PBI-Honduras accompanies Somos-CDC and Arcoiris at Transgender Day of Visibility sit-in

On March 31, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Today, on #TransVisibilityDay, we accompany @arcoirisghn [the LGTB Association of Honduras] and @somoscdc_hn [the Centre for LGTBI Development and Cooperation] in a sit-in. 2 years ago, the IACHR [Inter-American Court of Human Rights] held the State of #Honduras responsible for the murder of trans defender Read more…

Breakfast action on Lkwungen territory calls for the abolition of the RCMP “community-industry response group” (C-IRG)

Photo by Torrance Coste. An “Abolish C-IRG” breakfast took place outside the provincial Ministry of Public Safety in Victoria on Lkwungen territory on the morning of March 30.   The Capital Daily reports: “About 100 people gathered Thursday morning in front of the offices of the Ministry of Public Safety Read more…

PBI-Honduras observes OFRANEH and UN Working Group reconstruction of facts of the disappearance of four men in July 2020

On March 30, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Last week in Triunfo de la Cruz, Tela, together with @ofraneh [the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras] and the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances of the #UN we observed the reconstruction of the facts of the disappearance of Snider Centeno, Milton Martínez, Suami Mejía and Read more…

PBI-Mexico accompanies Nahua water defender Miguel López Vega at hearing for defending the Metlapanapa River

On March 29, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “In a few minutes begins the court hearing against #MiguelLopez, defender of the @fpdtampt [People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water] accused of crimes of which he was acquitted 3 years ago. Pbi will be present at the hearing. #PbiObserve #PbiAccompanies #Let’sProtectTheirVoices” Info Quórum Read more…

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at hearing on extrajudicial executions by police

On March 29, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm at a new hearing of the oral and public debate of the #SamocochCase.   Today another witness was presented who told of having been a victim of aggressions during the eviction in the Samococh community, Chisec, Alta Verapaz, Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS at Camp for Dignified Life and Total Peace in Cantagallo

On March 28, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @Credhos_Paz at the Camp for dignified life and total peace, a fundamental space to know the situation of violations of #HumanRights and #InternationalHumanitarianLaw and seek alternatives for #prevention and #protection in the territory.” Earlier, CREDHOS had tweeted: “We were at the Camp for Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies dhColombia a meeting with Indigenous Bari peoples on search protocols for disappeared persons

On March 27, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We were in [the municipality of] Tibú accompanying @dhColombia [the Associated Network of Human Rights Defenders] at a meeting with the [Indigenous] Barí people to prepare a search protocol for #MissingPersons that respects the principles of Barís law and philosophy.” The Bari peoples Last year, Read more…