Monthly Archives: July, 2021

PBI-Colombia visits mural honouring Duban Barros who disappeared during national strike protests

On July 24, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Tribute with @Justiciaypazcol at Portal Kennedy #Bogotá to build dignity and demand clarification of the forced disappearance and subsequent...

Canada’s position on police violence in Colombia does not reflect the demands of human rights defenders or its feminist foreign policy

Photo from France 24: On May 13, 17-year-old Allison Meléndez committed suicide the day after being sexually assaulted at an ESMAD riot police detention...

Canadian-government owned TMX pipeline company surveillance of Secwepemc land defenders raises human rights concerns

Photo by Kanahus Manuel. On July 23, Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel tweeted: “Tmx private security hired to do security on me all day, they...

PBI-Colombia helps to visibilize the recent wave of intensified violence in the port city of Buenaventura

Photo: PBI-Colombia visiting Buenaventura earlier this year. On July 23, PBI-Colombia tweeted an article by the Justice and Peace Commission and noted: “In the midst...

CREDHOS releases report on 60 cases of forced disappearances in the Magdalena Medio region

On July 22, CREDHOS released a report on 60 cases of forced disappearances and another 1,072 missing persons in the Magdalena Medio region of...

Secwepemc land defenders denounce invasion as Trans Mountain fences area near Tiny House Warriors at Blue River

On July 23, Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel posted: “Happening Now. Trans Mountain pipeline workers & security invade Secwepemc Safe Zone at Tiny House...

Anishinaabe water protector Winona LaDuke arrested trying to stop Canadian pipeline at the Shell River in Minnesota

Photo: Honor the Earth. On July 22, Anishinaabe water protector Winona LaDuke was released from jail in Minnesota after three days in custody. LaDuke was arrested...

Comité Cerezo raises concerns about Pegasus hacking software used against human rights defenders in Mexico

PBI-Mexico and PBI-Canada with Antonio Cerezo, September 2019. On July 21, the Comité Cerezo México posted on their website: “At the time, four years ago,...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Humanitarian Commission meeting with ACVC, CAHUCOPANA and CJL in Northeast Antioquia

On July 20, the Small-Scale Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC), a social organization operating in 120 villages in the Magdalena Medio...

PBI-Canada seeks details on “bilateral police initiative” between Canada and Colombia

Video of then Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing the bilateral police initiative on October 30, 2017. Peace Brigades International-Canada...
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