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LNG import terminal to be built in Buenaventura as human rights concerns persist

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In September 2019, PBI-Colombia accompanied a visit by human rights organizations and embassies to Buenaventura. On June 4, Business News Americas reported on a proposed...

Mathare Social Justice Centre in Kenya tweets: “Mathare says abolish the police!”

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On June 8 children in Mathare (an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya) joined a march against police violence. Photo by the Mathare Social Justice...

Register now! Webinar with Danilo Rueda, July 2, 1 pm ET

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Hear Danilo Rueda of the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace (CIJP) on a webinar this coming Thursday July 2 at 1 pm ET. This...

BHRRC report highlights risks to defenders raising concerns about oil and gas companies in Colombia, including Toronto-based Frontera Energy

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A recent Business & Human Rights Resource Centre report highlights that from 2015 to 2019 Colombia was the second most dangerous place in the...

International Observatory for Lawyers draws attention to situation of CCAJAR lawyer Sebastián Escobar Uribe

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The Paris-based International Observatory for Lawyers (OIAD) has highlighted the case of José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) lawyer Sebastián Escobar Uribe. The Peace Brigades...

RCMP patrol cultural site with assault rifles on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory

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The Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidimt'en Territory has posted: “Photographs taken on Wet’suwet’en territory show RCMP armed with assault weapons conducting foot patrols of a...

PBI-Spanish State and Mundubat initiate the Voces defensoras (Defending Voices) solidarity network

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The Defending Voices Platform is a joint initiative of Peace Brigades International-Spanish State and Mundubat, “an NGO of men and women from various social...

Canada’s support for the June 28, 2009 coup in Honduras and its implications for the environment and human rights

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Photo: On October 17, 2019, PBI-Honduras accompanied CEHPRODEC at this march in defence of water against mining. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted: “Since...

Toronto Star reports on the Colombian Truth Commission and its processes in Canada

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Photo: Colombian lawyer Elsi Angulo sought asylum in Canada in 2004 after learning of an assassination plot against her. Angulo's story is being documented...

PBI-Guatemala observes extractivist violence against the Maya C’horti’ people during the pandemic

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On June 26, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted an article in Spanish on their website that states: “In Iximulew, called Guatemala from colonial...
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