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UN Rapporteur Agnès Callamard seeks to visit US in 2021 to conduct fact-finding mission on arbitrary killings by the police

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On June 17, The Guardian reported: “The killing of African Americans like George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks by police officers is a systemic problem...

PBI-Mexico expresses concern for security situation of Consorcio Oaxaca and defender Soledad Jarquín Edgar

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On June 15, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “PBI Mexico expresses concern about the events that occurred today in the offices of Consorcio...

PBI-Honduras shares quote from Dina Meza expressing concern about giving resources to the Government of Honduras

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"Giving resources to the Government of Honduras is giving them tools so that they continue to violate the population. The focus of the international...

PBI-Kenya draws attention to police violence in Kenya in the wake of global protests against the killing of George Floyd

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On June 15, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project shared an opinion piece from the Kenyan newspaper The Star titled Police must stop killing, maiming...

PBI-Guatemala expresses concern for the security situation of Hermelindo, Jesus and Elias Caal

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On June 13, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page: “We sympathize with the Caal family. We express our concern for...

RCMP to respond soon to Commission report on police actions against Miꞌkmaq land defenders opposed to fracking

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Amanda Polchies of the Elsipogtog Nation holds a feather in a powerful gesture of resistance to advancing RCMP officers, October 17, 2003. Photo by...

Entretien avec la nouvelle Rapporteure spéciale des Nations Unies sur les défenseurs des droits de l’homme, Mary Lawlor

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Article de Brigades internationales de la paix-Suisse. En mai 2020, l'Irlandaise Mary Lawlor a débuté son mandat de Rapporteure spéciale des Nations Unies sur la...

Defence Department deputy minister says no indication the government will cut planned military spending despite record deficit

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On June 11, the Canadian Press reported that Defence Department deputy minister Jody Thomas says she has received no indication from the federal government...

Save the date! PBI-Canada co-organizing webinar on June 29 at 3 pm EDT with Colombian human rights defenders

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Further details will be confirmed soon, but please plan to join us on Monday June 29 at 3 pm EDT for an hour-long webinar...

Canada exported more than $3.757 billion in “military goods” in 2019, and more than $8.25 billion over the past 5 years

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On May 27, the Global Affairs Canada 2019 Exports of Military Goods report that was tabled in the House of Commons. It stated: “For the...
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