Yearly Archives: 2021

RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) deployed against Indigenous land defenders

Video of RCMP Staff Sergeant Jason Charney on Gidimt’en territory. According to the RCMP: “The Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) was created in 2017 to provide...

Global statement notes attacks against defenders, calls for protection measures to be adopted at COP26

This statement signed by 166 organizations and individuals in the lead-up to the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland notes: “There are countless...

Gran Colombia Gold and its “free trade” investor-state challenge relating to the communities of Marmato and Segovia

Photo: José Reinel Restrepo, an opponent of the Gran Colombia Gold mine in Marmato, was killed on September 2, 2011. Toronto-based Gran Colombia Gold has...

PBI-Honduras concerned by lengthened sentences for defenders for “usurpation” and “forced displacement”

On October 8, PBI-Honduras posted: “We express concern about the increase in penalties for the crimes of usurpation and forced displacement in the Penal...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA as communities in northeastern Antioquia face difficult human rights situation

On October 8, PBI-Colombia posted: “PBI accompanied @CAHUCOPANA to a meeting with @MisionONUCoI, @ACNURamericas, @MAPPOEA and @ONUHumanRights to talk about the context of the...

Canadian union NUPGE calls on Colombian government to implement IACHR recommendations

Photo of NUPGE President Larry Brown. In this statement, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) calls on the Colombian government to implement...

UN recognition of human right to clean environment important for at-risk environmental human rights defenders: David Boyd

On October 8, The Guardian reported: “The UN’s main human rights body has overwhelmingly voted to recognise the right to a safe, clean,...

Two PBI webinars!

We are pleased to confirm that we will have two webinars in the coming weeks! On Sunday October 24, we will feature PBI field volunteers...

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...
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