Colombian environmental licensing agency approves fracking pilot project as environmental defenders face death threats

On March 28, Blu Radio reported: “The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) has granted the first environmental permit for a fracking pilot project in Colombia. Resolution 00648 of 2022 announced the decision for Ecopetrol to start drilling the Kalé well, located in Puerto Wilches, Santander.” This news was learned on Read more…

PBI-Mexico accompanied ASMAC highlights dangers of economic interests and militarization for Indigenous peoples

On March 28, PBI-Spanish State posted on their Facebook page: “What is happening in the #SierraTarahumara in Chihuahua-Mexico? Sierra Madre Alliance A.C. told it in the III Edition of #HerriBabesarea, a Basque municipal network for the protection of human rights defenders, made up of 10 municipalities in #Euskadi and which Read more…

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Q’eqchi’ river defender Bernardo Caal Xol on caravan home from prison to Santa María Cahabón

On March 26, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today PBI accompanied Bernardo Caal Xol and the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabon in the caravan.” “Dozens of people left Cobán, passed through San Pedro Carchá and Lanquín until they arrived at the municipal seat of Cahabon to celebrate the release of the community leader and Read more…

PBI-Honduras observes National Agrarian Institute media conference, hears groups call for agrarian and land reform

On March 25, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI observed a press conference at the INA [National Agrarian Institute]. There was presence of peasant groups such as the @CntcTegucigalpa [National Union of Rural Workers] @CampesinaViaHN [La Via Campesina] @CodimcaH [the Council for the Integral Development of Rural Women] among others. The need for Read more…

Maya Q’eqchi environmental defender Bernardo Caal Xol released after four years in prison!

Video still: Caal Xol released from prison on March 24. On March 25, Telesur reported: “Environmental defender Bernardo Caal Xol regained his freedom on Thursday night, after spending four years in Cobán prison for his fight against hydroelectric projects in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz.” That article adds: “At Read more…

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Nunca Pares as Public Ministry visits sites of sexual assault on university campus

On March 25, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “PBI accompanies Nunca Pares during the MP [Public Ministry] visit to the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC). The prosecutor conducted an visual inspection at the sites of sexual assault suffered by several students in January 2020.” PBI-Guatemala has previously explained: Read more…

PBI-Mexico signs accompaniment agreement with CONTEC who support Indigenous struggles in the Sierra Tarahumara

On March 24, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “In recognition of the danger it faces, but especially for the valuable work in defense of indigenous rights and with the communities of the Sierra Tarahumara that @CONTECAC carries out, we have signed an accompaniment agreement.” On Facebook, PBI-Mexico also further noted: “In the report Read more…

PBI-Honduras observes World Water Day demonstration in front of the National Congress building in Tegucigalpa

On March 23, PBI-Honduras posted on Facebook: ““The only thing you can’t produce is water” “Commoners have to be on the lands, not in jails” [These are] quotes heard yesterday, World Water Day, in a demonstration in front of the National Congress of Honduras. PBI observed the call of 4 Read more…

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