Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Canada calls on Canada to back the Escazú Agreement to uphold Indigenous rights and protect environmental defenders

Peace Brigades International first endorsed the Escazú Agreement in September 2018 as “a means to guarantee a safe environment in which individuals, groups and...

PBI-Guatemala shares UVOC statement on the murder of community leader Abelardo Quej Ixim in Baja Verapaz

Photo: Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala On December 9, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project circulated the statement from UVOC about the murder of Abelardo Quej Ixim,...

PBI-Colombia expresses concern about withdrawal of a National Protection Unit (UNP) measure for Jani Silva

Photo: Javier Ignacio Hoyos (PBI), Jani Silva (ZRCPA), Carlos Fernández (Justice and Peace) and Sandra Lagos (ZRCPA). Photo by PBI-Colombia. On December 10, the Peace...

Kanehsatà:ke land defenders hold protest at Oka Golf Club to denounce human rights abuses

Social media posts have highlighted that: “Kanehsatà:ke Land Defenders will be hosting a protest at the Oka Golf Club .” To watch a portion of...

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On November 25, PBI accompanied a march on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Yondó, Antioquia, Colombia. Throughout this ongoing...

Canada “believed to have missed out” on speaking slot at Climate Ambition Summit this Saturday

Yesterday was International Human Rights Defenders Day. On average four land and environmental defenders have been killed every seek since the Paris climate agreement...

PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH highlights “Water is not for sale, it is cared for and defended!”

Photo by Digis Mak. On December 8, COPINH tweeted: “Faced with the news that water will be listed on the futures market, the organization and...

PBI-Guatemala observes International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women march in Guatemala City

On December 9, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project published their most recent Monthly Information Package. In it, PBI-Guatemala notes: “On November 25, we observed the...

PBI-Colombia visits with Doña Brígida González at the Peace Community in San José de Apartadó

On December 8, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on Instagram: “Yesterday we visited the Peace Community in San José de Apartadó.” PBI-Colombia adds: “...

Protests against fracking to take place this week in Bogotá and Puerto Wilches

There will be a protest against fracking outside the headquarters of the state-owned petroleum company Ecopetrol on Friday December 11 in Bogota. There will then...
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