Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Honduras learns more about the struggle against the Aurora I dam on Lenca territory

On December 14, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “Last week we learned more about the struggle of San José Civil Society against hydroelectric...

PBI-Canada expresses concern about shot fired at Mi’kmaq fisher and ongoing instances of violence in Mi’kma’ki/Nova Scotia

On October 21, people gathered on Parliament Hill across the street from the Prime Minister’s Office in support of the Mi’kmaq inherent and treaty...

Hundreds protest against Ecopetrol fracking pilot project in Puerto Wilches, Colombia

A protest against fracking took place in the municipality of Puerto Wilches in the department of Santander in north-eastern Colombia on Sunday December 13. The...

Transparency and full-cost accounting lacking in the purchase of replacement CF-18 fighter jets and new warplanes to come

A CF-18 at the 4 Wing/Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake. The construction of that base displaced Dene Su’lene’ peoples from their traditional territories. This...

“Humanity is waging war on nature” – UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit

Just prior to the Climate Ambition Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated: “Humanity is waging war on nature. …Making peace with nature is the...

HBO documentary on slain Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi premieres on December 16

Photo by PBI-Canada Board member Marianna Tzabiras of the release of the ‘Nunca Mas’ report. Two days later, Bishop Gerardi was murdered. A new documentary...

Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel calls for a national inquiry into the Ts’Peten/ Gustafsen Lake standoff

Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel has posted on Facebook: “Before Wolverine passed away he called on the government to have a national inquiry into...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Embera defender Argemiro Bailarín Bailarín to meeting at Irish Embassy

On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted: “Thanks to for their support of defenders and Indigenous peoples in Colombia especially the...

Protest against fracking takes place in Bogota amid concerns about human rights, environmental harm and the climate crisis

Photo by Óscar Sampayo. On December 11, Colombian environmental defender Óscar Sampayo tweeted: “In the Global Action Against Fracking, in Bogotá, we tell the government...

PBI-Colombia accompanies ACVC-RAN at meeting to verify human rights situation in Northeast Antioquia

On December 11, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted: “Yesterday, international day of human rights, we accompanied the Campesina Association of the Cimitarra River...
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