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 the work they are doing in defense of human rights as well as their security situation.” PBI-Colombia has previously noted: “The Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers’ Collective Read more…
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 23, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IACHR) Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression tweeted: “Today the [Special Rapporteur] listened to the Read more…
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 accused of scamming the State of Guatemala for having received his salary as a teacher for a while in which he also exercised his duties Read more…
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 on August 23 two armed men on a motorcycle shot the student leader who had been studying music at the University of Cauca. That article Read more…
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 counterintelligence, which is still current policy’.” This statement notes: “The Colombia-Europe-United States Coordination network, the Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL) and the Committee for Solidarity with Read more…
On August 24, the Centre for Research and Promotion of Human Rights (CIPRODEH) tweeted this Alert: “CIPRODEH raises an international alert for the latest events that occurred to Donny Reyes, Executive Director of our organization, we demand the Honduran State to protect the life and dignity of our Director.” Reyes Read more…
Photo: This banner has the image of Indigenous Náhuatl defender Samir Flores, a member of the Peoples’ Front, was killed in February 2019 after receiving death threats for his opposition to the PIM megaproject. On August 23, PBI-Mexico posted: “In front of the National Water Commission (Conagua) in Cuernavaca, campesinos Read more…
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 [T’Sou-ke land defender Kati George-Jim] head when they dragged her body across the pavement.” “This police officer proceeded to climb on top of her body and Read more…
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 in oil and gas in Colombia since the 1920s, but significant changes have been seen in the last twenty years. New regulations for oil companies, Read more…
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, 23 Canadian mining companies held assets there totalling $1.38 billion. And the Colombian National Agency of Mining has stated Canadian companies hold 42 mining Read more…