On July 30, PBI-Colombia tweeted the link to the new report by Amnesty International, Cali: In the Epicenter of Repression. The report begins: “Since 28 April 2021, in the city of Cali, capital of the department of Valle del Cauca in western Colombia, there have been mass demonstrations. At the Read more…
On Saturday July 31, Inuk human rights defender and Member of Parliament Mumilaaq Qaqqaq will be calling on the Canadian government to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the genocide against Indigenous children at residential ‘schools’. She writes: “We will be marching to call on the government — and in Read more…
“The criminalization of human rights defenders is also corruption.” On July 29, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted “PBI accompanies CCDA Verapaz” and “PBI accompanies criminalized defender Bernardo Caal Xol and the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabon.” It shared a post from unjustly imprisoned Maya Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol who Read more…
On July 29, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “The @espacioOSC points out that in #México the acts of espionage revealed by #PegasusProject.” The PBI-Mexico tweet then links to this statement from the Espacio OSC that highlights: “At least 109 human rights defenders and 25 journalists were infected by the Pegasus malware during the Read more…
Yésica Sánchez Maya is a lawyer and human rights defender with Consorcio Oaxaca, an organization PBI-Mexico began accompanying in March 2016. On July 29, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “The @espacioOSC points out that in #México, the acts of espionage revealed by #PegasusProject.” The PBI-Mexico tweet then links to this statement from the Read more…
Photo: AVIC produces various fighter jets for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force including the Chengdu J-10. Earlier this month, the Toronto Star reported: “The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested $3 million in shares of a company that makes components for Chinese warships, and another $2 million in Read more…
The Justice and Peace Commission has reported: “Last Saturday, July 23, the leader Jani Silva was forced to move from the urban area of the municipality of Puerto Asis, after learning in the city of Bogota of a plan to be killed by a sicarial [hitmen] group of Border Commandos. Read more…
Photo: Police assault human rights defenders from CREDHOS on July 23. ESMAD ammunition abandoned in the area where the protesters are. The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied CREDHOS has issued an Urgent Action calling for the life and integrity of the Afro-descendant and fishing community to be safeguarded as they Read more…
On July 27, Daniel Hale, a 33-year-old former United States Air Force signals intelligence analyst who helped locate targets for drone strikes when he was deployed in Afghanistan, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking classified information in 2013-14 exposing the U.S. drone and targeted assassination program. The Read more…
On July 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Within the framework of pedagogical workshops on global humanitarian agreements in the territories in Cacarica, PBI has been accompanying @Justiciaypazcol [the Justice and Peace Commission].” Cacarica, an area of more than 25,000 acres, is in the northwest region of Colombia in the department of Chocó. Read more…