Photo: 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...
Read morePhoto: “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 morePhoto: 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...
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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
The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on social media: “We accompany @fundacionnydiaerikabautista [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation – FNEB] on National Women Searchers Day, in an act of recognition for those who have contributed tirelessly to uncovering the truth in Colombia. We celebrate the strength of sisterhood among women Read more
Photo: Finance minister François-Philippe Champagne will table the next federal budget on November 4, 2025. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has just released its Alternative federal budget 2026. PBI-Canada notes the inclusion of human rights defenders in this AFB. In the AFB chapter on International cooperation notes: “Demonstrating Read more