On June 22, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “Last Saturday [June 19] we were watching the Cabildo Abierto in which the population of La Ceiba said ‘no’ to ZEDES. They argue that ‘it is a surrender of territory, even though national authorities paint it as a beautiful and prosperous Read more…
Twitter photo by PDH Guatemala. On June 20, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Tomorrow Monday PBI accompanies Bernardo Caal Xol audience. Meet Bernardo and his fight as well as his criminalization: We share an ACERCATE program-with English subtitles-that we recorded three months ago at Cobán Jail, Alta Verapaz.” That Read more…
Photo by the People’s Front in Defence of the Land and Water. On June 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico tweeted: “We observed the consultation in San Isidro Huilotepec promoted by @SENER_mx [Secretary of Energy] on the Morelos gas pipeline. The UN declaration on Indigenous peoples establishes that they must be Read more…
On June 19, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies Conavigua Guatemala in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the ‘Land of Memory’ memorial in Comalapa, Chimaltenango for the victims of the internal armed conflict.” In 2018, a memorial that holds the bones of 172 unidentified victims of the internal armed conflict was Read more…
On June 29, Peace Brigades International and PRODERECHOS (comprised of Oxfam, Lawyers Without Borders-Canada and CEHPRODEC) presented to the UN Human Rights Council on the implementation of the Guiding Principles in Honduras. The presentation was made by Carlos Padilla Roiz of the PBI-Honduras accompanied Honduran Centre for the Promotion of Read more…
Photo of Vicky Hernandez by Red Lésbica Cattrachas. On June 29, The Guardian reported: “In a landmark ruling for transgender rights, the Honduras government has been found responsible for the 2009 murder of the trans woman and activist Vicky Hernández.” “The ruling, at the inter-American court of human rights, was Read more…
Video by Garrison Davis. The Giniw Collective has tweeted: “Hubbard County has escalated their repression — this is the roadway to our private property and our driveway. We’ve now constructed a barricade in front of our private land, police are everywhere. Police paid by Enbridge.” The Intercept further explains: “A Read more…
Image by Ojibwe artist Isaac Murdoch. This past month, PBI-Guatemala has been accompanying the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at the hearings of a former military officer accused in the Dos Erres massacre and former officers accused in the Diario Militar killings. These hearings concluded in indictments for crimes that Read more…
PBI-Switzerland advocacy coordinator Kim-Mai Vu On June 28, Peace Brigades International spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of Judges and Lawyers. That presentation noted: “We welcome the report of the rapporteur on the independence of judges and Read more…
The Spanish online newspaper Público reports: “Since 2009, nearly 400 LGBTIQ+ murders have been recorded in Honduras.” It is in this context that the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project accompanies Arcoíris, the LGTB Association of Honduras. Today, PBI-Honduras has posted: “We support the work of the LGTBIQ+ rights advocates and the Read more…