Video still: How Canada helps build Israel’s fighter jets (The Breach, April 11, 2024) The Associated Press reports: “Human rights groups returned to a Dutch court Friday [June 29] seeking stricter enforcement of a court order to halt Dutch exports to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets used in Read more…
During the Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations at the United Nations Human Rights Council session on June 6 in Geneva, Switzerland, Peace Brigades International expressed “its concerns about violence in business investment contexts in Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.” The full statement is as follows: “In Colombia, we continue to observe Read more…
Photo: PBI-Mexico was part of the Civilian Observation Mission (MCO) in July 2023 documenting concerns about this megaproject. El Universal Oaxaca reports: “The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project has been developed in Oaxaca through authoritarian methods that include cases of disappearance and forced displacement of indigenous Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday [June 24], we attended the Assembly of the @CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] El Progreso. The organization has been defending the rights of the peasantry for more than 30 years, claiming their access to land and supporting the development of agricultural production and small livestock Read more…
On June 26, PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson took part in a civil society meeting with Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Michael Phoenix, Head of Research and Campaigns. We raised our concerns related to Frontera Energy, TC Energy and Enbridge and Read more…
Photo: The Civil Force in Veracruz. The Associated Press has reported: “Two people were killed Thursday [June 20] when locals protesting alleged water contamination by a pork processing plant clashed with police in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz.” “Residents of the community of San Antonio Limon had been Read more…
PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied the Peace Community @sanjoapartado, touring the villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo in #Urabá. Their community work strengthens the defense of the territory from food sovereignty. We recognize this political project, which persists in search of peace and respect for life. #WeArePBI” Moira Birss, Read more…
PBI-Kenya has posted: ‘We express our grave concern about the reports of disappearances of Oguda, Osama, Drey, TemperCR7, Harriet, Shad, Franje, Worldsmith and Hilla254. Before this, Billy, Dr Omondi and Leslie Muturi had also been disappeared and later returned. Billy and Dr Omondi were found at Nairobi police stations. There Read more…
Photo: PBI-Guatemala at the commemoration ceremony at the Memorial of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, Landscapes of Memory that is located at the former San Juan Comalapa military base. On June 22, PBI-Guatemala posted: “On the National Day Against #Forced Disappearance, #PBI accompanies Famdegua Guatemala [the Association of Relatives of Read more…
Video still: “The conflict continues: Yaqui members started to dismantle the pipeline” Meganoticias reports: “After 8 years of struggle to prevent the passage of the gas pipeline through Loma de Bácum [in the state of Sonora], the resistance by the traditional guard continues…” “The Guyamas-El Oro gas pipeline would pass Read more…