RCMP photo: Black Hawk helicopters will be deployed to the New Brunswick-US border on Wednesday February 5. The National Post reports: “Canada has agreed to deploy its $1.3-billion border enhancement plan along with thousands of frontline personnel to strengthen security on the U.S. boundary in exchange for the White House Read more…
PBI-Kenya has posted: “Recently, Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) Toolkit Organizers (TOs) Cohort 1 held their first Monthly Movement Meeting of the year at Kwacha Africa in Malindi (Shela Ward). They checked in on each other, mapped out a year-long plan with concrete actions and roles, and wrapped up the Read more…
Video still: “The last six months in jail I was blind, but thanks to PBI’s monitoring I could see my freedom after so many years.” PBI-Colombia has reposted: “In a historic ruling, the Review Section of the @JEP_Colombia [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] acquitted in the first instance the Human Rights Read more…
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…
Video still of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s media conference, February 1, 2025. Yesterday, Saturday February 1, CBC reported: “[US president Donald] Trump launched a trade war against Canada … by imposing a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all goods from this country — an unprecedented strike against a long-standing Read more…
Organizations accompanied by Peace Brigades International-Honduras – including the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication (ARCAH), the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) and the LGTBI rights group Arcoiris – along with affiliated organizations including the Municipal Committee in Defence Read more…
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-Honduras has posted: “Together with ARCAH and Peace Brigades International Deutschland, we accompany the German Embassy in Honduras during a visit to Rio Grande or Choluteca in Aldea Loarque, Tegucigalpa. ARCAH defenders shared about the importance of creating legislation on atmospheric pollution in Honduras and denounced the river pollution allegedly Read more…
Photo: RCMP officers approach Black Hawk helicopter. On January 30, the Montreal Gazette reported: “Facing the threat of U.S. trade tariffs, the RCMP has deployed a new Black Hawk helicopter to bolster patrols along the Quebec-U.S. border, a move the RCMP says signals to Washington that Canada is serious about Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- at the beginning of the second trial of the #AchíWomen case against three former patrol members accused of sexual violence and crimes against the duties of humanity during the Internal Armed Conflict. A ceremony was held in Read more…