Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Honduras accompanies protest in Trujillo demanding the release of the Guapinol defenders

On August 26, PBI-Honduras posted: “PBI accompanies the protest in Trujillo to demand freedom for the defenders of Guapinol who have been in arbitrary...

PBI-Mexico accompanies the Comité Cerezo at planton against forced disappearances

On August 26, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “Today we accompany the Comité Cerezo México in the planton (blockade/installation) for...

Eight climate activists call on UN and COP26 leaders to condemn the killing of land defenders

Photo: Elizabeth Wathuti (Kenya), Xiye Bastida (Mexico) and Laura Verónica Muñoz (Colombia) are among the eight climate activists. The Independent reports that eight climate activists...

Berta Cáceres and COPINH opposed construction of Canjel dam on Lenca territory by Canadian company

Photo: Bertha Isabel and Laura Zuniga Cáceres at Radio Canada Internacional studio in Montreal, Canada, August 2016. Following the ruling this week recognizing the Civic...

PBI-Honduras welcomes court ruling recognizing COPINH as a victim in the ‘Fraud on the Gualcarque’ hearings

On August 25, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted: “We welcome the decision of the Constitutional Chamber of Honduras to reintegrate @COPINHHONDURAS as a...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies CCDA at Mayan ceremony for ancestral authorities and land defenders who have experienced repression

On August 25, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies CCDA Verapaz at a Mayan ceremony for all the attacks, threats and repression...

PBI-Colombia meets with CCALCP lawyers collective on their work and security situation

On August 25, PBI-Colombia posted: “We held a meeting with the Luis Carlos Pérez Collective Lawyers Corporation (CCALCP) in Bucaramanga to follow up on...

Channel 2 journalist José Alberto Tejada meets with IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

Photo: Pedro Vaca Villarreal is the IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression. In the lower right-hand corner is Javier Garate of PBI-Colombia. On August...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies criminalized Maya Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol at court hearing

On August 24, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today, PBI accompanied criminalized defender Bernardo Caal Xol at a hearing in Coban.” It adds: “In another trial he is...

27-year-old student leader Esteban Mosquera murdered in Popayán, Colombia

Student leader Esteban Mosquera has been assassinated just a few metres from his home in Popayán, Cauca. He was 27 years old. Infobae reports that...
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