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…
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…
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…
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…
We are following updates on social media about a raid happening at this moment by the RCMP community-industry response group (C-IRG) on Wet’suwet’en territory. 3:00 pm ET Watch video of Sleydo’ here. Sleydo’: “About half an hour ago Gidimt’en Checkpoint started being raided by C-IRG. …We have confirmed that five Read more…
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…
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…
We are looking forward to participating in the Trent Community Movements Conference taking place on April 1-2 in Peterborough, Ontario. The speakers at the conference on Day 1 at 1 pm are Jen Gobby (Research for the Front Lines) and then at 3 pm Catherine Coumans (MiningWatch Canada), Grahame Russell Read more…
Photo: The delegation will be travelling to the South Coast of Guatemala to meet with the Retalhuleu Community Council (CCR) who have been criminalized for their resistance to the sugar mills that pollute local water sources. A PBI-Canada delegation will be visiting Guatemala in the coming weeks to meet with Read more…
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…