On April 5, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm in the first evidentiary hearing of the #DulceMaria case. Dulce María is accused of violation of cultural property, for allegedly having participated in a graffiti of the Congress, carried out in the framework of the demonstrations of 21 Read more…
On April 5, PBI-Honduras has posted: “Recently, we were visiting the community of Guapinol, in the department of Columbus, which condemns the pollution of the river waters, due to the presence of a mega mining project established next to their lands, against which the community continues to resist. #GuapinolResists We Read more…
Miryam Vargas Teutle and Juan Carlos Flores Solís. The Front Line Defenders Global Analysis 2022 report notes (on page 39): “Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Miryam Vargas Teutle, environmental defenders and members of the Frente de Pueblos en Defensa del Agua y de la Tierra de Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala Read more…
Front Line Defenders has released its Global Analysis 2022. It reports: “In 2022, the HRD Memorial investigated and verified the killings of 401 HRDs in 26 countries.” Notably, of the 401 human rights defenders killed in 2022, 186 were in Colombia, 45 in Mexico, 17 in Honduras, and 4 in Read more…
Be sure to join our second webinar supporting the call for the abolition of the RCMP community-industry response group (C-IRG). It will take place on Sunday April 16 at 1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET. Learn about the C-IRG and hear from frontline defenders and a journalist about their direct Read more…
Photo: “Natanael Sandi’s job as an environmental monitor is to track and report the oil contamination. On this excursion in December, 2022, he stops by Frontera’s abandoned offices.” Photo by Patrick Murayari. In a feature article titled Hollow core, Tavia Grant reports in The Globe and Mail on Frontera Energy Read more…
If you missed yesterday’s PBI field volunteer outreach webinar, you can watch it here (it’s about an hour in length). Thank you once again to Francesca (PBI-Honduras), Maria, Laura (PBI-Guatemala) and Faith (PBI-USA) for speaking on this panel. As a reminder, PBI-Guatemala is seeking new volunteers (deadline for applications is Read more…
Foto: “El trabajo de Natanael Sandi como monitor medioambiental consiste en rastrear y denunciar la contaminación por petróleo. En esta excursión en diciembre de 2022, se detiene en las oficinas abandonadas de Frontera”. Fotografía de Patrick Murayari. En un artículo titulado Hollow core, Tavia Grant informa en The Globe and Read more…