Yearly Archives: 2025

Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center calls for the release of Indigenous Amuzga rights defender Kenia Hérnandez

The Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center (CDHZL) “accompanies processes of struggle of different Indigenous communities, peoples and collectives that seek a dignified life through...

Ayuuk environmental defender Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, an opponent of the Interoceanic megaproject, killed in Mexico

Photo: Arnoldo Nicolás Romero. Mongabay reports: “Ayuuk leader Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, a municipal commissioner of the Buena Vista ejido in San Juan Guichicovi, a town...

Questions arise about Canada’s planned purchase of F-35 fighter jets due to the imminent threat of US tariffs

Photo: A mock-up of an F-35 at Rockcliffe Airport, Ottawa. US president Donald Trump’s tariff war with Canada is raising questions about the Trudeau government’s...

Canada to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, implications for mining companies and human rights defenders

Video still: On February 4, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations would give police “more powers to…...

PBI-Kenya accompanied Phyllis Omido and CJGEA cautiously celebrate halt to proposed nuclear power plant

Photo: PBI-Kenya meets with the Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA) to discuss various matters, including potential security issues for the defenders...

PBI-Colombia accompanies Humanitarian Caravan that seeks an end to armed violence against civilians in Catatumbo

Photo by the Luis Carlos Pérez Collective Lawyers Corporation (CCALCP). Update PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We join the urgent call of the organizations and social...

The rush to deploy “frontline personnel” to the border to avoid Trump’s tariffs overlooks human rights concerns about militarization

RCMP photo: Black Hawk helicopters will be deployed to the New Brunswick-US border on Wednesday February 5. The National Post reports: “Canada has agreed to...

PBI-Kenya meets with Women Human Rights Defenders, supports their work against the colonial legacy of violence

PBI-Kenya has posted: “Recently, Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) Toolkit Organizers (TOs) Cohort 1 held their first Monthly Movement Meeting of the year at Kwacha...

PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS founding member David Rabelo Crespo acquitted after 15 years

Video still: “The last six months in jail I was blind, but thanks to PBI’s monitoring I could see my freedom after so many...

Implications of pause and possible closure of USAID on HRDs in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia

Photo: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, November 2024. The Associated Press reports: “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since...
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