Image: CREDHOS president Ivan Madero speaking on Enlace Televisión. On March 30, PBI-Colombia tweeted this quote from a TV interview done by CREDHOS president Ivan Madero: “The water and environmental leaderships in the territories are in serious danger, suffer threats and attacks.” This refers to the situation in the Magdalena Read more…
On March 26, 350.org América Latina signed an open letter expressing concern about the threats made against anti-fracking activists in Puerto Wilches, which is situated in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia. It says that the safety of human rights defenders of the Middle Magdalena “who express their opposition to Read more…
On March 30, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on Facebook this excerpt: ′′Mexico tops the list of countries with the largest number of mining conflicts in Latin America, with a total of 58 cases, of which 29 belong to Canadian mine projects.” Sin Embargo reports: “According to the Observatory Read more…
Franklin Almendares, General Secretary, National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) Land ownership in Honduras in deeply unequal. Just 5% of large-scale farmers control almost two thirds of all cultivable land, while 71% of small-scale farmers have access to just 5% of it. The CNTC, founded in 1985, is a small-scale Read more…
What is the relationship between militarization of territory and human rights? Years ago, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was told that the militarization of Indigenous territories was the root cause of many forms of human rights violations. The recommendation made at that time was that the Permanent Read more…
On March 26, PBI-Colombia posted: “Today PBI accompanied COSPACC in Casanare where social organizations express their support to social leaders and defenders of human rights judicialized and deprived of liberty.” Judicialization can be understood as the criminalization of defenders through the misuse of criminal law by state and non-state actors Read more…
On March 28, this article was published in Spanish in Agencia Quadratín: Peace Brigades International (PBI) considered urgent “a firm commitment” of the Mexican government to advance in the investigations and identify the material responsible and intellectuals of the threats and murders of human rights defenders in Mexico. In a Read more…
The Government of Canada is in the process of selecting a new fighter jet for the Royal Canadian Air Force. It plans to choose either the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, or the Saab Gripen. It has stated: “The initial evaluation of proposals is anticipated Read more…