Monthly Archives: July, 2023

Promised fossil fuel subsidy phase-out allows RCMP C-IRG violence against Indigenous land defenders to continue

Video: Sleydo’ and Gitxsan land defender Shaylynn Sampson arrested at gunpoint by the RCMP C-IRG unit on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021. On Monday...

PBI-Kenya concerned by the burning of the Nyando Social Justice Centre in the western city of Kisumu

Photo: The Nyando Social Justice Centre says: “Nyando social justice center has been a target by Ahero police officers so this time round they...

Photo-journal of PBI-Canada visit with PBI-Guatemala accompanied organizations, defenders and communities

Visit with the “15 de febrero” community accompanied by the the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR), May 4, 2023. This past spring, PBI-Canada visited...

Activists block the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa, call on companies to stop profiting from war and repression

A “Lockheed Martin, Stop Selling War Machines” banner helps block arms dealers, government officials and the military from CANSEC. Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. As...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CSPP and social leaders raise concerns about Frontera Energy with shareholders

Photo: Oscar Ramirez, Ferney Salcedo, Gustavo Torres. As Calgary-based Frontera Energy holds its virtual annual meeting of shareholders on May 18, three Colombian human rights...

Peace Brigades International co-founder Hans Sinn passes away at 94 years of age

Peace Brigades International mourns the passing of PBI co-founder Hans Sinn on June 29 in Perth, Ontario at 94 years of age. Hans was born...

Wet’suwet’en leaders highlight RCMP C-IRG violence in presentation to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

On July 10, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks and Sleydo’, Wing Chief of the Cas Yikh House (Grizzly Bear House), Gidimt’en Clan, presented at a...

MP Leah Gazan writes UN Expert Mechanism calling for international oversight of Canada’s failure to search landfills

Member of Parliament Leah Gazan has written the United Nations as demands grow for two Winnipeg landfills to be searched for the remains of...

Families of Sisters in Spirit holds gathering on Parliament Hill in support of the call to search the landfills in Winnipeg

There were red dresses on Parliament Hill in Ottawa yesterday (July 17) to help amplify the call to search the privately-run Prairie Green landfill...

WATCH Wet’suwet’en presentation to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on July 10

“We want to live free on our lands, without the constant threat of violence by C-IRG, who are illegally occupying Gidimt’en territory.” – Wet’suwet’en land...
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