Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Kenya visits Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre in the Kibera settlement in Nairobi

PBI-Kenya at the Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre. On May 17, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted: “The PBI team paid visits to...

Reports of Colombian police committing sexual violence against women at the national strike mobilizations

Image from Red de Derechos Humanos Francisco Isaias Cifuentes. There are numerous reports of sexual violence being committed by the police against women participating in...

55 Members of Congress denounce police brutality in Colombia, call for a freeze on military sales

On May 15, the Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported: “In a harsh letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony John Blinken, U.S. congressmen...

PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC in Buga verifying cases of the disproportionate use of force by the police

On May 14, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Today we accompany NOMADESC in the Aures neighborhood in Buga verifying cases of vulnerability of human rights related to...

Relatives of Aazhoodena land defender Dudley George have begun to reoccupy their ancestral lands in Ontario

There is not a lot of information at this point, but Blackburn News reports: “Relatives of the late Dudley George moved onto the former...

Colombia webinar follow-up

Thank you for registering for our most recent webinar on fracking, extractivism and the risks faced by environmental defenders in the Magdalena Medio region...

How are Canadian-made armoured personnel carriers sold to the Colombian police being used during the national strike?

This El Parche Crítico video shows a Colombian police truck firing a water cannon at a protest at the Portal Americas humanitarian space last...

PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC as ESMAD riot police fire tear gas in Buga

Image from Infobae. On May 13, PBI-Colomba posted: “Today PBI accompanied NOAMDESC in Guadalajara de Buga. Organizations and human rights commission alert to the disproportionate...

PBI-Colombia at Portal Américas humanitarian space in Bogota where the ESMAD has committed human rights violations

On May 13, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted: “PBI accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission in the ‘to heat the pot’ humanitarian space...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Kaqchikel journalist Norma Sancir at hearing, next court date is June 7

On May 12, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on their Facebook page: “PBI accompanied journalist Norma Sancir at the mid-phase hearing in Chiquimula's...
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