Monthly Archives: August, 2021

PBI-Colombia meets with CCALCP lawyers collective on their work and security situation

On August 25, PBI-Colombia posted: “We held a meeting with the Luis Carlos Pérez Collective Lawyers Corporation (CCALCP) in Bucaramanga to follow up on...

Channel 2 journalist José Alberto Tejada meets with IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

Photo: Pedro Vaca Villarreal is the IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. In the lower right-hand corner is Javier Garate of PBI-Colombia. On August...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies criminalized Maya Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol at court hearing

On August 24, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today, PBI accompanied criminalized defender Bernardo Caal Xol at a hearing in Coban.” It adds: “In another trial he is...

27-year-old student leader Esteban Mosquera murdered in Popayán, Colombia

Student leader Esteban Mosquera has been assassinated just a few metres from his home in Popayán, Cauca. He was 27 years old. Infobae reports that...

PBI-Colombia highlights CCEEU, CJL & CSPP report on illegal state intelligence activities

On August 24, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Report delivered to @JEP_Colombia highlights ‘persecution and extermination of groups in #Colombia through the use of intelligence and illegal...

International Alert for Donny Reyes, Honduran LGBTQI+ defender seeking the right to same-sex marriage

On August 24, the Centre for Research and Promotion of Human Rights (CIPRODEH) tweeted this Alert: “CIPRODEH raises an international alert for the latest...

PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples’ Front at right to water protest against PIM megaproject at Conagua office in Cuernavaca

Photo: This banner has the image of Indigenous Náhuatl defender Samir Flores, a member of the Peoples’ Front, was killed in February 2019 after...

RCMP violence against Indigenous land defenders and settler allies at Fairy Creek old-growth forest blockades

Photo still from Sii-am Hamilton's Instagram post. On August 21, Stó:lō and Nuučaan̓uuɫɁatḥ land defender Sii-am Hamilton posted: “The RCMP ripped hair out of ...

An overview of Canadian oil and gas operations in Colombia

Photo: PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP and COSPACC, organizations that supported the U’wa community impacted by Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. in 2011. Canada has been involved...

An overview of Canadian mining operations in Colombia

Toronto-based Continental Gold’s Buriticá mine in the department of Antioquia. Canada has a strong presence in Colombia's mining sector. In 2019, according to Natural Resources Canada,...
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