Yearly Archives: 2026

Quebec urged to “consider the risks of potential violations of international humanitarian law” as General Dynamics facility expands

Photo: The group “Stop General Dynamics” organized a protest at the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield facility on May 30, 2026. The Rover, a Quebec-based reader-funded investigative journalism project,...

Indigenous Summit for Life summons Colombian President de la Espriella for direct dialogue on November 14

Photo: The Indigenous Summit and Social Mobilization for Life. The Peace Brigades International accompanied Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) has posted on social...

The Mobile Anti-Riot Squads (ESMAD), the police unit implicated in multiple killings, returns in Colombia

Photo: In May 2026, PBI-Colombia accompanied dhColombia at the hearings in the case of Castillo de la Ossa who was killed by the Esmad. The...

Indigenous rights defenders mobilize for National Day of Action at First Nations-First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, October 26

Image for National Day of Action. The Canadian Press reports: “The premiers, Carney and First Nations representatives are set to meet in...

Guatemalan human rights defender Leocadio Juracán to speak on Denman Island, November 1

Leocadio Juracán, the agrarian reform coordinator of the Campesino Committee of the Altiplano (CCDA), will be speaking on Denman Island, British Columbia on Sunday...

“Strengthening accompaniment”: Peace Brigades International-Canada annual review 2026 (the year so far)

Photo: PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson at a People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water protest in Mexico City, February 2026. Throughout 2026, Peace Brigades...

What organizations, defenders and communities does PBI accompany in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico?

The websites of the Peace Brigades International projects in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico each list the organizations, defenders and communities that they physically...

Credhos and CSPP raise concerns about the right to protest in Colombia with the implementation of Decree 1525

Photo: ASCAMCAT took part in mobilizations held in Cúcuta, Ocaña, and Pamplona on October 14, 2026. Tens of thousands of trade union members, social movement...

Looking back at the CAJAR legal defence of three trade unionists at Ecopulpack S.A.S. in Colombia

In November 2024, the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (Cajar) posted: “Criminal Judge 2 of the Zipaquira Circuit, Gabriel Darío Hincapié, acquitted three trade...

What happened to the Wet’suwet’en petition to the IACHR about RCMP C-IRG violence against land and environmental defenders?

Video still: Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’ addresses the IACHR virtual hearing, July 10, 2023. On July 10, 2023, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks and Sleydo’, Wing...
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