Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Canada supports the call to cancel the CANSEC arms show given the coronavirus pandemic

It’s still not known for sure if the annual CANSEC arms show will take place as planned on Wednesday May 27 and Thursday May...

Canadian banks have funneled more than $481 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement

On March 18, the Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance and Sierra Club released this report that shows...

PBI-Canada supports the call for Canada to adopt due diligence legislation to protect human rights defenders

In this opinion piece published in The Globe and Mail on March 11, University College London law professor Barnali Choudhury (who also holds a...

Colombian social leader concerned about Canadian company fracking near Puerto Patiño, Cesar

On March 15, EFE reported, “Puerto Patiño - which faces the Doña María swamp on the Magdalena river, Colombia's main river artery - is...

PBI-Honduras shares report by CEHPRODEC on mining concessions that notes Canadian companies

On March 13, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on their Facebook page, “According to the latest report on mining in Honduras by CEHRPODEC,...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Campesino Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC) general assembly

On March 17, Agencia Prensa Rural reported, “Before the start of the restrictions established to contain the coronavirus pandemic, in the hamlet of Puerto...

PBI-Nicaragua launched to support human rights defenders in exile in Costa Rica

On March 16, this article was posted on our global website: Peace Brigades International has launched an accompaniment project for Nicaraguan organizations, social groups and individual human...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH at aggravated usurpation hearing for La Cumbre community members

On March 13, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page, “On Tuesday we accompanied BDH in the case of La...

PBI-Canada migrant rights tour postponed, coronavirus impact on migrants remain a key concern

Given necessary public health precautions, Peace Brigades International-Canada has postponed its advocacy tour to Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal with Javier Martinez of the Casa...

Postponed: PBI-Canada to host visit by Saltillo Migrant Shelter lawyer and PBI-Mexico advocacy coordinator

Due to the current public health emergency related to coronavirus, we have opted to postpone this speaking tour. For more on our reasoning and...
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