Monthly Archives: October, 2021

PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace as embassies visit the Alto Guayabal indigenous reservation

On October 8, PBI-Colombia posted: “At the end of September, PBI accompanied @Justiciaypazcol within the framework of the visit of the embassies @IrelandColombia, @NLinColombia...

Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines seeks permit for San José del Progreso mine in Mexico

A protest outside the Canadian consulate in Oaxaca days after Bernardo Vásquez, an opponent of the Fortuna mine, was murdered on March 15, 2012. Educa...

European Union environment ministers agree to negotiating position for UN COP26 climate summit

Photo: EU environment ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss COP26 summit. On October 7, Euractiv reported: “EU environment ministers on Wednesday (6 October) agreed...

International Observation Mission releases its final report on the right to social protest in Colombia

Photo: Image from the final report of the International Observation Mission. On October 7, the SOS Mission Colombia media conference highlighted the summer’s International Observation...

PBI-United Kingdom to screen new film at the People’s Summit for Climate Justice

Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom will be screening their film “In Defence of Our Lands: Latin American activists fighting for their lives, land, and human...

Analysis of how US-Colombia FTA has harmed Black communities in Buenaventura

Peace Brigades International in Buenaventura. Thomas Power and Cruz Bonlarron Martínez have written this analysis on how free trade has harmed Black communities in Colombia. This...

Threats against environmental defender Oscar Sampayo, disappearance of his father Miguel

Photo of Miguel Sampayo from W Radio article on his disappearance at Desapareció papá de líder ambiental del Magdalena Medio Santandereano. On October 6, CRY-GEAM...

Watch the press conference for the final report of the International Observation Mission, October 7

The International Observation Mission for the Guarantees of Social Protest and Against Impunity in Colombia was comprised of 41 commissioners, including Peace Brigades International-Canada...

PBI-Honduras: “The other side of militarisation: human rights violations”

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has written this article on the ways in which Honduran society has been militarized since the 2009 coup. Some of...

Global Women’s Assembly calls on governments to halt the criminalization of land defenders

Photo by Ayşe Gürsöz of action at U.S. Embassy in Madrid during COP25, December 2019. The Call to Action from the Global Women’s Assembly for...
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