Monthly Archives: July, 2021

PBI-Colombia accompanies dhColombia in Antioquia, organizations raise concerns about Ituango dam

On July 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Last week PBI accompanied @dhColombia in Toledo in #Antioquia. On July 16, several local organizations, affected by the...

Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito seeks their land back on the 53rd anniversary their dispossession by a Guatemalan army base

Today is the 53rd anniversary of the displacement and dispossession of the Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito from their ancestral lands by an army...

As Canada spends billions on the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam project, Innu and Inuit land defenders concerns continue

Photo: Allyson Gear of Postville, Nunatsiavut drums in the middle of the highway as about 60-70 people blockade the entrance to the Muskrat Falls...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at Human Rights Commission meeting in Northeast Antioquia

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has tweeted: “On July 20, a Human Rights Commission was held in Northeast Antioquia with the presence of @CAHUCOPANA...

PBI-Honduras accompanies LGBTQI+ defenders celebrating IACHR ruling and call for Gender Identity Act

On July 27, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies organizations defending LGTBIQ+ human rights who celebrate the sentence of Vicky Hernández in which the State of...

Mexican environmental secretariat denies permit to Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver for expansion of San José mine

The Mexican Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) has denied an environmental permit requested by Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán, a subsidiary of the...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at hearing of police officers in the deaths of Q’eqchi’ community members from Samococh

On July 26, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm at the hearing on the Samococh case. Due...

Forest protectors continue to defend Fairy Creek, RCMP have now made 494 arrests

Photo from Fairy Creek Blockade. On Saturday July 24, the RCMP arrested another 16 people at the Fairy Creek watershed area on Pacheedaht and Dididaht...

Police assault CREDHOS members conducting verification of eviction of 350 families by ESMAD riot police near Ecopetrol site

On Friday July 23, the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) tweeted: “Police attack a communicator of the Corporation and his...

#StatusForAll rally in Ottawa: Full immigration status for all is necessary for global justice

On July 25, the Status for All rally on unceded Algonquin territories (Ottawa) highlighted: “Full immigration status for all is necessary for global justice.” Syed...
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