On January 31, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project tweeted: “Recently, the community of #Guapinol showed us the importance of the river in the lives of the people who live in the surroundings. We express concern about the constant criminalization of environmental defenders in #Honduras.” In June 2021, PBI-Honduras also accompanied Read more…
Photo: Indigenous protest in Chiapas. The banner says: “Megaprojects bring death. Out with the neoliberal projects. No to the Mayan train.” On January 28, Mongabay reported: “The Tren Maya line is supposed to run 1,525 kilometers (948 miles) across Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Tabasco, Campeche and Chiapas, states with large Indigenous populations Read more…
On January 29, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted: “We appreciate the solidarity, support and commitment to peace in Colombia manifested by #DelegaciónVascaDeObservación [Basque Observation Delegation] of #DDHH [human rights] who denounces the increase in violence and worsening of the conflict, and urges the implementation of effective protection measures. Read Read more…
PBI-Mexico has tweeted: “On January 25 we were present at the demonstration that took place in front of the [state government] representative of #Chihuahua in #CDMX [Mexico City] where women gathered to demand #JusticiaParaJulissayNohemi, who were a couple and were found dead on Monday 17 in #CiudadJuarez.” It then noted: Read more…
On January 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “This January 28 and 29 we commemorate [the life of Temístocles Machado] and his struggle in Buenaventura , accompanying @Nomadesc, who together with the UIP [Intercultural University of Los Pueblos] commemorate. In homage to Don Temis, just as he said: ‘the fight here does not Read more…
On January 28, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “From PBI we are very attentive to the hearing of the Garífuna and human rights defender Leonard Brown. @OFRANEH [Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras] warns of rumors of eviction in the recovery of Wabato, territory that is part of the ancestral title granted to the Read more…
The National Observer reports: “Young land defender Vanessa Gray made a virtual appearance in an Ontario court on Wednesday [January 26].” “Gray, from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation near Sarnia, was detained soon after a solidarity action in Toronto on Nov. 21 — the only one charged in relation to the Read more…
On January 27, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies the trial of the 8 defenders of the Guapinol river. We recall the importance of a fair and transparent trial.” Earlier this week, Criterio.hn reported: “After weeks of harassment on social networks, threats to relatives of the eight defenders of Guapinol and the Read more…
PBI-Mexico at mobilization in Chihuahua City. On January 26, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “Under the slogan: ‘#NoSeMataLaVerdad [the Truth is Not Killed] killing journalists’, communicators, civil society organizations and people in solidarity demonstrated in México in more than 40 cities throughout the country. “In #CDMX [Mexico City], PBI accompanied the concentration that Read more…
Hon On January 26, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies Visitación Padilla in the march organized by different feminist organizations in the framework of Honduran Women’s Day. We highlight the efforts and commitment of Honduran women in the search for a world free of violence against women.” On Facebook they further note: Read more…