The Maple reports: The federal government is refusing to say whether or not it made the decision to green-light nearly $1 million in new military exports to Peru during a period of brutal crackdowns by the country’s government against Indigenous-led protesters. Documents obtained by Amnesty International Canada through an access Read more…
Photo: “Palestinian citizens and rescue workers inspect the destruction caused by air strikes on December 4, in Khan Younis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images.” In his letter to José de la Gasca, the President of the United Nations Security Council, dated Wednesday December 6, UN Secretary General António Guterres reiterates his Read more…
Photo: Iraida, Miguel, Oscar and Ninfa. PBI-Canada and PBI-Colombia are working to bring two Colombian social leaders to Canada who have been criminalized for protesting a Canadian oil company, along with representatives of two human rights organizations who have been supporting them. We plan to bring Carmen Iraida Salcedo Gutiérrez Read more…
This Thursday (December 7) at 12 pm ET, Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders will be joining our webinar about the UN COP28 climate summit now happening in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. To register for this webinar, click here. Forst will give opening comments on the importance Read more…
Photo: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, the general coordinator of the PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), is part of the campaign supporting the creation of a Binding Treaty. This Thursday December 7, PBI-Canada is organizing a webinar that will discuss the language that should be Read more…
Photo: Phanor Guazaquillo Peña El Tiempo reports that Indigenous Nasa leader Phanor Guazaquillo Peña was murdered on Sunday December 3 in Colombia. That El Tiempo article further notes: “The Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) reported that this person was in the urban area of Puerto Asís, in Read more…
Photo: Unifor Social Justice Fund Director Navjeet Sidhu visits PBI-Colombia staff and frontline volunteers in Bogota, May 2023. Yesterday evening we were at a reception in Ottawa/Algonquin territory to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Unifor Social Justice Fund. It was an opportunity to thank Unifor, the Social Justice Fund, Read more…
Photo: Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Caceres. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project tweets: “PBI will continue to accompany @COPINHHONDURAS in its demands for comprehensive justice in the case of #BertaCáceres. We will be very attentive to any progress regarding the request presented by the Public Ministry against Daniel #Atala.” PBI-Honduras Read more…