Monthly Archives: February, 2021

PBI-Canada calls on Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change to amplify UN resolution on human rights defenders

Patricia Fuller was appointed Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change in June 2018. The Prime Minister’s announcement about her appointment highlighted: “Ms. Fuller will advise both the...

PBI-Colombia accompanied Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission highlights “blockade for peace” at Buenaventura port

Photo of the blockade at Puente del Piñal (bridge) in Buenaventura by @AlCarajoOrg. On February 4, the PBI-Colombia accompanied Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission  tweeted...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies four human rights defenders criminalized for opposing the diversion of rivers by sugar mills

Abelino Salvador Mejía On February 6, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted this 1-minute video on its Facebook page with the comment: “PBI accompanies four...

PBI-Canada/USA webinar on how to become a field brigadista happening on Sunday February 28

PBI-Canada and PBI-USA are working together to offer four webinars this year for individuals interested in becoming a frontline volunteer with PBI accompanying human...

PBI-Colombia draws attention to NOMADESC and dhColombia media conference on ESMAD riot police killing of Jhonny Silva

On February 10, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted about a media conference organized by NOMADESC, dhColombia and the family of Jhonny Silva about...

PBI-UK works with Amnesty International UK on ‘How the UK Government can defend the defenders’ report

Amnesty international UK and the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) have produced this new report working with Peace Brigades International UK and several...

PBI-Guatemala present at media conference following Constitutional Court ruling allowing genetically modified seeds

On February 5, PBI-Guatemala was present at a media conference that featured representatives from the Alliance for the Defence of Biodiversity in Guatemala and...

PBI-Canada sees free, prior and informed consent as crucial in COP26 clean power talks

The Indigenous Zapotec community of Union Hidalgo on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca has long resisted wind power megaprojects that violate their territory. The Energy...

PBI-Canada to co-sponsor film screening of ‘La Lucha Sigue’ on Saturday March 20

Peace Brigades International-Canada is proud to be supporting the world premiere of La Lucha Sigue (The Struggle Continues) on Saturday March 20 at 3...

CADSI announces “Canadian Defence Marketplace” as virtual alternative to CANSEC arms show

Protest against CANSEC in Ottawa on May 29, 2019. On February 10, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) tweeted: “Face-to-face meetings won’t...
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