CBC photo (March 1, 2016): “Tuesday, RCMP flew in to a remote Site C protest camp and stood in a snowy, forest clearing to read protesters Monday’s BC Supreme Court order requiring them to leave or face arrest. (Christy Jordan-Fenton)” The Canadian Press reports: “BC Hydro says it has begun Read more…
On July 12, PBI-Honduras posted: “In recent days, we accompanied @Cehprodechn on a visit to communities in the municipality of San Esteban (Olancho). We highlight the tireless work of CEHPRODEC to promote food sovereignty and #agroecology in the communities of the department of #Olancho.” In October 2019, Defensores en linea reported: Read more…
On June 14, PBI-Honduras posted: “We express concern about the rescheduling of the hearing to individualize the sentence in the Gualcarque Fraud case. Río Blanco and @COPINHHONDURAS [the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras] have the right to access a full #justice. We show solidarity with those Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “The Corruption Sentencing Court has just convicted 3 of the 6 former public officials accused in the ‘Fraud on Gualcarque’ case. We are observing the @COPINHHONDURAS [Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras] sit-in, which requested a conviction for the 6 accused people.” COPINH adds Read more…
PBI-Honduras has posted: “We attended the Assembly of the Patronato Regional de Occidente (PRO) in Santa Barbara. #ASODEBICOQ along with other civil society representatives expressed concern about the different #needs of its inhabitants and proposed projects to solve them. We are concerned about the major problems associated with #deforestation, #water Read more…
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, is visiting Canada from April 8-19. He will share the preliminary findings of his visit on April 19 at 11:30 am ET at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa. He will then present Read more…
On April 3, during a webinar organized by PBI-UK and Amnesty International, Maya Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol spoke about a march by the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón to the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City. That march took place on May 10, 2023. PBI-Canada was there and compiled Bernardo’s tweets Read more…
Photo: On May 10, 2023, Caal Xol marched to the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City to demand sanctions against those who have violated the rights of Q’eqchi’ peoples including Spanish businessman Florentino Perez and his company Cobra SA, a subsidiary of the Madrid-based Grupo ACS. PBI-Guatemala accompanied Maya Q’eqchi’ water Read more…
Near midnight on March 2, 2016, assassins hired by DESA, a company seeking to build a hydroelectric dam opposed by the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), broke into the home of COPINH’s general coordinator, Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Caceres, shot her, and escaped. She died Read more…
PBI-Guatemala has posted: “[On February 26], #PBI accompanies the peaceful walk carried out by the Q’eqchi’ communities of Santa María Cahabón. Around 300 people mobilized towards the municipality to demand the removal of the accreditation of the hydroelectric company OXEC as a member of the Municipal Development Council (COMUDE), and Read more…