Monthly Archives: April, 2022

PBI-Colombia accompanies COSPACC at protection and self-protection workshop in Casanare

On April 10, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “@CospaccOficial holds a protection and self-protection workshop for communities and human rights organizations in the midst of a worrying...

Canada’s military assistance training programs for soldiers and police in Latin America

“This land is ours”: Global Affairs Canada provides funding for training through the CREOMPAZ base in Guatemala on the ancestral lands of the Q’eqchi’...

Government memo warns about links between Mohawk and Wet’suwet’en land defenders

Mohawk land defender Skyler William’s social media post was partially quoted in the government memo: “This is what real Nation to Nation looks like,...

Death threats by paramilitaries against environmental defenders opposed to fracking in Santander, Colombia

CREDHOS has denounced the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) threatening several environmental leaders from Puerto Wilches who are legally represented by CREDHOS including...

PBI-Colombia convenes gathering of women human rights defenders

The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project held a Gathering of Women Defenders from February 24-27 in La Vega, a town about 60 kilometres north of...

PBI-Honduras accompanies LGBT Rainbow Association at Miss Tierra 2022 pageant

On April 8, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies @arcoirisghn during Miss Earth 2022, a contest to empower LGTBI+ people where trans women can proudly...

Front Line Defenders: 202 defenders killed in Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in 2021

Photo: Indigenous Chatino water protector Fidel Heras Cruz was murdered while defending territory against two hydroelectric dams. On April 7, Mongabay reported: “At least 358...

All Rights for All network in Mexico issues urgent action for two People’s Front members after break-in at their home in Puebla

Miryam Vargas Teutle and Juan Carlos Flores Solís. The National Network of Civil Human Rights Organizations All Rights for All (Red TDT) has posted this...

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs in Toronto to speak to RBC annual shareholders meeting

Photo from IndyBay.org. Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs travelled from their unceded territories in northern British Columbia to Tkaronto to speak to the RBC annual shareholders meeting...

PBI-Honduras accompanies Guapinol Resists as they seek freedom cards weeks after their release from arbitrary detention

On April 7, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies @guapinolre . Defenders of human rights still do not have definitive freedom cards, so the @MP_Honduras ...
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