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Canada should act on UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders

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Canada should act on UN resolution on Wet’suwet’en land defenders Add your name to this petition and an email will automatically be sent to Prime...

Lee Stern, Quaker pacifist and co-founder of Peace Brigades International

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Lee Stern was one of the co-founders of Peace Brigades International. Daniel N. Clark writes that Stern was at the founding meeting on Grindstone Island...

Norway’s resolution on the protection of human rights defenders adopted by UN Human Rights Committee

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In October 2019, Norway announced, “A year after the 20th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Norway will introduce a General Assembly...

Eva Scarfe, a Peace Brigades International volunteer for more than 30 years!

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Eva Scarfe has made an invaluable contribution to Peace Brigades International (PBI) and is a key part of our history. PBI-Honduras has highlighted in a...

PBI-Canada amplifies concerns raised about Toronto-based Frontera Energy in Colombia

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Peace Brigades International-Canada is working to amplify concerns being raised by defenders, a United Nations special rapporteur and civil society about the human rights...

What does the PBI tagline “making space for peace” mean?

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The tagline and Twitter hashtag for Peace Brigades International is #MakingSpaceForPeace. What does that mean? It may seem obvious, but it’s worthwhile to take...

PBI-Canada to host virtual meetings with MPs, officials, allies and Colombian human rights defenders during pandemic

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Peace Brigades International-Canada is working with the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project to host a series of virtual bilateral meetings with Members of Parliament, government...

Will a Canadian energy company be involved in a controversial fracking project in Colombia?

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On April 24, BN Americas reported, “Colombian oil and gas regulator ANH has published draft contract guidelines for fracking pilots.” That article highlights, “The proposed...

Read the newly released Peace Brigades International 2019 Annual Review!

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On April 29, Peace Brigades International released our 19-page Annual Review outlining our collective activities in 2019. It highlights that PBI accompanied 1,360 human rights...

Indigenous land and water defenders oppose Calgary-based TC Energy pipelines in Mexico

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Calgary-based TC Energy Corporation (formerly TransCanada Corp.) is well-known in Canada. It’s the company behind the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the Coastal GasLink...
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