Yearly Archives: 2021

RCMP Taser supporter of Gidimt’en land defence struggle against Coastal GasLink pipeline

Still from video. On September 27, Gidimt’en Checkpoint posted: “Early in the morning on September 25th a supporter was tazered and arrested on the road...

Gidimt’en land defenders occupy drill site, bulldoze road to protect Wedzin Kwah river from construction of fracked gas pipeline

Still from video posted by Smogelgem. On Saturday September 25, Smogelgem, the Hereditary Chief of the Fireweed Clan of the Wet’suwet’en People, tweeted: “The Wet’suwet’en Hereditary...

COP26 must address gender-based violence against Indigenous women land defenders

Photo: Secwepemc land defender Mayuk Manuel assaulted by Trans Mountain pipeline worker, September 15, 2021. The Canadian government-owned pipeline is being built on Secwepemc...

COP26 should recognize that environmental defenders are crucial to solving the climate crisis

Photo: Peace Brigades International accompanied environmental defenders Sandra Calel (Guatemala), Juan Carlos Flores Solis (Mexico), Andrea Regina Pineda (Honduras) and Ivan Madero Vergel (Colombia). At...

PBI-Colombia shares article on the Nydia Érika Bautista Foundation for Human Rights

Photo: “Yanette Bautista cries out for justice in front of the JEP accompanied by frontline members.” Source: J. Marcos / Mª Ángeles Fernández. On September...

PBI supports recommendation of moratorium on extractive projects that affect territories of Indigenous peoples

On September 22, Peace Brigades International presented at the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. PBI’s Kim-Mai Stéphanie Vu stated: “We...

PBI-Honduras accompanies Arcoiris at LGBTQI+ rights march in San Pedro Sula

On September 22, PBI-Honduras posted: “This past weekend we were in San Pedro Sula accompanying Arcoíris, the LGTB Association of Honduras and other...

This week a new Parliament is elected

This week, the federal election concluded in Canada. Next up, the House of Commons is scheduled to resume sitting on October 18. We will be...

PBI-Mexico supports joint statement opposing the harassment of journalists and migrant rights defenders in Chiapas

Photo: Migrants march in Tapachula, Chiapas. Photo by Claudio Cruz/ AFP. There are presently thousands of migrants that have been stopped in Tapachula, Chiapas near...

PBI presents at Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances

On September 21, Peace Brigades International made an intervention at the Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Mexican human rights...
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