Monthly Archives: October, 2021

Colombian environmentalist and national strike leader Victor Orlando Mosquera murdered in Cali

Photo: Victor Orlando Mosquera El Disconcierto reports: “Youth social leader Victor Orlando Mosquera, one of the leaders of the National Strike in the Colombian city...

Canada must stop the criminalization of land defenders for success at the COP26 summit

Photos: Prime Minister Trudeau addresses the United Nations in September 2016, the RCMP raid Wet’suwet’en territory in January 2019. If the Canadian government continues to...

Will the G20 summit just prior to COP26 recognize land and environmental rights defenders?

Photo: The G20 virtual summit on October 14, 2021. Peace Brigades International believes that “respect for, protection, promotion and fulfilment of human rights, and the...

PBI-Kenya accompanies inquest hearing in the police killing of 20-year-old Nura Malicha

Twitter photo: Equator News Uganda. In their most recent newsletter, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project noted: “PBI Kenya accompanied HRDs to Milimani Court during...

Meet PBI’s frontline brigadistas!

Our webinar with Giulia, Charlotte, Valentina and Anuja is coming up soon – Sunday October 24! They will be talking about what it’s like to...

What support does Canada provide to the Honduran military and police?

“We never wanted to go to the police, because it was the police who were chasing us.” The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted this quote...

Canada signs UN letter calling for a “safe and enabling environment” for human rights defenders

Photos: Unist’ot’en land defender Freda Huson speaking at the UN on April 24, 2019.  On February 10, 2020, she was arrested on her territory. On...

PBI COP26 webinar to feature Mexican environmental defenders Salvemos los cerros

Mexican environmental defenders Salvemos los cerros will be speaking on the PBI ‘COP26 and land defenders’ webinar on November 6. To register to hear them...

Water protector Winona LaDuke on meeting with Mary Lawlor and the “Enbridge model” of financing police violence

On October 11, Anishinaabe water protector Winona LaDuke was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! about the struggle against the Enbridge Line 3...

Seminario web PBI COP26 con la participación del defensor Ambiental colombiano Danilo Rueda

El defensor de derechos ambientales colombiano, Danilo Rueda, participará en el seminario web “COP26 y defensores de tierra”, organizado por PBI el 6 de...
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