Issues

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks speaks at the People’s Summit in Vienna about RCMP C-IRG violence

Video: Chief Na’Moks at the People’s Summit in Vienna along with Hup-Wil-Lax-A and Gwii Lok’im Gibuu of the Gitxsan Nation. Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks writes in Ricochet Media: “This month marks one year since the RCMP’s civilian watchdog, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, launched an investigation into C-IRG.” “Last Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies the 27th anniversary of the Peace Community days after two members were murdered

PBI-Colombia has tweeted: “We accompanied the peaceful march and the commemorative events of the anniversary #27AñosCdP [27 years of the Community of Peace] organized by the @cdpsanjose [Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado] who claims their legitimate right to the protection of nature. We regret that the sky of Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Could the German Air Force resume low-level flight training over Indigenous lands in Newfoundland and Labrador?

Video: Hunters and Bombers (1990). CBC reports the German air force has requested that low-level flight training resume at 5 Wing Goose Bay, a Canadian Forces Base situated on the traditional territory of the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador. In an emailed statement to CBC/Radio Canada, Department of National Defence Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH law firm at sentencing of Poqomchí land defender Sofia Tot Ac for “usurpation”

PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “On Tuesday and Wednesday [March 19-20] PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) to the hearing of the resolution of the accusation in the Sofía Case, in Cabón (Alta Verapaz). The judge in his sentence resolved that the Poqomchí defender has been an accomplice Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala observes evicted communities and BDH lawyers deliver alternative to Protected Areas Law

PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Tuesday [March 19] PBI observes delegations from various territories of evicted communities accompanying communities of the Laguna del Tigre and Sierra de Lacandón Protected Areas that have lived decades criminalized and threatened with eviction by the current Protected Areas Law. Together with their lawyers from the Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Could Canadian-made Colt M4 and MK18 assault rifles be exported for Israeli “civilian security squads”?

Photo: Protest at Colt Canada Corporation plant in Kitchener, Ontario; February 28, 2024. Photo by World Beyond War Canada. On March 18, the House of Commons passed a motion that included an amendment from a Liberal Member of Parliament so that it would read Canada will “cease the further authorization Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Global Affairs Canada Trade Commissioner Service withdraws from CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, but why?

The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) has withdrawn from this year’s CANSEC arms show. It’s not yet known why. The TCS still notes on its website: “Canada’s export-intensive defence and security sector is of critical importance to the country.” The website for the Canadian Association of Defence Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at media conference on IACHR request

PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “PBI accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at their press conference in which they report to the CIDH [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights] that their opposition to the mining project in their region is ignored by the State. ‘We as Ch’orti’ people Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at hearing of two former state intelligence agents

PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Friday [March 15] PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm in the hearing of the Military Diary case. The judge decided to accept the substitute measures of liberty requested by the defense of the two accused, José Daniel Monterroso and Edgar Virginio de León Sigüenza, consisting 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