Yearly Archives: 2026

Gitxsan, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg and Wolastoq land defenders oppose mines linked to U.S. weapons production

Photo: Gitxsan land defender Kolin Sutherland-Wilson speaks at ILPS conference in Ottawa; May 26, 2026. Photo by Radyo Migrante TO. The Canadian Association of Defence...

Human rights defenders block access to Eurosatory arms fair near Paris to protest Israeli weapons companies

Photo by Association France Palestine Solidarité. This morning, the Dublin, Ireland-based Front Line Defenders and HRD Memorial released their Global Analysis 2025/26 report that documents that...

More than 358 human rights defenders were killed around the world in 2025: Front Line Defenders and HRD Memorial report

The Global Analysis 2025/26 report produced by Front Line Defenders and HRD Memorial has found: “At least 358 human rights defenders from 28 different...

PBI-Mexico accompanies National March in Mexico City against the forced disappearance of persons in lead-up to FIFA World Cup

Photo by Cerezo Committee. On May 30, the Cerezo Committee posted on social media: “We wrapped up the march and activities for International Week of...

PBI-Canada attentive to UN Human Rights Council session on digital surveillance, notes RCMP surveillance of Indigenous land defenders

Image from cover of “Pushed into the Shadows” report. PBI-Canada is attentive to the upcoming session on June 23, 2026, at the United Nations Human...

How a submarine purchase and arms fairs are worsening security risks for Indigenous land defenders and human rights activists

Photo: The police response to the protest organized by the Shut Down CANSEC campaign in Ottawa, May 28, 2026. As part of our commitment at...

PBI-Canada notes while the UN has called for strengthening the CORE, the Canadian government has “eliminated” the position

Photo: On September 29, 2025, PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico accompanied two representatives from Espacio OSC at a meeting in Ottawa with Terrence Cowl, the Deputy...

OCHRP, Migrante Ottawa, BAYAN warn Canada’s deepening military cooperation with the Philippines will worsen the human rights crisis

Photo: The Ottawa Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (OCHRP), Anakbayan and Migrante Ottawa rally outside the Department of Defence building in Ottawa,...

Sentencing of Rheinmetall representative who assaulted woman at protest against CANSEC arms show in Ottawa scheduled for July 13

Video still of the assault on May 29, 2024, outside CANSEC. On June 8, CBC News reported that a Swiss man, an employee of the...

Amnesty International, lawyers, and public figures comment on the terrorism-related provisions in the sentencing of the Filton 4

Photo: The Filton 4, from left to right: Charlotte (Lottie) Head, 29; Leona (Ellie) Kamio, 30; Sam Corner, 23; and Fatema Rajwani, 21. The Guardian...
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