Monthly Archives: July, 2021

Mohawk land back camp set up to stop 290-unit housing development in Montreal suburb

On July 8, the Canadian Press reported: “Kahnawake Mohawks set up the encampment beside their community on July 1 in a wooded area bordering...

PBI-Colombia accompanies International Observation Mission in Cali, hears testimonies from victims of state violence

Photo by Comisión de Justicia y Paz. The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project is accompanying the international observation mission that is taking place from July 3-12. The...

PBI-Mexico accompanies the search for disappeared persons in Ciudad Juárez, calls for the protection of families

On July 9, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “Today in Ciudad Juárez we accompany @CdhPasodelNorte and @UnidasVerdad in search work...

Canada’s history with the Creompaz military base in Guatemala: A timeline with context

Photo: Colonel Julio César Ponce Monterroso, Commandant of CREOMPAZ, March 20, 2021. To learn more about the struggle of the Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito to...

PBI-Guatemala meets with water defenders challenging big sugar companies, the diversion of rivers

On July 8, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Last week, we visited the criminalized defenders and members of the Retalhuleu Council of Communities (CCR). We also met...

PBI-Canada webinar on Q’eqchi’ community demand for their land back, July 15

"This land is ours.” To join a webinar on this land back struggle, click here. Photo credit. On July 28, 1968, the Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of...

PBI-Canada takes part in international mission to Colombia on the right to social protest

Peace Brigades International-Canada is taking part in an international observation mission to Colombia of 40 human rights experts from 12 countries. We are being represented...

Land back webinar, July 15

Our next webinar will be on Thursday July 15 at 3 pm ET and will focus on an Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community in Guatemala struggling for...

PBI-Honduras meets with CEHPRODEC, CAMNECO and UN Human Rights in Minas de Oro, Comayagua

On July 8, CEHPRODEC posted: “Today in Minas de Oro we spoke with the Environmental Committee of the Northeast Municipalities of Comayagua (CAMNECO), together...

British Columbia’s experience with fracking may provide helpful information to Colombians

Photo from the British Columbia-based Wilderness Committee. Fracking began in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the late 1990s. There are now more than...
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