Monthly Archives: October, 2021

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Verapaz Union of Campesina Organizations (UVOC) at its 41st anniversary of struggle

UVOC: Organización Campesina Q'eqchi', Poqomchi' y Achi' que lucha por la Resistencia y Emancipación: Resistencia para no dejar de ser pueblos Originarios. On October 20,...

Will Canada’s new Defence Minister recognize that militarism deepens the climate crisis?

Can the F-35s “advanced stealth, integrated avionics, sensor fusion and superior logistics support” defeat climate breakdown? – George Monbiot Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet...

UN Special Rapporteur David R. Boyd to speak at PBI webinar on COP26, November 6

David R. Boyd, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, will introduce our webinar on land defenders and the United...

PBI-Guatemala accompanied water protectors to appear in court on October 22

Photo: This summer PBI-Guatemala visited with the criminalized defenders who face a court hearing later this week. Four human rights defenders criminalized for defending the...

PBI-Honduras accompanies LGBTQI+ rights organization Arcoiris at ‘Vote for Equality’ meeting ahead of November 28 election

PBI-Honduras has posted: “Last October 15, PBI accompanied Arcoíris, the LGTB Association of Honduras to the presentation of the actions of the campaign ‘Vote...

RCMP handcuff unconscious Pacheedaht land defender at Fairy Creek blockade against logging on unceded lands

Still from video by journalist Brandi Morin. On October 18, Brandi Morin tweeted: “Indigenous land defenders arrested at #FairyCreekBlockade including Pacheedaht land defender Whale Tale...

EDC’s financing of oil and gas corporations threatens Indigenous land defenders

In May of this year, following the revelation that 215 Indigenous children are buried in a mass grave at the former Kamloops residential school,...

PBI-Honduras accompanies ZEDEs opponent Christopher Castillo to file complaint after attack

On October 18, PBI-Honduras posted: “Last weekend, PBI accompanied Christopher Castillo, Coordinator General of ARCAH to file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office...

PBI-Nicaragua accompanies human rights defenders living in exile in Costa Rica

The Peace Brigades International-Nicaragua Project accompanies Nicaraguan human rights defenders living in exile in Costa Rica. On October 17, La Prensa reported: “The growing harassment,...

EarthRights International statement on environmental defenders in the lead-up to COP26

Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska. On October 18, EarthRights International “called on the Biden administration to use the upcoming COP26 climate negotiations to announce that...
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