On November 30, Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ was interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now! Excerpts from that interview include Sleydo’ highlighting: “The CIRG team of the police, the specialized group of RCMP to deal with specifically industry and Indigenous land defenders, surrounded our camp with tactical Read more…
As of Tuesday morning, Hondurans continue to wait for the final results of Sunday’s election. On November 29, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “It is important to maintain national and international attention until the end of the electoral count, taking into account historical antecedents. Honduras arrives at these elections with increased poverty, food Read more…
Photo: Murray Rankin with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh (who supports the Coastal GasLink pipeline, but who also criticized the recent RCMP raid against Wet’suwet’en land defenders: “That’s not reconciliation.”) Murray Rankin, the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation in the province of British Columbia, has highlighted following the RCMP Read more…
On November 29, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Today there was an important meeting with victims of police violence accompanied by @dhColombia with the diplomatic corps. Victims expressed lack of progress in the processes and constant threats against them and requested impulses in their cases to avoid impunity.” PBI-Colombia adds: “We thank @ONUHumanRights Read more…
Photo: Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham). Today, Monday November 29, is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. It recognizes women engaged in the defence of the right to land, territory, environment, water, and Indigenous rights, and freedom of association and expression. On this day, we wish to recognize Gidimt’en Read more…
Photo: On December 14, 2020, the No to Mining Front established a highway blockade in opposition to the renewal of an environmental permit for the Canadian-owned San José mine in Oaxaca. A year later, they continue to call for the mine to be closed. On November 28, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “The Read more…
On November 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “PBI accompanies the collective of trans women Muñecas de Arcoiris who observe to secure the inclusive vote. The defender of human rights and trans woman JLo Cordova denounces gender discrimination at the time of casting her vote.” Reportar Sin Miedo (Report Read more…
On October 3, Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ announced in this video that a log cabin had been built on the space where Coastal GasLink was preparing to drill under the Wedzin Kwa river for its fracked gas pipeline. The Wet’suwet’en oppose this pipeline being built on their lands without their Read more…
The Gitxsan have posted on Instagram: “Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs evict MLA Nathan Cullen from Gitxsan Lax’yip [territory].” Their post continues: “The NDP has failed to uphold good relations with our peoples, and due to the violence inflicted on Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan Wilp [house group] members, the NDP is no longer Read more…
Photo: The House of Commons on November 22, while Wet’suwet’en land defenders and allies were being held at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre. The House of Commons resumed sitting just days after a militarized RCMP raid on Wet’suwet’en territory in which 30 people were arrested. That raid – on Read more…