The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has opened the call to select volunteers who would join the field teams in Colombia starting in July/August 2020. Volunteers are based in Bogotá, Barrancabermeja and Apartadó. The deadline to apply is October 11. Following that, key dates include: Between November 2019 and January 2020 Read more…
On July 26, Peace Brigades International-Canada was present for the rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa organized in solidarity with the “march for life and the defence of social leaders” in Colombia global day of action. In Canada, rallies also took place in Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal and Quebec City. Prior Read more…
On July 29, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted, “Yesterday we accompanied the Chicoyogüito community in commemorating the eviction of their lands on July 28, 1968. The ceremony took place outside the Creompaz facilities.” CREOMPAZ is a United Nations training base for peacekeepers, located about 220 kilometres north-east of Guatemala Read more…
On July 30, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on its Facebook page, “On Saturday, July 20, PBI-Honduras Project attended the forum ‘Walking the Tightrope’, organized by ASOPODEHU in collaboration with the [Colombia-based] Foundation for Press Freedom – FLIP, in the city of Marcala, La Paz.” PBI-Honduras adds, “There we Read more…
Global Witness is an international human rights organization with offices in London, Brussels and Washington. Each year it produces an annual report on the harassment and killing of land and environmental defenders around the world. This year’s report – Enemies of the State? How governments and business silence land and Read more…
On April 27, 2013, private security forces employed by Tahoe Resources began shooting at land defenders opposed to the Escobal silver mine, located about 75 kilometres southeast of Guatemala City. Misael Martinez told Al Jazeera, “We were peacefully protesting at the site, in front of the entrance to the mine.” Read more…
Greta Thunberg’s upcoming visit to Mexico this fall could draw attention to the crucial role at-risk human rights defenders play in upholding our shared right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Thunberg will be sailing across the Atlantic Ocean this August to attend the United Nations Climate Action Read more…
This coming November 27th will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mexican human rights defender Mariano Abarca Roblero. Abarca opposed Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration’s open-pit La Revancha barite mine in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The Toronto Star has reported, “Opposition to the mine was led by two Read more…
On July 26, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project was present for the “march for life and the defence of social leaders” in Bogota, Barrancabermeja and Apartado, the three cities where PBI-Colombia volunteers are based. An Al Jazeera article reports, “Thousands have marched in cities across Colombia to protest against the Read more…
On July 25, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted (in Spanish) on Twitter, “We express our concern about the recent acts of harassment [the Saltillo Migrant Shelter] has suffered.” On July 24, AJ+ Espanol tweeted (in Spanish), “’What they are doing is in violation of the law!’ This said the Read more…