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PBI-Honduras accompanies CEHPRODEC at ZEDEs and Mining Law appeals at Supreme Court of Justice

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On September 29, PBI-Honduras posted: “PBI accompanies CEHPRODEC in the presentation of unconstitutionality appeals against the ZEDES and against the reform of the...

RCMP use pain compliance against land defender opposed to megaproject on Gidimt’en territory

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On September 28, Gidimt’en land defender Sleydo’ provided this video update on the struggle to defend the sacred Wedzin Kwa headwaters from the Coastal...

CCALCP awaits Constitutional Court ruling on aerial glyphosate spraying in Colombia

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Photo: Members of CCALCP and CREDHOS at the Amnesty International office in Ottawa, November 2019. Amnesty International opposes the resumption of aerial spraying of...

Hereditary Chief explains to RCMP that Supreme Court’s Delgamuukw decision trumps lower court injunction

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Photo: A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief explains the significance of the Delgamuukw decision to the RCMP on Gidimt'en territory in British Columbia, Canada. Gidimt’en land defenders...

PBI accompanies CSPP president Franklin Castañeda meeting with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Photo: Michelle Bachelet, Franklin Castañeda and Kim-Mai Stéphanie Vu. On September 28, Franklin Castañeda, the President of the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP),...

Gidimt’en land defenders block fracked gas pipeline drill site, face criminalization by RCMP and CGL security

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Still from Gidimt’en video. On September 26, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “Chief Sleydo', Shay Sampson (Gitxsan Nation), & supporters locked down to heavy equipment.” The heavy equipment...

Canada to accept 250 human rights defenders a year as refugees in need of protection

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The Canadian government is in the process of establishing a dedicated refugee stream for human rights defenders. This past June (on World Refugee Day), Canadian...

PBI highlights at the UN Human Rights Council the criminalization of land and territory defenders in Guatemala

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Bernardo Caal Xol (Q’eqchi’) and Justino Xollim (Poqomchi) were among the criminalized defenders highlighted by PBI at the United Nations today. At the 48th session...

COP26 starts next month!

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The United Nations COP26 climate summit will start on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland. We will be working with PBI front line projects in Colombia,...

The COP26 Glasgow Pact should include mechanisms to protect land defenders

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On September 27, The Guardian reported: “Vital United Nations climate talks, billed as one of the last chances to stave off climate breakdown, will...
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