and the human right to water in Nairobi

The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project and Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom have just released a new 14-minute documentary titled Ghetto Justice. That documentary can be...

PBI-Honduras calls for transparency in the bail hearing for the defenders of the Guapinol River

On December 16, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “This Friday, December 18, the hearing to review measures for the defenders of the Guapinol...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH law firm at court hearing of former Deputy Secretary implicated in the Hogar Seguro fire

On December 15, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Yesterday PBI accompanied the Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos in the #CasoHogarSeguro hearing to...

PBI-Colombia accompanied Berenice Celeita on megaprojects, Indigenous rights and violence in southwestern Colombia

In a new PBI-Colombia video, NOMADESC president Berenice Celeita talks about the role megaprojects and the lack of respect for Indigenous rights play in...

PBI-Mexico monitors highway blockade in opposition to Canadian mine in Oaxaca

Update - Avispa Midia reports: “Following the blockade of federal highway 175, which links the Central Valleys of Oaxaca with the tourist areas of the...
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