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Reclaiming Mother’s Day as a day to oppose war and injustice

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Mother's Day is this Sunday May 10th. What is sometimes forgotten at this time of the year is that Mother’s Day has its roots in...

Canada should act on UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders before June 17th vote

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Canada is vying for a seat on the United Nations Security Council (pictured above) for a two-year term beginning in January 2021. The election is...

Canada spends $762.16 million on the F-35 fighter jet

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On May 6, the Canadian Press reported, “The federal government has made another multimillion-dollar investment into the development of the F-35 stealth fighter...

Will Toronto-based Sintana Energy Inc. be involved in a fracking pilot project with ExxonMobil in Colombia?

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On May 1, Colombia Informa reported on the fracking pilot projects that are expected to begin in Colombia in 2021. The article notes that a...

PBI-Colombia concerned by military intelligence files on the José Alvear lawyers’ collective

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On May 3, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “We are concerned about the news in @RevistaSemana #CarpetasSecretas that members of our accompanied...

PBI-Colombia expresses concern about repeated threats against social leader Jani Silva

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On April 24, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project published their latest Human Rights Update (January to April 2020). It notes: “On 9 April, several organizations...

PBI-Guatemala produces popular bulletin in Indigenous Q’eqchi’ language

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The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has produced its 16-page Popular Bulletin No. 6 in the Q'eqchi' language. The bulletin can be read in Q’eqchi’ here. World...

Canadian bank BMO supports human rights due diligence statement, but finances pipeline on Wet’suwet’en territory

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On April 21, the Investor Alliance for Human Rights released a statement that highlighted, “101 investors, representing over US$4.2 trillion in assets under management,...

PBI-Guatemala notes Mayan lawyers’ article about unauthorized work at the Cantera Los Manantiales mine during the pandemic

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On May 3, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted an article of concern on its Facebook page titled Mining harassment grows in Olopa Chiquimula,...

Colombian military has 200 cooperation agreements with corporations, including Toronto-based Frontera Energy

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On May 3, the Comisión de Justicia y Paz (an organization accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project) tweeted a July 2019 article about...
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