Mexico

Ontario companies export armoured vehicles to police forces implicated in human rights violations

Photo: Roshel Inc., an Ontario-based company trying to export its armoured vehicles to Israel, will be an exhibitor at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 29-30. There are human rights concerns about how some armoured vehicles manufactured in Ontario are used by security forces around the world. The human Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at highway blockade at Cholula garbage dump

On March 21st, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “Today PBI accompanies the @fpdtampt [Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water] at a protest against the landfill in San Pedro Cholula. We urge state and federal agencies, such as @Segob_Puebla [the Secretary of the Interior of the State of Puebla] and @AmbientePuebla [Environment Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico to observe protest demanding closure of Cholula Landfill given concerns about air and water pollution

Photo: “Demonstration. Out landfill! We demand total cancellation and abandonment plan.” PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “In the framework of our accompaniment of the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water – Puebla, Tlaxcala, Morelos, brigadistas of PBI Mexico will be present in San Pedro Cholula as international observers Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico present at International Women’s Day march in Cuernavaca, Morelos where femicides continue

On March 15, PBI-Mexico posted on Instagram and Facebook: “A week ago, we were present as international observers at #M8 [International Women’s Day] in #Cuernavaca. From PBI, we accompany women demanding an end to impunity in cases of rape, disappearances and violence against them. We demand guarantees for their #HumanRIghts.” Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico accompanies Red Solidaria DH, recognizes the collective rights of the Indigenous Nahua peoples of Santa Maria Ostula

Photo: “In Ostula, the people rule and the government obeys” PBI-Mexico has posted: “The work carried out by the Indigenous government of the community of Santa María Ostula is an extremely important reference not only for the inhabitants of the Nahua community, but also for the Human Rights Solidarity Network Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico visits with Comite Cerezo as they highlight “the issue of the genocide against the Palestinian people”

The PBI-Mexico Project has tweeted: “Thank you very much @comitecerezo for always opening the doors to us to discuss the context of #human rights in Mexico and sharing these moments of exchange.” This followed the Comite Cerezo tweeting: “Grateful for the visit of the volunteers of the Peace Brigades International Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico accompanies family of Náhuatl land defender Samir Flores on the fifth anniversary of his murder

On February 20, PBI-Mexico posted: “It has been 5 years since the murder of Samir Flores. We remember Samir as one of the referents of the work in defense of #human rights and indigenous peoples in Mexico. From @PBI_Mexico we accompany his family today in the community of Amilcingo.” Latinus Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico accompanies acquittal of Nahuatl water protector Miguel López Vega criminalized for defending the Metlapanapa River

PBI-Mexico has posted: “PBI also accompanies the victory. We remember this long road and we feel very happy because Miguel López Vega was acquitted of all charges against him, he defeated the criminalization of his legitimate work in defense of the Metlapanapa River and the right of the Nahua peoples Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico celebrates Federal Court ruling that recognizes Indigenous Rarámuri community’s ancestral rights, annuls forestry permits

Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanied the Indigenous forest community supported by CONTEC when they blocked the Creel-San Rafael  highway for five hours on November 19, 2022, in a protest demanding legal recognition of their territory. PBI-Mexico has posted: “PBI-Mexico celebrates the recognition of the ancestral lands of the Indigenous Rarámuri forest community Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago