Yearly Archives: 2026

CRCC report on the RCMP C-IRG could be released soon, new majority government in British Columbia promises to build more faster

Photo: Conservative Party leader Lorne Doerkson. The Conservative Party of British Columbia has won a majority in the 93-seat Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The...

Americas Policy Group calls on Canadian government to ensure justice for murdered Guatemalan lawyer Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa

Image from APG on Instagram. Lawyer Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa was killed on Saturday October 17, 2026, in Guatemala City. He was buried on Tuesday October...

VIDEO 2: PBI-Honduras volunteer Jeanne encourages field volunteer applications by October 30

In this video, Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project volunteer Jeanne talks about being a PBI-Honduras field volunteer (brigadista) as the project calls for applications (deadline...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is implicated in attacks against human rights defenders; how is the AFP being armed?

Photo by the AFP. Global Witness has documented that between 2012 and 2024, at least 306 land and environmental defenders have been killed in the...

PBI-Canada attentive to the implications of the upcoming Canada-EU summit in Montreal for human rights defenders

Photo: Canadian Prime Minister Carney, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Strasbourg,...

Global unions to converge in Bogota in solidarity with Colombian trade union movement, October 29-30

There will be a International Trade Union Solidarity Mission to Colombia ("Mision Sindical Internacional de Solidaridad con Colombia") gathering in Bogota this coming Thursday...

PBI-Canada to watch witnesses from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador present to the IACHR/CIDH on threats against environmental defenders

Image from CIDH YouTube channel. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) notes: “The IACHR will hold a hearing on the international obligations of Canadian...

What does the Canadian government’s “value-based realism” on arms exports mean for human rights defenders, journalists and LGBT rights?

Photo and joint statement: “Canada and Türkiye are bound together by shared values: human rights, individual liberties, democracy and the rule of law.” At the...

PBI-Guatemala observes sentencing of seven police officers convicted in the homophobic killing of Canadian and Q’eqchi’ Maya couple

The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted on social media: “Yesterday , #PBIobserves the reading of the verdict in the #Chimaltenango Extrajudicial Executions case. The...

PBI-UK “Overdue Diligence” report cites five case studies in their call for a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act in the UK

Our colleagues at Peace Brigades International (PBI) UK Section have produced a report titled Overdue Diligence: Why Human Rights Defenders Still Need a UK...
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