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PBI-Canada mourns the passing of Phyllis Fischer

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Peace Brigades International-Canada mourns the passing of Phyllis Fischer. Phyllis passed away at 91 years of age on August 21 in Alliston, Ontario. Her obituary notes:...

Where does new Conservative leader Erin O’Toole stand on Indigenous land defence struggles?

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Photo: Erin O’Toole leadership campaign video. On August 24, Erin O’Toole was elected the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and in turn the...

Indigenous land defender Bernardo Caal Xol criminalized for his opposition to hydroelectric dams has a court hearing today

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Bernardo Caal Xol has another court appearance today at 9 am CST (11 am EST) following a series of cancelled hearings. On July 29, the...

What might provincial legislation that protects Indigenous land defenders look like?

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Indigenous land defence struggles on unceded and Treaty lands in Canada can face police repression, criminalization and judicialization, settler vigilantism, dangerous misrepresentations in the...

Canadian prime minister should express concern to Colombian president about the growing death toll of defenders

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Photo: Indigenous journalist Abelardo Liz was killed on August 13 by the Colombian Army while covering a campesino protest. He was hit by a...

Canada appealing court ruling on the Safe Third Country Agreement a step backwards for human rights

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If it had not been for the pandemic, Peace Brigades International-Canada would have hosted Javier Martinez Hernandez, the legal coordinator of the Saltillo Migrant...

Turkey debates whether to revoke European convention that protects women’s lives

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Photo credit Council of Europe This article is written by Cheyenne Williams, a student from Vancouver Island University in a Virtual/Remote Intern/Mentorship through the EleV scholarship...

Haudenosaunee land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane call for peace and safety, an end to criminalization and vigilantism

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On August 20, the land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane tweeted: “We call on our allies to continue to amplify our demand for...

PBI-Colombia expresses concern about plan to attack members of CREDHOS and calls for their safety to be guaranteed

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On August 20, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted: “We express our great concern regarding the denunciation of a plan to attack members of...

Police raid against Six Nations land defenders may be imminent, Haudenosaunee Chiefs support land back reoccupation

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Photo: On August 18, Real Peoples Media posted this photo of an Ontario Provincial Police armoured vehicle parked in Caledonia near 1492 Land Back...
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