Yearly Archives: 2023

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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...

As activists protest CANSEC, Canada reports on billions of dollars in “military goods” sold to governments considered repressive

Photo: Ottawa Police shove an activist protesting the CANSEC arms show. The UK Supreme Court has ruled there should be a certain degree of...

Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh killed by Israel Defence Forces remembered at Stop CANSEC protest in Ottawa

On May 31, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was remembered at a protest outside the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa, Canada. Among the exhibitors at...

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...
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