On June 16, José Alberto Tejada (first on the left), Danilo Rueda from the Justice and Peace Commission (third from the left) and Javier Garate (in the middle with the green PBI vest) met with Embassy officials from several countries to discuss attacks on press freedom in Cali during the Read more…
Photo: Kayah George speaks with APTN News on August 30 about the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline and insurance companies. Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh water protector Kayah George ‘Halth-Leah’ writes: “My people are descended from the sea. That is the meaning of our name: Tsleil-Waututh, “people of the inlet.” Our creation Read more…
On September 2, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “PBI accompanies town hall meeting where the municipality of Intibucá said no to ZEDEs. In this way, it becomes the first municipality in the department to declare its territory free from the Special Development and Employment Zones.” COPINH on ZEDEs Criterio.hn Read more…
Peace Brigades International (PBI) was formed 40 years ago this week (August 31-September 4, 1981) on Grindstone Island just south of Ottawa. PBI’s first on-the-ground work was in September 1983 in Jalapa, Nicaragua close to the Honduran border where US-backed Contra forces were launching attacks. JoLeigh Commandant, who became the Read more…
Photo from Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel’s Twitter feed. There are several key Indigenous land defence struggles happening during this federal election in Canada. They include the blockades against Teal Jones logging old growth forests at Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) on Pacheedaht and Dididaht territories, the Tiny House Warriors resistance to Read more…
Duane Johnson, St. Louis County Emergency Management Coordinator-Sheriff’s Office, forwarded to an Enbridge security officer a list of names of water protectors who had attended a Line 3 organizing meeting in January 2021. It has been previously documented that Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. pays into an escrow account that then pays Read more…
The Guapinol defenders (Honduras), Bernardo Caal Xol (Guatemala), Yuli Andrea Velázquez (Colombia), Samir Flores (Mexico). Canada does not have due diligence legislation in place that recognizes and addresses (through enforcement mechanisms and meaningful consequences) the dangers faced by human rights defenders (HRDs) who challenge the impacts of Canadian transnational corporations Read more…
Photo: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, his wife, Rebecca, and their children check out a CF-18 Hornet parked near their campaign plane as they arrive in Edmonton, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz. What do the platforms of the parties that hold seats in the House of Commons tell Read more…