Yearly Archives: 2023

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at 11th hearing in “Maestro case” for Cahabón River defender Bernardo Caal Xol

On March 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies to the Human Rights Law Firm at the trial of oral and public debate, in the conclusion phase,...

“There have been no physical injuries as a result of any enforcement actions” by the C-IRG: RCMP Sgt. Kris Clark

Photo: “RCMP arresting old-growth activists at the Caycuse blockade demonstrated a higher level of force than earlier in the week. Screen grab...

Biden and Trudeau should commit this week to the rights of environmental human rights defenders

Photo: Protest against Line 3 pipeline. Photo by Joshua Partlow/The Washington Post. When US President Joe Biden visits Ottawa on Thursday March 23 and Friday...

RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) to receive $36 million to “put in place permanent funding for dedicated officers”

To date, the RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) in British Columbia has been made up of officers who volunteer to take part in the...

PBI field volunteer webinar, April 2

I hope you can join us on Sunday April 2 at 1 pm ET to hear Romina (Argentina) and Valentina (Italy) from PBI-Honduras and...

US President Joe Biden will be in Ottawa on March 23-24, but human rights, peace and the environment will not top the agenda

Photo: Then Vice-President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, December 2016. Photo by Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press. US...

Lawyer Noah Ross: The C-IRG should be disbanded or at least its operations stopped during CRCC investigation

Photo of Noah Ross by Jerome Turner. On March 9, the Ottawa-based Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) announced that it would be conducting a...

PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA in preparing for humanitarian tour to Northeast Antioquia

On March 16, the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) tweeted: “#Barrancabermeja. We are preparing for the humanitarian tour to...

RCMP “E” Division says its “lawful obligations” take priority over Hereditary Chiefs ban on C-IRG on Gitxsan territory

Photo: Heavily-armed RCMP on Gitxsan territory, November 2021. On March 9, the Terrace Standard reported: “Gitxsan hereditary chiefs issued a notice this week prohibiting the RCMP’s...

Secwepemc Hereditary Matriarch Miranda Dick among those arrested at ceremonies resisting Trans Mountain pipeline

Photo (left to right): Heather Lamoureux, Billie Pierre, April Thomas, Miranda Dick, Saw-ses, Susan Bibbings, Romilly Cavanaugh, Laura Zadorozny. On February 22, six land defenders...
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