Monthly Archives: April, 2022

PBI-Canada webinar with PBI-Mexico accompanied defender Diana Villalobos Diaz, April 24

On April 24, join us to hear Diana Villalobos Diaz speak about the work of CONTEC in support of Indigenous communities in northwestern Mexico. To...

PBI-Canada webinar with Chihuahua-based CONTEC director Diana Villalobos Diaz, April 24

On April 24, join us to hear Diana Villalobos Diaz speak about the work of CONTEC in support of Indigenous communities in northwestern Mexico. To...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Mayan Poqomchi’ environmental defender David Alejandro Maxena Caal at court hearing

On April 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies David Alejandro Maxena member of UVOC at the hearing of coercion measures at the Cobán court.” Earlier this...

Three upcoming webinars!

We have three webinars in the coming weeks! APRIL 24 - Accompanying the Rarámuri struggle for ancestral territory Join us on Sunday April 24 to meet...

Did the Colombian police use Canadian-made Bell 407 helicopters for surveillance of National Strike protests?

Photo: A Colombian national police Bell 407 helicopter. The Ottawa-based Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is a federal government agency that facilitates government-to-government contracts to sell...

Coastal GasLink seeks criminal charges against Wet’suwet’en water protectors; next court appearance on June 1

Photo from Gidimt’en Checkpoint. On April 17, Gidimt’en Checkpoint tweeted: “On April 13, 2022 twenty seven land defenders arrested in the fall and into winter of...

PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) in the struggle for the right to land and food sovereignty

On April 17, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Despite their fundamental role in food production, 90% of rural women do not have land #DïaInternacionalDeLaLuchaCampesina . The #ONU ...

Melissa Daniels warned against collecting salt on ancestral lands stolen from the Dene peoples

Photo of salt plain on Dene lands. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Chief Allan Adam has stated: “The Dene have resided in what is now...

Questions emerge about the “economic benefits” of the F-35 warplane for Canada

Photo: F-35 warplane. While the “economic benefits” of a warplane are at best a cold calculation, it is a bar that has been set in...

PBI-Guatemala expresses concern about Maya Q’eqchi’ journalists criminalized for reporting on Fenix open-pit mine

Journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc. On April 1, PBI-Guatemala posted: “If nothing is done now, if the Guatemalan State is allowed to act with impunity against Carlos...
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