We hope you can join us on Tuesday May 31 at 2:30 pm ET for a webinar (with simultaneous English-Spanish translation) on arms exports and militarization. More than 115 people have already signed up for this webinar. To register, click here. The city of Cali was a focal point of police Read more…
Photo by Famdegua of hearing on May 20. On May 19, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at the hearing of the first statement of Toribio Acevedo Ramírez in the #MilitaryDiaryCase.” On May 20, PBI-Guatemala accompanied the continuation of the Hearing of the First Statement of Read more…
Video still of Francia Márquez speaking in Bogota, May 21. Parliamentarians from Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and other countries have expressed in this open letter their “grave concern for the growing threat of violence, assassination, and intervention in Colombia’s presidential elections on 29 May.” The letter Read more…
On May 23, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompanied @Credhos_Paz in San Pablo, South Bolívar in a meeting activity with the Human Rights Committee of Credhos in the area. For more on the Magdalena Medio, see our last article on the protection of the swamps here.” That article notes: “The marshes are Read more…
On May 23, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Nomadesc in #Yumbo at the catholic and ancestral ceremonies in memory of Michael Joan Vargas López, having passed on May 17, one year since the murder of the young man in the framework of the national strike.” Las2Orillas has reported: “Michael Joan Vargas Read more…
Photo by Bundeswehr (armed forces). Peace Brigades International-Germany is a member of the Action Community Service for Peace (Aktionsgemeinschaft Dienst für den Frieden/AGDF). The PBI-Germany website has posted the AGDF media release: Billions for defence are “highly questionable in terms of content and democracy” In February, Deutsche Welle reported: “German Read more…
On May 19, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We visited @KiambiuJustice [Kiambiu Justice & Information Network – KIJIN] to know their offices and discussed their vision, structure, and #humanrights issues in Kiambiu. Congratulations on the work with the #youth and thank you for sharing your experiences as an #HRD.” Kiambiu is an informal Read more…
Photo of Francesca Nugnes (PBI-Colombia) and to her right Cristy Lozano (CAHUCOPANA) from Mónica Silvana González, MEP. On May 17, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Thank you @MonicaSilvanaG [Member of the European Parliament, Spain] for your attention to the situation of human rights in Colombia and the demand for a Global Humanitarian Accord Read more…
On May 20, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies the Central American Forum on Human Rights, Sexual and Gender Diversity. We highlight the importance of respecting the human rights of the LGBT+ community, as well as their participation in decision-making. @arcoirisghn @somoscdc_hn” On Facebook, PBI-Honduras also noted: “At the forum, different topics Read more…
Photo by @Amapola. On May 18, PBI-Mexico posted: “PBI accompanies the First National Meeting of Victims of Forced Displacement in Guerrero on May 14 and 15. Groups from Chihuahua, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Quintana Roo and the organizations Center for the Defense of Human Rights “Jose Maria Morelos y Pavón”, Serapaz Read more…