Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Kenya helps connect Toolkit Organizers and Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

On August 12, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted: “The Women Human Rights Defenders Toolkit Organizers are working in collaboration with the office of...

PBI-Colombia interviews CCAJAR lawyer Reynaldo Villalba about illegal intelligence operations by the military

On August 12, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted this 7-minute video – with English subtitles – of their interview with Reynaldo Villalba of...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies residents of Patzicía in their social audit of municipal pandemic aid

On August 13, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted about their accompaniment of the residents of Patzicia in their actions against corruption during the...

Canada sends two warships to participate in Rim of Pacific war games near Hawaii

The Government of Canada has noted: “The Royal Canadian Navy will send two warships: HMCS Winnipeg and HMCS Regina with embarked shipborne helicopter detachments...

Canada to spend up to $5 billion on 12 armed drones

On August 12, Vice reported: “The Canadian government is finally forging ahead with plans to set up its own fleet of armed drones, joining...

PBI-Canada welcomes the decision of Carleton University’s criminology institute to end placements with police forces and prisons

On August 12, CBC reported: “Carleton University's Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ) is ending all student co-op placements with police forces and...

PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC says the situation for defenders and journalists has worsened with the pandemic

The Civil Society Organizations (OSC) Space (Espacio) for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (Espacio_OSC) writes: “More than 5 months after decreeing...

PBI condemns the murder of Benoit Maria, “a great defender of the rights of the Maya” in Guatemala

Photo: Benoit Amedee Maria during a training with Ixiles de Quiché farmers. (Free Press Photo: Hector Lamb). On August 11, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project...

41 members of Congress from 8 parties back law that would ban fracking in Colombia

Photo: Senator Iván Cepeda Castro is one of the 41 members of Congress who back a proposed law that would ban fracking in Colombia. On...

Court revokes custodial arrest measure on two leaders prosecuted for protesting Toronto-based oil company in Colombia

On November 27, 2018, more than 200 members of the Army and Police landed in San Luis de Palenque, Casanare, Colombia and charged eight...
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