PBI-Mexico accompanies the People’s Front at press conference demanding justice for Samir Flores Soberanes

PBI-Mexico has posted: “In the framework of the Global Day: Justice for Samir Flores Soberanes! 6 years of impunity, yesterday we accompanied the @fpdtampt [the People’s Front in Defense of Land and Water, Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala] in the press conference and delivery of documentation for Justice for the murder of the Read more…

PBI-Mexico accompanies Red Solidaria DH at cultural rally in Morelia for disappeared environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo

PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “On Saturday, February 8, #PBI accompanied the Human Rights Solidarity Network in Morelia, Michoacán, to a cultural rally to draw attention to the disappearance of the environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado. During the activity there were readings of stories and poems, a memory tree Read more…

Listen to 35-minute Spanish-language Proceso “Surviving Violence” podcast on Peace Brigades International in Mexico

Proceso notes: “Episode 2. With the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas in 1994, international brigadistas began to arrive in Mexico. Empathy with the indigenous rebellion led many to want to know directly about social injustices and protect – even as human shields – the Indigenous peoples who have taken up arms. Read more…

Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center calls for the release of Indigenous Amuzga rights defender Kenia Hérnandez

The Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center (CDHZL) “accompanies processes of struggle of different Indigenous communities, peoples and collectives that seek a dignified life through the exercise of the demand of their human rights.” Zeferino Ladrillero is based in the municipality of Atizapán, in the state of Mexico, Mexico. As one Read more…

Ayuuk environmental defender Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, an opponent of the Interoceanic megaproject, killed in Mexico

Photo: Arnoldo Nicolás Romero. Mongabay reports: “Ayuuk leader Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, a municipal commissioner of the Buena Vista ejido in San Juan Guichicovi, a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, was found dead Jan. 21.” El Universal highlights: ”Nicolás Romero was known for being a fierce detractor Read more…

Canada to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, implications for mining companies and human rights defenders

Video still: On February 4, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations would give police “more powers to… track the money, follow the assets and disrupt the activities of cartels.” CBC reports: “U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his plan to levy tariffs on Canada Read more…

Implications of pause and possible closure of USAID on HRDs in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia

Photo: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, November 2024. The Associated Press reports: “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the weekend impugning the agency that has contributed Read more…

PBI-UK notes win by farmers against LSE listed mining company in Mexico, the environmental defenders killed after denouncing abuses

Image from PBI-UK report: The Case For Change: Why human rights defenders need a UK law on mandatory due diligence. PBI-UK has posted on X/Twitter: “WIN! Court confirms UK-registered company owes farmers in El Bajío over £5 million for gold illegally extracted from community land. Environmental defenders were murdered after Read more…

PBI-Canada to follow the human rights implications of RCMP Black Hawk helicopters deployed at US-Canada border

Photo: Heavily armed RCMP officers onboard a Black Hawk helicopter near the Alberta-Montana border, January 29, 2025. Peace Brigades International has accompanied the struggle for migrant rights, notably the Saltillo Migrant Shelter in Mexico. The Saltillo Migrant Shelter is situated in the state of Coahuila which shares a 512-kilometre border Read more…

PBI-Mexico amplifies Red Solidaria DH concern about disappeared environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado

Photo: Heriberto Paredes/ Pie de Página. PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “The Human Rights Solidarity Network draws attention to the situation of insecurity in the community of Coahuayula, community of human rights defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado, missing since March 19, 2024, and whose family is accompanied in the process Read more…