Photo: On February 24, we held our first webinar of the year focused on the situation of human rights defenders in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. This year PBI-Canada has a schedule of confirmed and planned webinars that we hope you will find of interest, that will provide important Read more…
On March 22, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today, on the #WorldWaterDay #PBI accompanies to the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu in their activities to vindicate their fight for vital liquid.” The Oxford Human Rights Hub has explained: “Guatemala’s constitution has several provisions that provide for or implicate the right to clean and Read more…
The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) has posted on Facebook: “#Memory #truth #justice #COFADEH During the internal tour, PBI visitors saw the building that was used as a detention space for large groups, according to survivors’ testimonies. They also visited a small building where Read more…
PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “Today marks one year since the struggle of the Cholultec peoples in Puebla against the intermunicipal sanitary filling of San Pedro Cholula – Calpan. Yesterday, Thursday, March 20, PBI accompanied Frente De Pueblos Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala in the CDMX, in a peaceful protest demanding compliance Read more…
Image from PBI-USA website. The e-mail subject line of the most recent Peace Brigades International-USA e-newsletter is “Trump Watch has begun”. PBI-USA notes: “It has been almost two months since Trump’s inauguration and the beginning of his issuance of a slew of rights-violating Executive Orders and each week we are Read more…
The Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) has posted on social media: “Delegation of trade union organizations and human rights defenders of the Valle del Cauca [Cauca Valley], we meet in Bogota with the competent entities in the implementation of prevention and protection actions for human rights defenders and Read more…
Video still from NotiFactor4 on X. La Jornada reports: “Members of Peace Brigades International said that they observed the marches in Mexico City, and the one in the capital of the state of Morelos.” Punto Medio reports: “A10,000 women, mostly dressed in black and purple, marched in the main streets Read more…
PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “This past March 8, in the framework of International Women’s Day and the protest marches that took place in the capital [city of Bogota], we accompanied one of the Verification Commissions. Its objective is to guarantee the free exercise of the legitimate right to protest Read more…
Photo: The banner says: “In Nicaragua there is a dictatorship we demand an end to the repression”. PBI-Nicaragua has posted on Instagram: “Another 8th of March in which Nicaraguan women cannot march in their country. For the past 7 years, Nicaraguan women refugees in Costa Rica, due to political persecution, Read more…
On March 8, PBI-Guatemala posted on Facebook: “Today, #PBI observes the march for the commemoration of #InternationalWomen’sDay. Different women’s groups showed their rejection and repudiation of hatred, discrimination, persecution, violence and decisions that violate the human rights of girls, adolescents, women and the LGBTIQ+ community. They also demanded the fulfillment Read more…