Monthly Archives: June, 2021

As National Strike protests fracking, Colombia signs contract with ExxonMobil for Platero project near Puerto Wilches

On June 5, environmental defenders painted their opposition to fracking in front of the buildings of the Minister of Environment and Ecopetrol, the national...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies lawyers at trial of ex-officers on trial for the disappearance of union leaders, students and others

On June 8, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) on the sixth day of first-statement hearing...

PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous mobilization defending their territory in Chihuahua against tourist complex

On June 8, PBI-Mexico posted: “On Saturday, May 29, PBI accompanied a mobilisation of the indigenous communities of Mogotavo, Bacajípare and Huetosachi, of the...

PBI-Honduras notes the importance of international observation of trial in the struggle for justice for Berta Cáceres

On June 8, PBI-Honduras posted about “the importance of international observation to ensure due process” in the trial of one of the alleged intellectual...

228 academics call on Canada to prohibit any future sale of weapons or light-armoured vehicles to Colombia

“They are killing us” Photo: Carlos Ortega/EFE. On June 7, a letter from 228 academics from across Canada called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arrives in Colombia for June 7-11 working visit

Photo by AFP. On June 7, Reuters reported: “Representatives from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR-CIDH) met with Colombian officials on Monday ahead of...

Annual Report on Canada-Colombia free trade agreement and human rights to be tabled within days

Video of Yessika Hoyos speaking about the free trade agreement, May 2009. The Implementation Act for the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement requires the Minister of...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Kaqchikel journalist Norma Sancir to hearing, next court date set for July 5

On June 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today PBI accompanied Norma Sancir to an audience in Chiquimula that was once again suspended. On this occasion for...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies human rights lawyers on 5th day of trial of ex-army and police officers

On June 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanied the Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos during the fifth session of the first statement hearing in...

PBI-Honduras shares World Environment Day message from CEHPRODEC on the struggle against extractivism

Tweet by CEHPRODEC. On June 7, PBI-Honduras posted: “We express concern for defenders criminalized for doing work to promote and protect human rights and territorial...
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