Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Colombia accompanied Justice and Peace Commission amplifies concern about Vancouver-based MCC Mining Corporation

Facebook image. On October 27, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Eight organizations from #Asturias #Spain reject manipulation of mining companies of #Canadá and #Colombia in ethnic territories of...

PBI COP26 webinar to feature Mexican environmental defender Valeria Villalobos

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

PBI-Guatemala accompanies CCDA Verapaz members to file complaint with Public Ministry

On October 27, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the CCDA Verapaz community members to file a complaint at the capital’s Public Ministry (MP) for death...

Transnational Institute report highlights Canada spends 15 times more on border militarization than climate financing

A new report by the Transnational Institute finds that Canada spent an average of $1.9 billion a year (over the years 2013-18) on the...

Women human rights defenders call for guarantees for their protection, an end to impunity

Video: “By being women in the public space, and as guardians of our Indigenous and local communities and resources, we face marginalization, discrimination and...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at humanitarian mission meeting in Carrizal, Antioquia

Twitter photo by CAHUCOPANA. On October 26, CAHUCOPANA tweeted: “At this time, in the town of Carrizal #Remedios, peasant communities and peace signatories, expose the...

PBI-Canada takes note of federal cabinet appointments with portfolios relating to human rights and peace

Photo: Mélanie Joly is now Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. On October 26, a new Canadian cabinet was sworn into office following the September 20...

Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver secures provisional injunction to allow San Jose mine to continue beyond expiry of permit

A mural in San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, reads: ‘Yes to life, no to the mine’. Photo by Liam Barrington-Bush and Jen Wilton. On October...

Canada opposes United Nations Binding Treaty process that would help save the lives of human rights defenders

Photo: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, the general coordinator of the PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), is part of...

PBI-Honduras accompanies CNTC at media conference where it makes five key demands

On October 25, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “PBI accompanied the CNTC Tegucigalpa at a press conference calling for: repeal of ZEDEs, role...
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