Yearly Archives: 2022

PBI-Kenya shocked by killing of land rights activist Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru, calls on government to protect WHRDs

Photo: Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru On January 5, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We are shocked by the killing of Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru on Monday 3 January. We urge...

Healing centres in Mexico and Honduras for women human rights defenders

Photo of Rebeca Girón at the La Siguata healing centre in Honduras by Jeff Ernst from his article in The Guardian on La Siguata...

Wet’suwet’en water protectors avoid violence as militarized RCMP mobilize for fourth raid for CGL fracked gas pipeline

On January 4, this Gidimt’en Checkpoint media release highlighted: “Two weeks after Wet’suwet’en water protectors evicted Coastal GasLink workers and occupied a key...

Are fighter jets and warships for the Arctic an implicit admission a 2°C global temperature increase will happen?

Is Canada’s apparent commitment to the militarization of the Arctic an acknowledgement that the Paris Agreement will not be fulfilled and that climate breakdown...

Embera reject mining on their lands, say that any investment would be “stained with our blood”

Still from PBI-Colombia video, May 2012. Indigenous Embera communities continue to reject mining on their territories in the Jiguamiando River Basin in north-western Colombia. This...

PBI-Mexico visits Radio Zacatepec, a community radio station under threat for reporting on dangers to the Metlapanapa River

On December 30, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project tweeted: “Today we saw the facilities of Radio #Zacatepec in #Puebla. On several occasions, members of...

Parliamentary debate lacking as Canada edges closer to purchasing armed drones

This year, the Canadian government is evaluating a bid to purchase MQ-9 Predator drones equipped with Hellfire missiles. In November 2016, then Defence Minister Harjit...

RCMP have begun amassing in Houston and Smithers prompting concerns about a fourth raid on Wet’suwet’en territory

Gidimt’en Checkpoint video still of RCMP truck near Coyote Camp on Wet’suwet’en territory, December 30, 2021. On January 1, Likhts’amisyu (Fireweed) Clan tweeted: “Please offer prayers...

Violence against Indigenous women land defenders protecting their territories against Canadian extractivism

Still from Gidimt’en Checkpoint video. Warning: The following article contains disturbing content about police violence against Indigenous women. It has been acknowledged by the United Nations...
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