Yearly Archives: 2024

Statements on horse-mounted police units and the human right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association

Photo: Victoria Police at the Land Forces arms show in Naarm/Melbourne, September 2024. Photo by Alex Bainbridge/Green Left. CBC reports: “Ottawa police plan to introduce...

Does DEFSEC Atlantic have human rights obligations following the ICJ ruling on plausible genocide?

Photo: Protest against DEFSEC Atlantic 2023. The Canadian Defence Security & Aerospace Exhibition Atlantic, or DEFSEC Atlantic, will take place this coming October 1-3 in...

Racist comments by RCMP officers in Coquitlam condemned, while C-IRG actions remain unresolved

Video still of Sleydo’ being arrested by the C-IRG, November 2021. CBC reports: “B.C.'s public safety minister has condemned the alleged conduct of Coquitlam RCMP...

European Parliament debate denounces the criminalization of Canadian environmental defender Paul Watson

Video still: French MEP Emma Fourreau. On September 19, the European Parliament held a plenary session on the “Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger...

PBI-Colombia expresses deep concern about the security situation of ADISPA president Jani Silva

PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We at @PBIColombia share our deep concern about the security situation of leader Jani Silva @ADISPA_ZRCPA . It is...

PBI-Guatemala accompanies San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community at hearing of criminalized ancestral authority

On September 13, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanies the San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community to the third public and oral debate hearing of an ancestral...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community as impunity continues six months after the murder of two members

PBI-Colombia has posted: “We continue to accompany the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó who, continue to defend the territory and build alternatives from...

PBI-Canada and CFSC (Quakers) hold webinar on Canadian arms exports to Israel and the call for an arms embargo

On September 18, the Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) and PBI-Canada jointly organized a webinar, moderated by Sandra Wiens, to coincide with the six-month...

PBI-Canada looks to PBI-UK joint pre-election statement on what politicians can do to support human rights defenders

Photo: The Palace of Westminster in London, England that houses the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The next federal election in Canada...

PBI-Honduras accompanies CMDBCP as it demands independent investigation into the murder of Guapinol River defender Juan López

PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today we are accompanying the press conference of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods. The Committee demands that...
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