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Nuclear disarmament remains an imperative 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Image by Thoughtco. On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is imperative not to historicize the suffering of those who...

Canadian fighter jets, militarism and the human rights to water and sanitation in Iraq and Libya

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Photo: 2,000-pound GBU-10 bombs are mounted on a CF-18 fighter jet at a base in Italy before deployment to Libya in 2011. The Canadian government...

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan shares in Lockheed Martin valued at USD $2.13 million

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As of May 21, 2020, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan owned 6,283 shares in Lockheed Martin valued at USD $2.13 million. This is not new. According...

PBI-Guatemala provides accompaniment in the 4th most dangerous country per capita for land and environmental defenders

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On August 1, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted an article from Nomada, an independent platform for investigative journalism, titled: Guatemala: the sixth most...

Canadian prime minister does not mention report on the killings of human rights defenders in call with Colombian president

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On July 31, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Colombian President Ivan Duque spoke about issues of shared concern. This follows a conversation both leaders...

Three Indigenous feminist actors and the lack of a regulatory body for business enterprise in Canada

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This article was written by Cheyenne Williams, a student from Vancouver Island University in a Virtual/Remote Intern/Mentorship with Peace Brigades International-Canada through the EleV...

Decision on new Canadian warplanes to be made in “several months”: CBC News

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Today, July 31, is the deadline set by the Canadian government for three transnational corporations to submit their bids to manufacture 88 new warplanes...

Human rights activist Sonia Lopez comments on fracking and repression in Colombia

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On July 30, Common Frontiers, the Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine (CDHAL) and Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie (PASC) hosted a webinar...

Global Witness ‘Defending Tomorrow’ report notes the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada

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In January 2019, heavily-armed Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers arrested Wet’suwet’en land defenders opposed to the construction of a fracked gas pipeline on...

PBI-Honduras sees greatest percentage increase in lethal attacks against activists in 2019

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In October 2019, PBI-Honduras accompanied CEHPRODEC on a march in the capital city of Tegucigalpa in defence of water against mining. On July 29, the...
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