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UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on official visit to Canada, March 1 to 10

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Photo: UN Special Rapporteur José Francisco Calí Tzay The United Nations has announced: “The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco...

“Society is rightly concerned with how a special unit of RCMP (C-IRG) acts with impunity” – Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’

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This Gidimt’en Checkpoint media release notes: “A dozen Wet’suwet’en land defenders and supporters have applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to have criminal...

The CANSEC arms fair, Canadian arms exports and concerns about their impacts on human rights in Colombia

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Christyn Cianfarani, the president of CADSI, “the national voice of more than 900 Canadian defence and security companies” and the organizer of the annual...

PBI-Honduras visits the campesina community El Arrayán, Nueva Esperanza with the National Union of Rural Workers

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On February 27, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Last week we visited the campesina base "El Arrayán, Nueva Esperanza", in Comayagua, together with the Dutch embassy and the...

Peace Brigades International supports call for consensus renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

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Peace Brigades International has joined with 168 other organizations in signing this letter to all UN member states: “Human rights defenders are people who act...

Minneapolis police arrest Nenoocaasi Camp defenders as efforts continue to convert former Roof Depot site into community hub

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Photo: Plains Cree land defender Rachel Thunder stands outside Roof Depot, February 21, 2023. Photo by Jaida Grey Eagle/Sahan Journal. On February 22, MPR News...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at 7th anniversary of resistance to antimony mine

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On February 26, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanied the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula and its communities in the commemoration of the Seventh...

PBI-Colombia accompanies the 26th anniversary of Operation Genesis in Cacarica

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On February 24, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “26 years #OperationGenesis #Cacarica. CAVIDA and Clamores, in the midst of impunity and state neglect, persist and make...

PBI-Guatemala observes march on the National Day of Dignity for the Victims of the Armed Conflict

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On February 24, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBIaccompanies Today we observe the March for Dignification of Victims of Armed Conflict. This day is commemorated because on February 25, 1999,...

Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska in court after being criminalized for opposing Line 3 pipeline by Enbridge-funded police

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Tara Houska. Photo by MPR News. On February 23, water protector Tara Zhaabowekwe Houska posted: “Tomorrow at 1:30pm, I’ll appear at my first hearing on multiple...
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