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A brief history of PBI expulsions from Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Guatemala and West Papua

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On May 23, 2014, two Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project volunteers witnessed 300+ riot police carry out the violent eviction of the Peaceful Resistance of...

Ecopetrol signs MOU with ExxonMobil for fracking pilot project that involves Toronto-based Sintana Energy

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On July 9, Petroguia reported: “ Ecopetrol and the US company ExxonMobil signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on the development of...

CCAJAR lawyer Yessika Hoyos comments on the UN Guiding Principles and the need for a Binding Treaty

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On July 8, Colombian human rights lawyer Yessika Hoyos from the Jose Alvear Restrepo Lawyers Collective (CCAJAR) took part in the Peace Brigades International-United...

Study finds high rates of criminalization of defenders, Canadian companies involved in environmental conflicts

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This chart from the new report suggests that “climate and energy” (480) is the second largest category of environmental conflicts after “mining” (573). Montreal-based ecological...

PBI-Canada observes the 30th anniversary of the Oka Crisis and the ongoing usurpation of Indigenous territories

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This July 11th will mark the 30th anniversary of a siege against Indigenous land defenders opposed to the expansion of a golf course and...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signs letter expressing concern about the safety of Colombian human rights defenders

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On July 7, Peace Brigades International-USA tweeted: “94 members of the US Congress, including @RepMcGovern @repmarkpocan, urge @SecPompeo to pressure Ivan Duque's government to...

Canada and Britain resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite human rights violations

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Photo: An image of what appears to be a Canadian-made LAV captured from Saudi forces in Kitaf, northern Yemen, in August 2019. On July 7,...

Jani Silva, Yessika Hoyos and Danilo Rueda to join PBI-UK webinar at 12 noon EDT today!

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The Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom website highlights that it will be hosting a webinar on ‘Protecting our future through corporate accountability’ today (Wednesday July...

Peace Brigades International rejects structural violence. What could that mean?

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The principles and mandate of Peace Brigades International “rejects violence of any kind from any source.” It also acknowledges “different forms and structures of...

Editar Ochieng among 56+ people arrested at protest against police violence in Nairobi, Kenya

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On July 7, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project tweeted: “We express our concern about the arrests of various human rights defenders including @happyolal @UhaiWetu...
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