Monthly Archives: January, 2023

What machine guns are deployed by the RCMP against Indigenous land defenders?

Wet'suwet'en land defender Molly Wickham: “Get that gun off me! Get your gun off me! Lower your gun!” Video still from Yintah Film. What weapons...

RCMP says it will continue to use “carotid control” after Minister calls for end to “neck restraints”

Video: CBC has reported 24 year old Gitxsan land defender Denzel Sutherland-Wilson shouted “I can’t breathe!” as RCMP officers tackled him on November 21,...

PBI-Honduras visits the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication (ARCAH) in Loarque

On January 18, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Last week we visited with @Arcah_hn in the community of Loarque. The Choluteca River and the people who inhabit its...

CREDHOS accompanies communities resisting 30-year permit for the Colcco open-pit coal mine in Santander, Colombia

On January 17, CREDHOS tweeted: “Today we accompany the campesina communities of San Vicente; El Carmen de Chucurrí and the social organizations on the ninth...

Two environmental defenders disappeared after attending an anti-mining meeting in Coahuayana, Mexico

Photo: Human rights lawyer Ricardo Lagunes and Nahua community leader Antonio Díaz Valencia were disappeared on January 15 while en route from Coahuayana, Michoacán...

PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at trial of former soldier accused in the attempted murder of Allan Garcia at protest against dam

On January 17, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “PBI accompanies COPINH at the trial of former Petty Officer Kevin Saravia for the attempted murder of Allan García. We...

Protests continue against licence for COLCCO open-pit coal mine in Santander, Colombia

Photo by Oscar Sampayo. On January 16, the Movimiento Nacional Ambiental tweeted: “8th day of demonstrations at the El Oponcito junction, in the town of...

Department of Fisheries and Oceans officers investigating CGL worksite at Lho Kwa (Clore River) on Wet’suwet’en territory

Photo by David Suzuki Foundation. On January 12, the David Suzuki Foundation posted: “Wet’suwet’en officials have confirmed pipeline contractors dug up gravel beds and drove...

The film Ruido (Noise) tells the story of a woman searching for her forcibly disappeared daughter in Mexico

Indie Hoy reports: “Netflix has just added to its catalog a Mexican film … Ruido, a 104-minute film directed by Natalia Beristain that is...

PBI-Guatemala observes march of ex-political prisoners demanding an end to the imprisonment of defenders of Mother Earth

On January 14, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today PBI observed the march of ex-prisoners who denounced the criminalization and dispossession of indigenous peoples from their territories.” Festivales Solidarios...
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