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Guatemalan appeals court orders release of military officers convicted of crimes against humanity in the Molina Theissen case

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PBI-Guatemala photo (April 18, 2016): “We observe the press conference convened by the Molina Theissen family seeking justice for the forced disappearance of Marco...

Pacheedaht Elder calls for land defenders to return to Fairy Creek watershed; will the CRU/C-IRG be deployed again?

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Photo: Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones and land defenders at the Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek Blockade. Photo from the Fairy Creek Blockade Facebook page. On June...

Canada has exported $19.86 million in “military goods” to Colombia and Mexico over the past five years

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Photo: In 2015-16, Montreal-based Bell Helicopter sold 15 407GXP helicopters to the Mexican Air Force. They are stationed in Zapopan, Jalisco. In 2020, Canada...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies criminalized CCR water defenders as they receive a complete acquittal at court hearing

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On May 30, PBI-Guatemala posted on their Facebook page: “PBI accompanies the 4 people criminalized from the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu for defending...

CRCC Chair Michelaine Lahaie comments on the systemic investigation of the RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG)

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On Friday June 9, Michelaine Lahaie, the chair of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC), presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee...

Canadian agency waits for information from the RCMP three months into its systemic investigation of the C-IRG

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Video: The C-IRG on Wet’suwet’en territory, November 2021. On March 9, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) issued a media release that stated it...

Innu and Atikamekw blockades seek to defend ancestral territories in Quebec from logging

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Photo from Collectif Mashk Assi Facebook page. Indigenous land defenders are expected to continue blockades this summer on Innu Nitassinan territory (south of Lake Kénogami)...

Understanding the RCMP as a federal fossil fuel subsidy for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project

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Photo: The RCMP arrested a member of the We, the Secwépemc Unity Camp at a Trans Mountain pipeline construction site in Kamloops on October...

Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel acquitted as she defends her territory from Trans Mountain pipeline project

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On June 5, Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel was acquitted of “breach of condition” charges related to her opposition to the Trans Mountain expansion...

Canada exports $25.6 million in “military goods” to United Arab Emirates as repressive regime set to host COP28 climate change conference

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Photo: The UAE Ministry of Defence delegation at CANSEC in 2019. On May 31, the same day that 100+ activists worked to blockade the annual...
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