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PBI-Canada observes International Conscientious Objection Day

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May 15th is International Conscientious Objection Day. It is a day to remember and celebrate the resistance of conscientious objectors who refused to participate in...

Watch Invasion and call on Canada to abide by UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders

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“Everybody needs to stand up, not just Indigenous people. Everybody needs to stand up to the political powers that be that they need to...

PBI facilitates meeting with Canadian officials and Colombian human rights defenders

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On May 7, Peace Brigades International (in Colombia and Canada) helped bring together a telephone conference call meeting that included Global Affairs Canada and...

PBI honoured to join the Kamloops Walk for Peace, the Environment & Social Justice

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Peace Brigades International-Canada was honoured to participate in the 45th annual Kamloops Walk for Peace, the Environment and Social Justice on May 9th. More than...

PBI-Canada letter to the editor on arms exports published in the Toronto Star

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On May 10, a letter to the editor submitted by Peace Brigades International-Canada was published by the Toronto Star, Canada's largest circulation newspaper. The letter...

Indepaz reports that 95 social leaders have been killed in Colombia in the first few months of 2020

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Human rights defender Marco Rivadeneira (in the photo above) was killed by armed men on March 19 of this year in Puerto Asis, Putumayo,...

PBI-Guatemala posts update on hearing for two officers indicted for crimes at Creompaz

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The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project accompanies the Chicoyogüito Neighborhood Association (AVECHAV) which represents the 250 families displaced by an army base constructed on their...

PBI-Mexico and accompanied defenders comment on the National Guard and the impact of militarization on human rights

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Had it not been for the pandemic, Peace Brigades International-Canada would have been able to host Javier Martínez Hernández, the legal coordinator for the...

PBI-Guatemala posts Monthly Information Package highlighting the situation for human rights defenders during the pandemic

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On May 11, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted its Monthly Information Package outlining the current situation and the project’s work in April. While we...

As Canada seeks a UN Security Council seat on June 17, Wet’suwet’en land defenders reject man camps on their territory

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The Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation has stated, “We, the Unist’ot’en (Dark House), do not give our free, prior, and informed consent for...
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