Video: “Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists” on November 19, 2021 (Democracy Now!) There are new questions and concerns about the status of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) investigation into the RCMP C-IRG (now rebranded as CRU-BC) following the news that “the...
Read moreVideo: Green Party MP Elizabeth May asks in the House of Commons about the future of the CORE, October 20, 2025. On September 29, PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico accompanied two representatives from Espacio OSC at a meeting in Ottawa with Terrence Cowl, the Deputy Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE). Then...
Read morePhoto: The camp at the Eagle’s Nest project. Photo from Wyloo. The Toronto Star reports: “Premier Doug Ford says he is ramping up plans to mine critical minerals in Ontario’s environmentally sensitive Ring of Fire after reaching a $39.5 million road-building partnership with a local First Nations community.” “The partnership...
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Photo: “Armed attacks and risk of forced displacement in Coahuayula, El Ranchual and La Laguna de Calvillo, Michoacán”. Image from Red TDT. The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media: “We express our concern about the situation of violence in Coahuayula, Michoacán. We reiterate the importance of safeguarding Read more
Photo: A PBI-Honduras field volunteer meets with representatives of the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras in Tegucigalpa. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project is seeking field volunteers. In their Call for Volunteers, they highlight that they offer “the possibility of obtaining first-hand experience and knowledge in relation to the human rights Read more
Peace Brigades International has released its Annual Review for 2024 titled Together We Rise: Standing Up for Equality, Justice, and the Future of Our Planet. Holistic protection It notes that “PBI takes a holistic view of protection” that includes: Protective accompaniment: Highly trained volunteers from around the world physically accompany Read more
Photo: On October 31, 2024, PBI-Honduras and PBI-Canada visited with Mabel Robledo in Nueva Armenia on Garifuna territory in Honduras. The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) has noted: “Mabel Robledo is quiet but firm, qualities she uses to lead the Nueva Armenia Land Defense Committee, Read more
On October 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media: “Yesterday, we observed the hearing against Juan Carlos Cruz of the Police Directorate of Investigations (DPI) and the ex-police Miguel Arcangel Rosales, accused of covering up the murder of Berta Cáceres by crimes of misuse of records intended Read more
On October 24, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “Yesterday #PBI observed a Mayan ceremony in honor of the lawyer and defender of human rights Ramón Cadena. It was carried out by several indigenous communities and organizations and farmworkers which Ramón supported in the years of his Read more
The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project visited the Ogiek community in Sasumwani, Narok County, in collaboration with the Ogiek People’s Development Programme, in early-July 2025. PBI-Kenya visited to “support ongoing psychosocial healing and accompany community-based human rights defenders in their efforts.” The PBI-Kenya article about this can be read at: No Read more