Yearly Archives: 2020

Book launch webinar: Who Killed Berta Cáceres?

On Tuesday June 2 (at 9 am in Vancouver, 12 pm in Toronto, and 1 pm in Halifax), Front Line Defenders, COPINH, The Goldman...

UN Secretary-General Guterres repeats his plea for a global ceasefire, while Canada’s military exports have doubled

On May 21, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated his call first made on March 23 for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners...

PBI-Canada observes the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament

Sunday May 24 is the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament. The day was established in 1982 by antimilitarist women in Europe who came...

PBI-United Kingdom to host six webinars with human rights defenders, June 3 to July 8

Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom and the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk will be hosting six webinars on Wednesdays between June 3 and July 8...

PBI-Guatemala hosts online forum on their new report on social struggles in Alta Verapaz

On May 21, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project held an online forum to present its new report: We Defend Life! The Social Struggles in...

PBI-Mexico joins call for precautionary measures to protect Indigenous community in Ayutla and their right to water

“In Ayutla the right to water is denied” On May 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project tweeted: “We join the call for @CNDH and...

“Their weapon was their T-shirts.” – Obtilia Eugenio Manuel

"I am very grateful to PBI because it is very useful. I like how they work: their weapon was their T-shirts." - Obtilia Eugenio...

PBI-Entrepueblos film ‘La Sangre de la Tierra’ to be screened in Toronto and Quebec City

La Sangre de la Tierra (The Blood of the Earth), a documentary film made by Peace Brigades International and Asociación Entrepueblos, is scheduled to be...

Canada spends millions to win a UN Security Council seat, but millions more in violation of a UN resolution on land defenders

On February 7 of this year, CBC reporter Chantelle Bellrichard tweeted: “Just got an email reply on an earlier request I'd sent to #RCMP...

Canada’s two-year window to decide on climate justice or militarism

It is possible that the world could see a decrease in spending on weapons due to the drop in the price of oil, pandemic...
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