Monthly Archives: June, 2021

PBI-Canada joins Canadian Foreign Policy Institute international solidarity webinar for a more just foreign policy

To register for tonight's webinar, click here. We look forward to hearing all the speakers  andare scheduled to speak for two-minutes at about 7:48...

PBI-Guatemala to accompany hearing of 21 Maya Q’eqchi’ defenders arrested at military base that displaced them

The survivors and relatives of the displaced families continue to ask that their lands be returned to them and that their dispossession by the...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies CCDA at hearing on the criminalization of the Indigenous community of Santa Elena Samanzana II

On June 17, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Yesterday, PBI accompanied CCDA Verapaz in a hearing to present evidence for the case of...

PBI-Honduras highlights that land and territory defenders contribute to the global fight against climate change

On June 17, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “The defence of forests, water sources and access to land as a livelihood contributes to the global fight against...

Two Canadian groups call for ex-Guatemalan soldier accused in the Dos Erres massacre to be prosecuted for war crimes

On June 16, the Associated Press reported: “Two activist groups called for Canada's government to prosecute a man believed to be living in Canada...

German, Swedish and Norwegian ambassadors call on Colombia to ratify the Escazu Agreement for environmental defenders

Infobae reports: “After months of debate, this Thursday, June 17, the second committees of the Senate and the House, in charge of voting on...

PBI-Colombia thanks Canadian Embassy for meeting with Justice and Peace Commission and Canal 2 TV journalist

On June 16, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Thank you to the European Union Delegation in Colombia and to the Norwegian, Canadian and UK embassies in Colombia,...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies lawyers at first statement hearing of ex-soldier accused in the Dos Erres massacre

On June 16, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) in the first statement hearing against ex-Kaibil José Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales...

Colombian Congress debates ban on fracking as Canadian companies express interest in unconventional resources

Ivan Madero (on the left) of the PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS recently spoke in opposition to fracking on a webinar organized by PBI-Canada and Above...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR lawyers back proposed junk food law in Colombia to advance the right to health, decry industry opposition

CCAJAR lawyer Yessika Hoyos: “The interference of the ultra-processed and sweetened beverages industry in the scheduling and approval of the is an attack...
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