Yearly Archives: 2022

PBI-Honduras laments murder of Lenca leader and Radio Tenàn director Pablo Hernández

On January 10, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “From PBI we regret the murder of the indigenous leader and human rights defender Pablo Hernández. We express our...

Elaine Bishop recalls visit to El Salvador with Peace Brigades International

In this video (starting at the 33:37 mark), Elaine Bishop, a former Coordinator of the Canadian Friends Service Committee, notes: “I had an amazing experience...

Wet’suwet’en water protectors oppose Coastal GasLink micro-tunneling gas pipeline under sacred Wedzin Kwa river

Photo by Arvin Singh. Journalist Brandi Morin is present on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia reporting for Ricochet media on Coastal GasLink (CGL) preparing...

PBI-Colombia notes IACHR call for precautionary measures for National Strike medic in Cali and his missing brother

Photo: National strike street medic John Fernando Marín Marín. On January 8, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “Without protection and with serious #impunity in case of leader of...

Indigenous land defenders in Mexico seek to connect with the Wet’suwet’en in shared opposition to TC Energy pipelines

Photo: In January 2020, Indigenous Otomi peoples in the town of San Pablito called for the TC Energy Tuxpan-Tula pipeline to be cancelled because...

Webinar on the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, January 24

This year, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer, marked annually on January 24, will feature the situation of lawyers in danger in Colombia. An online...

Four Canadian companies secure 39 new oil exploration blocks in Colombia

Photo: Heather Neun of PBI-Canada visited the El Diviso village in Bajo Simacota in July 2021 where community members shared concerns about Parex Resources....

Cerezo Committee: 25 human rights defenders killed by state agents in Mexico in 2021

Photo: Luis Urbano Domínguez Mendoza, an Indigenous Yaqui water defender, was shot and killed in June 2021. He is one of 25 defenders identified...

Canadian court finds Secwepemc land defenders guilty of disrupting meeting on pipeline being built without consent

@Weasel_Woman Twitter photo of Snutetkwe, Mayuk and Isha. On January 5, Secwepemc land defender Mayuk Manuel tweeted that she and Isha Jules were found guilty...

Specialized police/army units in Canada and Colombia protect resource extraction projects from land defenders

Just before the RCMP raid against Wet'suwet'en land defenders in February 2020, this march in Ottawa said "RCMP off Wet'suwet'en land". Photo by Brent...
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