Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Guatemala repudiates the murder of CCDA Verapaz member Regilson Choc Cac

On July 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “We repudiate the murder and stand in solidarity with the family of Regilson Choc Cac, member of the CCDA...

Toronto police clear homeless encampment from park, former UN Special Rapporteur says City lacks a right to housing approach

Video of police clearing the encampment. Housing is a human right. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right to housing as...

Indigenous Q’eqchi’ peoples of Chicoyogüito ask for global solidarity before July 28

Make a sign like this one, take a photo of yourself with it, and send it in before July 28. This coming Wednesday July 28...

PBI-Honduras notes proposed ecocide law could support threatened land and territorial rights defenders

On July 20, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project tweeted an article from El Pais about the process to have ecocide recognized as a crime. El...

PBI-Mexico draws attention to UN statement on risks faced by families searching for the forcibly disappeared

On July 20, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project shared this statement from the Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP and Defend Freedom Campaign during national strike mobilization in Bogota

On July 20, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “@PBIColombia accompanies in the Portal de las Americas the @CSPP_ and the @DefenderLiberta in their work as human...

PBI-Honduras observes march in Tegucigalpa demanding the return of four missing Garifuna land defenders

On July 20, PBI-Honduras posted on Facebook: “On the anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the four Garifuna defenders, we watch the campaign of...

Q’eqchi’ leaders from Chicoyogüito ask Canada for help in reclaiming their land from a Guatemalan military base

On July 15, Olivia and Domingo from the Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito asked for help from Canada in their land back struggle. They both...

PBI-Kenya saddened and shocked by the murder of Kiambu forest and wetlands defender Joannah Stutchbury in Nairobi

On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted: “We are saddened and shocked by the murder of environmental defender Joannah Stutchbury, who was...

Mobilizations taking place in Bogotá and Cali today

There will be a major protest in Bogota and other cities today, Tuesday July 20, Independence Day in Colombia. The PBI-Colombia accompanied NOMADESC has tweeted:...
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