The courthouse in Tegucigalpa where the trial is taking place. On April 27, PBI-Honduras posted: “This morning the trial against David Castillo, alleged co-author of the crime of killing Berta Cáceres. …From the PBI-Honduras Project, we show our concern over the decision of the Sentencing Court not to allow in Read more…
The Ecopetrol refinery in Barrancabermeja. Photo by PBI-Colombia. Click here to hear Colombian environmental defenders discuss the issue of fracking and public health this Thursday at 2:30 pm COT/3:30 pm EST. David R. Boyd, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, has argued that clean air Read more…
Click here to join a webinar this Thursday that will discuss the impact of fracking and extractivism on the peace process in Colombia. Oil Change International has stated that oil producing countries are 50 per cent more likely to have civil wars and has made this link to the armed Read more…
Click here to register to hear Ivan Madero speak on a webinar this coming Thursday. Ivan Madero joined the CREDHOS (the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights) Board of Directors in 1993. He was already an experienced political activist at that point. Ivan says: “In 1988, I was Read more…
This letter to Jani from the world video affirms global support for Colombian human rights defender Jani Silva. On April 22, Amnesty International launched its ‘A Letter from the World’ campaign to demand that Colombian authorities immediately take effective measures to guarantee the safety of Jani who has experienced multiple Read more…
Click here to register to hear Yuvelis Natalia Morales speak on April 29. Twenty-year-old Yuvelis Natalia Morales is a member of the Committee for the Defence of Water, Life and Territory of Puerto Wilches (AguaWil). The group was formed to stop fracking in the community of Puerto Wilches, which is Read more…
Penashue with Peace Brigades International activist Anne Harrison in 1995. This evening, Innu Elder Tshuakuesh Elizabeth Penashue will be speaking on a webinar about Indigenous struggles against the militarization of their lands. You can register to hear her and others speak tonight by clicking here. Innu resistance to fighter jets Read more…
Our next webinar will take place on Thursday April 29 at 3:30 pm EDT and as with our previous webinars it will have simultaneous translation in English and Spanish. You can register for it here. This webinar will feature four frontline environmental defenders in Colombia, all of whom have recently Read more…
To hear the reflections of Colombian social leaders on the frontlines of the struggle for change the day after this national strike, click here. There will be a one-day national strike (paro nacional) in Colombia on April 28. Reuters reports: “Some of Colombia’s biggest unions will hold a strike on Read more…
Click here to register to hear Ivan Madero, Oscar Sampayo and Karen Hamilton speak on April 29 about Parex Resources in Colombia. This past December, Ivan Madero of CREDHOS and Oscar Sampayo of CRY-GEAM spoke at this media conference to express their concerns about Calgary-based Parex Resources and their Aguas Read more…