In these last few hours before the new year, we ask that you donate to help make possible our efforts to improve the security situation for human rights defenders in Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia. This includes six webinars to amplify the voices of these defenders to the world, encourage Read more…
Photo: PBI accompanied defenders with Working Group chairperson Fernanda Hopenhaym. PBI-Switzerland has noted: “Four PBI-supported human rights defenders participated in the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights in Geneva, as part of an international delegation representing environmental and social rights struggles.” They add: “Among the defenders supported by PBI Read more…
Your support between now and the end of this year will shape what will be possible for us to do in 2025 and into 2026. As we continue to meet with accompanied defenders, we know that the situations they face are truly perilous, that the megaprojects they struggle against often Read more…
Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP has released its Annual Report 2023-2024. On page 8, the CRCC provides its first formal public communication on the status of the investigation into the Read more…
Year-end donations are a crucial for us to sustain our work in the coming year. We will be sharing more about what we did in 2024 and our plans for 2025, but for now we wanted to highlight the following ways to support us: Donations by Interac e-Transfer: Email your Read more…
First posted on November 1, 2024. Photo: PBI-Honduras and PBI-Canada stand beside the Guapinol River threatened by the Los Pinares megaproject, October 30. SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson arrives at Palmerola International Airport in Comayagua, a city located approximately 86 kilometres from Tegucigalpa. Photo: Palmerola airport. Contra Corriente Read more…
First posted on October 25, 2024. On October 24, Peace Brigades International-Canada held a webinar focused on the United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia, the upcoming negotiations in Geneva on the UN Binding Treaty on business and human rights, and the crucial protection needs of environmental defenders. Target 22 Read more…
First posted on November 27, 2024. Photo: Gitanyow Simgiget (Hereditary Chiefs) burn a “benefits agreement” on the PRGT pipeline as they close their territories to all traffic related to the megaproject, August 22, 2024. The National Observer reports that the fate of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is now in Read more…
First posted on November 25, 2024. An organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) was arrested in Ottawa on the morning of Sunday November 24. Instagram video of arrest and reading of charges. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) media release states: “She has been charged with public mischief X2, obstruction of police, Read more…
First posted on November 27, 2024. Video still: A military helicopter takes Ferney Salcedo, Yulivel Leal and four other social leaders from the villages of Venturosa and Platanales following their arrest on November 27, 2018. Video by Prensa Libre Casanare. Today is the 6th anniversary of the arrest of eight community Read more…