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PBI-Guatemala makes observation visit to Petén to meet with social organizations and learn about the human rights situation

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On February 25, PBI-Guatemala posted: “During our observation visit in Petén, we met with representatives of Otran trans Petén; El Frente Petenero; Cooperativa La...

Ecopetrol president updates investors on fracking pilot project in Puerto Wilches as social leaders warn of harm to water and biodiversity

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On February 24, the president of the Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol, Felipe Bayón, and other executives updated investors on fracking in Colombia. Here is...

Analyst highlights the legal, reputational and market valuation risks transnational corporations could face in Colombia

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Photo: A still from this video of eight social leaders from San Luis de Palenque in custody after protesting against Toronto-based Frontera Energy. A recently...

COSPACC rejects the capture of social leader Miguel Yesid Daza who defends the rights of communities against oil projects

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On February 23, COSPACC tweeted: “We reject the capture of Miguel Daza, human rights defender from and because Being a Social Leader...

PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC at verification mission meeting with embassies in Buenaventura

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Photo by NOMADESC. On February 22, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied the Association for Research and Social Action (NOMADESC) on a verification mission meeting...

The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

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On the morning of February 22, Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) tweeted: “Minutes from the start of...

ASMAC director Isela Gonzalez to speak on Indigenous rights and Canadian mining in Chihuahua, Mexico on March 11

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Photo: Isela Gonzalez, director of the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC). Photo by PBI-Mexico. This upcoming webinar jointly organized by Peace Brigades International and Amnesty International...

New legislation further criminalizes land defenders and water protectors in Canada and the U.S.

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Photo of a round dance on a CN railway track in Edmonton, Alberta in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders; February 2020. Photo by Postmedia...

Birch Narrow Dene Nation land defenders in Saskatchewan set up blockade to stop uranium company on their territory

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On February 21, CBC reported: “A northern Saskatchewan First Nation blockaded a road and issued a cease and desist order against a Toronto uranium...

UN Security Council to discuss the implications of climate change for world peace on Tuesday

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Agence France-Presse reports that the 15-member United Nations Security Council will hold a video-conference summit this coming Tuesday February 23 to discuss the impact...
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