Photo: “PBI Mexico volunteers in activities to accompany the People’s Front in Defense of Land and Water, in the municipality of Nealtican, Puebla, October 2025.” The most recent PBI-Mexico e-newsletter notes: “During the months of September and October, PBI Mexico continued to accompany defenders and organizations in their work for Read more
Human rights organizations, movements and processes from numerous countries including Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, recently met alongside international organizations at a Meeting for the Right to Defend Human Rights in Latin America. Two Peace Brigades International – CEHPRODEC in Honduras and Espacio OSC in Mexico – signed a statement Read more
While Mexican human rights defenders Elizabeth Mosqueda and Hugo Arreola were in Canada on an advocacy visit this past September, they were interviewed by RCI journalist Paloma Martínez Méndez. Today, RCI published her feature article: Canada asked to strengthen protection for defenders and journalists. Key excerpts from the article include: Read more
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: 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
Photo: On April 28, 2025, PBI-Colombia accompanied Nomadesc at a commemorations of the National Strike of 2021 and the demand for a Truth Commission to address the 75 murders and 3,000 cases of physical violence. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2025 reports: “Trade unionists paid the Read more
On October 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “PBI Mexico supports the launch of the #ProtegerLaDignidad [Protecting Dignity] campaign by @EspacioOsc [the Civil Society Space of Organizations]. Organizations, government agencies, embassies, and agencies of @ONUMX [the United Nations in Mexico] are participating. The campaign includes the Read more
On October 9, Stuart Trew, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT). Trew noted in his presentation: “In light of the new Canada-Mexico Action Read more
The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media: “Yesterday, 26 September, marked 11 years since the disappearance of the 43 students from #Ayotzinapa. Mothers, fathers, collectives and organisations continue to raise their voices for memory, truth and justice. PBI Mexico was present accompanying: 🔹 The march in Mexico Read more
Héctor Hugo Arreola Galván and Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera from the Civil Society Space of Organizations (Espacio OSC) in Mexico recently concluded their visit to Ottawa where they highlighted proposals to improve the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. They were accompanied by Manuel Jabonero Prieto, the advocacy Read more