Amnesty International has released their 410-page report The State of the World’s Human Rights (April 2025). In the section on Canada (on page 120), Amnesty International highlights: IRRESPONSIBLE ARMS TRANSFERS: “Canada continued to export arms and military equipment to countries despite lack of accountability for past violations and substantial risks that they Read more
Amnesty International has released their 410-page report The State of the World’s Human Rights (April 2025). The Amnesty International report highlights the situation for human rights defenders in a dedicated section for Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Indonesia. It also references the situation in Mexico, Nicaragua, Kenya, Nepal and Indonesia. Furthermore Read more
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBIaccompanies the Human Rights Law Firm to a hearing of the #HogarSeguro case. The case concerns the fire that occurred on March 8, 2017, inside Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción, where 41 girls died and 15 were seriously injured. There are 8 people who have Read more
On April 28, PBI-Colombia posted on social media: “Four years after the social outbreak in Colombia, human rights organizations continue to demand truth, justice and reparation through the creation of a Truth Commission for the events that occurred during the protests from 2019 to 2021. In this week of commemoration, Read more
Video still: Prime Minister Mark Carney on election night. As of today, the morning after the April 28 federal election in Canada, it appears that there will be a Liberal minority government. CBC chart highlights seat count and popular vote. While any foreign policy was dominated by US-Canada relations (and Read more
The Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre has posted on social media: “After Marco Antonio Suástegui Muñoz, historical leader of CECOP, was attacked by a gunman when he was leaving Icacos beach, today we unfortunately received the news that he lost his life, after 8 days in the hospital in Acapulco trying Read more
The Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) has posted on social media: “Barrancabermeja, Santander Peace is built with communities! We unite in a space for dialogue and coming together for the real transformation of Northeastern Antioquia and South Bolivar. We met in an Intermunicipal Assembly Read more
PBI-Canada photo: Protest in Ottawa against Balikatan. “Balikatan” is an annual military training exercise held by the Philippines and the United States. This year it is taking place on the island of Luzon, the Batanes Islands and Zambales from April 21 to May 9 with Colombia, Indonesia, Germany, the UK, Read more
Photo: Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC). The CBC reports: “Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs, worries the current push to approve new projects [framed as breaking “Canada’s dependence on the U.S. energy economy”] will sideline environmental concerns.” The article adds: “Marsden Read more
On April 11, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, posted on social media: “At #HRC58 [the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council] I welcomed #Canada’s support for human rights defenders abroad. But I had to say it: Canadian extractive mining companies are putting Read more