WHRDs

Peace Brigades International co-hosts Women Human Rights Advocacy Week in Geneva, September 16-21

Photo: María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz of the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH) meets with UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, September 18, 2024. The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) reports that Peace Brigades International and other organizations co-hosted the Women Human Rights Advocacy Week (WHRD-AW) this past September Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Colombian trade union seeks investigation of police killing of Buenaventura activist Vanessa Renteria Valencia in Canada

The Bogota-based National Union of Branch Workers, Services of the Transport and Logistics Industry of Colombia (SNTT) is calling for an investigation into the police killing in Canada of a former member of their union. The SNTT has posted: “In light of the events that occurred in the early hours Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia expresses deep concern about the security situation of ADISPA president Jani Silva

PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We at @PBIColombia share our deep concern about the security situation of leader Jani Silva @ADISPA_ZRCPA [Association for the Integral Sustainable Development of the Amazon Pearl-Amazon Pearl Campesino Reserve Zone]. It is urgent to ensure effective protection measures with a differential approach.” Their post Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico accompanied María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz meets with UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water

This morning, PBI-Mexico posted: “Yesterday, Mª Eugenia de la @redsolidariaDH was able to speak with the Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo @SRWatSan about the challenges and impacts faced by the communities of Michoacán regarding access to water due to its indiscriminate use in monocultures and mining activities.” María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz, Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission at ZRCPA meeting for campesina women

PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @Justiciaypazcol [Justice and Peace Commission] in the PERLA AMAZÓNICA Peasant Reserve Zone [ZRCPA] on the occasion of an ADISPA [the Association for the Integral Sustainable Development of the Perla Amazónica] women’s meeting. They identified the differential risks in financial matters that peasant women suffer and Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Honduras accompanies workshop on a gender policy in the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC)

PBI-Honduras has posted: “We applaud @CntcTegucigalpa’s commitment to promoting agrarian reform with a gender focus. From PBI we accompanied a workshop for the construction of a gender policy in CNTC La Paz, together with Trocaire [the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland].” The National Union of Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Criminalized Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’ testifies about RCMP C-IRG violence at abuse of process hearing

Still from RCMP video of arrest of Sleydo’ on Wet’suwet’en territory, November 19, 2021. An abuse of process application alleging excessive force by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) continues in a Smithers, British Columbia court room this week. Sleydo’, also known as Molly Wickham, a Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Land defenders continue their abuse of process claim against the RCMP C-IRG, September 3-11

Photo: Corey Jocko, Shaylynn Sampson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood; January 2024. As noted by Sleydo’ in this video from this past June, the abuse of process court hearing will resume this coming September 3-11 (next week!). The first part of the abuse Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

Yuli Velasquez of FEDEPESAN receives Amnesty International Human Rights Award in Berlin, Germany

Photo: The award ceremony took place on June 4 in Berlin. Amnesty International Deutschland has posted: “The Colombian fishermen’s organization FEDEPESAN [the Association for Traditional Fishing, Environmental Protection and Tourism in the Department of Santander] receives the Human Rights Award 2024 from Amnesty International in Germany. The award is given Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Mexico amplifies RSDH call for the release of Indigenous Ocumicho environmental defender María de la Cruz

PBI-Mexico has posted: “From PBI we express our concern about the arbitrary detention of the environmental defender María de la Cruz, Councillor of the Ocumicho Communal Council and delegate of the CNI [National Indigenous Congress]. We call on the competent authorities to guarantee their comprehensive protection.” This follows the Human Read more…

By Brent Patterson, ago