Yearly Archives: 2020

PBI-Mexico seeks people to accompany human rights defenders! Apply by February 2!

The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project is seeking volunteers to be placed in the field as of August/September 2020! As noted in our most recent Annual...

PBI-Honduras present at CEHPRODEC-coordinated meeting on open-pit mining

On January 22, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page, “Last Friday we were present at the working days in...

Colombian government proposes law that could mean the aerial spraying of glyphosate by mid-2020

On January 21, Vice reported, “The Colombian government has published a proposed law that will allow it to resume a controversial program of aerial...

PBI-Mexico affirms the rights of migrants and the work of the Saltillo Migrant Shelter

On January 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project affirmed in a new article the rights of migrants and the work of the Saltillo Migrant...

2020 expected to be a pivotal year for fracking in Colombia

On January 21, Contagio Radio reported, “On December 26, 2019, President Iván Duque published his proposal before the Decree of regulation of fracking pilots...

PBI-Colombia thanks Canadian Embassy for observation of hearing on psychological torture of journalist Claudia Julieta Duque

On January 21, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted, “We thank the embassies of the United Kingdom, Holland, France, Germany and Canada for their...

PBI-Honduras expresses concern following attack on LGBTIQ+ rights defender Paola Flores

On January 21, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on Facebook, “Once again, a member of the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras has suffered...

PBI-Kenya convenes Women Human Rights Defenders Toolkit monthly meeting in Nairobi

On January 21, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted, “Last week the WHRD Toolkit Organizers held a monthly mandazi meeting at Soweto resource center...

Indigenous Me’Phaa defender Obtilia Eugenio Manuel accompanied by PBI-Mexico now living in exile

On February 13, 2019, Peace Brigades International-Canada expressed our concern over the disappearance of human rights defenders Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro,...

United Nations issues landmark ruling on human rights obligations to climate migrants

On January 20, CNN reported, “Refugees fleeing the effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home by their adoptive countries, a...
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