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PBI founding meeting began 40 years ago this evening

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Photo: Grindstone Island where PBI was founded. The founding meeting of Peace Brigades International began 40 years ago this evening on Grindstone Island, which is...

PBI marks 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

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In December 2010, the UN General Assembly expressed its deep concern about the increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances in various regions of the...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS at meeting with Afro-Colombian fishers in Cantagallo impacted by extractivism

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On August 30, PBI-Colombia posted: “Today we accompany @Credhos_Paz to a meeting of legal advice with federations of fishermen in Cantagallo in the south...

Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel criminalized, arrested at Toronto airport

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Photo of arresting officers from video posted on Twitter. On August 27 at around 9 pm, Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel tweeted: “Protesting at the...

PBI-Honduras accompanies protest in Trujillo demanding the release of the Guapinol defenders

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On August 26, PBI-Honduras posted: “PBI accompanies the protest in Trujillo to demand freedom for the defenders of Guapinol who have been in arbitrary...

PBI-Mexico accompanies the Comité Cerezo at planton against forced disappearances

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On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “Today we accompany the Comité Cerezo México in the planton (blockade/installation) for...

Eight climate activists call on UN and COP26 leaders to condemn the killing of land defenders

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Photo: Elizabeth Wathuti (Kenya), Xiye Bastida (Mexico) and Laura Verónica Muñoz (Colombia) are among the eight climate activists. The Independent reports that eight climate activists...

Berta Cáceres and COPINH opposed construction of Canjel dam on Lenca territory by Canadian company

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Photo: Bertha Isabel and Laura Zuniga Cáceres at Radio Canada Internacional studio in Montreal, Canada, August 2016. Following the ruling this week recognizing the Civic...

PBI-Honduras welcomes court ruling recognizing COPINH as a victim in the ‘Fraud on the Gualcarque’ hearings

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On August 25, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “We welcome the decision of the Constitutional Chamber of Honduras to reintegrate @COPINHHONDURAS as a...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies CCDA at Mayan ceremony for ancestral authorities and land defenders who have experienced repression

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On August 25, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies CCDA Verapaz at a Mayan ceremony for all the attacks, threats and repression...
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