I hope you can join us for our upcoming webinar on Tuesday October 11 at 2 pm ET to hear social leaders from the community of San Luis de Palenque, Colombia about their experiences with Toronto-based Frontera Energy. To register, click here. After protesting against the company over social, environmental Read more…
Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont: “We’re determined to get John A. Macdonald’s name off the parkway. There are thousands of children that died who would have lived if he had never come to this country.” On Friday September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Peace Brigades International-Canada was present Read more…
Photo: PBI-Mexico listens to the president of Women Never Allow AC speak at the meeting. On September 28, La Cronica de Morelos reported: “The Director General of Human Rights of the Ministry of Government, Luis Ortiz Salgado, held a working table with Peace Brigades International, in order to implement all Read more…
On September 29, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Starting this month, #PBI officially accompanies @Arcah_hn. We highlight the important work of ARCAH in defending access to water in #Honduras and in the fight against the Law of #ZEDE, repealed by Congress in April 2022.” On their website, PBI-Honduras further notes: “The Honduran Alternative Read more…
Decade of Defiance, the latest global analysis report from Global Witness, documents that 200 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2021 and that 1,733 have been killed over the past 10 years (2012 to 2021). It specifies that in 2021, 54 were killed in Mexico, 33 in Colombia, Read more…
On September 28, Kim-Mai Vu of Peace Brigades International presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland during the Interactive Dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. That presentation highlighted: “In Honduras, international attention is required towards the promotion of laws to protect Read more…
Photo by Decolonial Solidarity – RBC at Bank St and First. The Toronto Star reports: “[RBC CEO Dave] McKay said the bank is poised to release new targets for reducing emissions across its lending portfolio by 2030. The numbers, which he said will be released in the next two to Read more…
Photo: The COP15 summit will take place in Montreal at the Palais des Congrès (201 Avenue Viger Ouest at Rue Chenneville), near the UN biodiversity headquarters (413 Rue Saint-Jacques at Rue du Square-Victoria). The Guardian has a new feature called The Secret Negotiator in which “a secret negotiator who is Read more…
On September 26, Kim-Mai Vu of Peace Brigades International presented at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in Guatemala. The joint statement with OMCT SOS-Torture Network and Franciscans International noted: “In Guatemala, we are alarmed by the increasingly accentuated repressive policies that violate human rights. The deterioration Read more…
PBI-Mexico has posted this call for new field volunteers. It highlights that the deadline to apply is October 28. A week of virtual training (part of the selection process) will take place from January 18 to 26, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Mexico City time). Their post also notes: “The Read more…