Yearly Archives: 2021

PBI-Colombia accompanies COSPACC at march in support of social leaders who have been judicialized in Casanare

On March 26, PBI-Colombia posted: “Today PBI accompanied COSPACC in Casanare where social organizations express their support to social leaders and defenders of human...

PBI-Mexico calls for a specific investigative commission for attacks against environmental and land rights defenders

On March 28, this article was published in Spanish in Agencia Quadratín: Peace Brigades International (PBI) considered urgent “a firm commitment” of the Mexican government...

Department of National Defence says it is on track to purchase new fighter jets in 2022

The Government of Canada is in the process of selecting a new fighter jet for the Royal Canadian Air Force. It plans to choose...

PBI-Canada observes the International Transgender Day of Visibility and the accompaniment of trans rights defenders

Photo: Teen Vogue. Today, March 31, is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. Egale Canada has tweeted: "#TransDayOfVisibility2021 is about celebrating trans people & progresses made...

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Colombian lawyer Yessika Hoyos Morales came to Ottawa in May 2009 to speak against the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Photo: Toronto Star. The Canada-Colombia Free...

More than $29 million spent on criminalizing Indigenous land defenders at Wet’suwet’en and 1492 Land Back Lane

Millions of dollars are spent on the “policing” of Indigenous land defenders on their traditional and unceded lands in this country. On March 30, 1492...

Understanding the relationship between Canada’s sugar consumption and human rights in Guatemala

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has highlighted that the sugar business in Guatemala means "sweet profits for exporters, bitter impacts for communities." Abelino Mejia Cancino...

Constitutional Court will study review filed by CCALCP on breaches of PNIS voluntary substitution program in Colombia

Photo: CCALCP director Julia Figueroa speaking in Ottawa during Peace Brigades International advocacy tour, November 5, 2019. When Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove from the...

PBI-Colombia accompanied organizations participating at the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, March 25-27

"The exercise of social leadership and the defense of human rights is, perhaps, the activity with the greatest risk to life, integrity and freedom...

US President Biden invites Colombia, Mexico, Canada and other countries to a Leaders Summit on Climate, April 22-23

Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. On March 27, a White House statement announced: “President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he...
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