Monthly Archives: July, 2021

PBI-Guatemala seeking field volunteers, deadline to apply is August 1

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking new field brigadistas. The application deadline is August 1. Following this deadline, the next key date in this process...

Q’eqchi’ community displaced by Guatemalan military base wants their land back

Photo by CasoCreompaz. The Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito in Guatemala has long sought their land back. On July 28, 1968, they were displaced by...

PBI-Canada awaits Global Affairs response to CIDH-IACHR report on human rights in Colombia

PBI-Colombia with the CIDH-IACHR at Portal Resistencia in Bogota, June 10. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH-IACHR) has released their report following its working...

PBI-Kenya stands in solidarity with the human rights defenders injured and arrested at Saba Saba march in Nairobi

On July 7, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We came to follow up on the health and safety of the 5 HRDs including @happyolal arrested...

PBI-Mexico expresses deep concern over the murder of Tzeltal defender Simón Pedro Pérez and other Indigenous defenders

On July 6, PBI-Mexico posted: “The murder of Simón Pedro Pérez, a member of the @AbejasDeActeal joins the list of defenders and journalists...

PBI-Honduras observes town hall meeting in Trujillo where municipality is declared free of ZEDEs

On July 6, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “We observed the open town hall this Saturday, July 3 in the central square...

PBI-Canada calls on COP26 to recognize the crucial role of human rights defenders in addressing the global climate crisis

Samir Flores Soberanes (Mexico), Berta Zúniga Cáceres (Honduras), Bernardo Caal Xol (Guatemala) and Yuvelis Natalia Morales (Colombia). Environmental human rights defenders play a crucial role...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies human rights law firm at #CasoDiairioMilitar hearing for former head of Police Special Operations Brigade

Photo by FAMDEGUA. On July 5, FAMDEGUA tweeted: “The continuation of the hearing of the first statement of Juan Francisco Cifuentes Cano and Eliseo Barrios...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies law firm at hearing of 26 police officers accused in the death of 3 Q’eqchi’ community members

On July 5, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today, PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at the debate hearing on the Samococh case.” PBI-Guatemala then explains:...

PBI-Mexico accompanies the Paso del Norte Human Rights Centre in its search for the remains of disappeared persons

On July 5, PBI-Mexico posted: “PBI accompanies the human rights advocacy work performed by the Paso del Norte Human Rights Centre Ciudad Juarez .” PBI-Mexico...
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