On January 31, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Nomadesc [the Association for Research and Social Action] at a meeting with @CanadayColombia and leaders of Buenaventura. They shared about the control of armed groups in river basins and the humanitarian crisis they are suffering. Also, that companies acquire their land illegally to Read more…
On January 30, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “See our January 2023 Bulletin: Starting the year with challenges for the defense of human rights. We underline the disappearance of #human rights defenders Antonio Díaz Valencia and Ricardo Lagunes Gasca. We join the call for their appearance alive.” They also recently tweeted: “Alarm for Read more…
Photo: Tortuguita with their nephew in 2020. Photo provided by Daniel Esteban Paez via the Associated Press. Manuel Esteban “Tortuguita” Páez Terán was killed by Georgia police on January 18. They were 26 years old, Indigenous Venezuelan, queer and nonbinary, “a trained medic, a loving partner, a dear friend, a Read more…
On January 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “In a pamphlet circulating through social networks dated January 27, signed by the AGC [the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia/Gulf Clan paramilitary], ‘directors and representatives’ of various organizations #MagdalenaMedio including @ACVCRAN @Credhos_Paz @CSPP_ are declared a military objective. Investigations and guarantees are urgent” PBI-Colombia accompanies Read more…
On January 27, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies to the Human Rights Law Firm to the hearing of the #SamocochCase that since January 19, started the oral and public debate against 23 members of the National Civil Police [PNC]. They are charged with offences related to excessive use of public force, Read more…
Photo: On June 10, 2021, PBI-Colombia was present as the CIDH-IACHR went to the Portal Resistencia during their working visit to Colombia. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH-IACHR) has presented a follow-up report on the recommendations it made following its three-day working visit to Colombia on June 8-10, 2021, Read more…
Atmos reports: “In what is believed to be the first case of a land defender killed in the U.S. for their activism, a Georgia State Patrol trooper killed 26-year-old Manuel Esteban Páez Terán on Jan. 18. But Páez Terán wasn’t known as Manuel to most people; their chosen name was Read more…
On January 18, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany the meeting with the @JEP_Colombia [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] and petitioners of the Precautionary Measures of the San Antonio estuary in Buenaventura. It is important that the measures be maintained and that a macro-case on forced disappearance be opened. @IrelandColombia.” PBI-Colombia also shared Read more…
On January 24, CREDHOS tweeted: “#CredhosIsWater Accompanied the second day of the strike of communities in sectors of Oponcito, Campo 23 and Lizama; for the respect of the humanitarian corridor and protest against the approval of the Environmental License for the exploitation of coal in the open pit in Carmen Read more…
Photo: The #StopLockheedMartin day of action outside the company’s head office in Ottawa on April 22, 2022. Reuters reports: “The defense contractor said it expected a profit of $26.60 to $26.90 per share in 2023.” That article also notes: “Lockheed forecast 2023 revenue between $65 billion and $66 billion, compared Read more…