Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Canada webinar on Q’eqchi’ community demand for their land back, July 15

"This land is ours.” To join a webinar on this land back struggle, click here. Photo credit. On July 28, 1968, the Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of...

PBI-Canada takes part in international mission to Colombia on the right to social protest

Peace Brigades International-Canada is taking part in an international observation mission to Colombia of 40 human rights experts from 12 countries. We are being represented...

Land back webinar, July 15

Our next webinar will be on Thursday July 15 at 3 pm ET and will focus on an Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community in Guatemala struggling for...

PBI-Honduras meets with CEHPRODEC, CAMNECO and UN Human Rights in Minas de Oro, Comayagua

On July 8, CEHPRODEC posted: “Today in Minas de Oro we spoke with the Environmental Committee of the Northeast Municipalities of Comayagua (CAMNECO), together...

British Columbia’s experience with fracking may provide helpful information to Colombians

Photo from the British Columbia-based Wilderness Committee. Fracking began in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the late 1990s. There are now more than...

PBI-Guatemala seeking field volunteers, deadline to apply is August 1

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking new field brigadistas. The application deadline is August 1. Following this deadline, the next key date in this process...

Q’eqchi’ community displaced by Guatemalan military base wants their land back

Photo by CasoCreompaz. The Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito in Guatemala has long sought their land back. On July 28, 1968, they were displaced by...

PBI-Canada awaits Global Affairs response to CIDH-IACHR report on human rights in Colombia

PBI-Colombia with the CIDH-IACHR at Portal Resistencia in Bogota, June 10. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH-IACHR) has released their report following its working...

PBI-Kenya stands in solidarity with the human rights defenders injured and arrested at Saba Saba march in Nairobi

On July 7, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We came to follow up on the health and safety of the 5 HRDs including @happyolal arrested...

PBI-Mexico expresses deep concern over the murder of Tzeltal defender Simón Pedro Pérez and other Indigenous defenders

On July 6, PBI-Mexico posted: “The murder of Simón Pedro Pérez, a member of the @AbejasDeActeal joins the list of defenders and journalists...
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