Photo: Oscar Ramirez, Ferney Salcedo, Gustavo Torres. As Calgary-based Frontera Energy holds its virtual annual meeting of shareholders on May 18, three Colombian human rights defenders are raising concerns about the company’s operations in San Luis de Palenque and Orocué, Casanare. Their short videos (spoken in Spanish with English subtitles) Read more…
On Sunday May 7, PBI-Canada and PBI-Guatemala visited with the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya at a roadside site that it has maintained for more than ten years at the entrance to the “El Tambor” Progreso VII Derivada gold mine. During our visit to the site a short drive outside Read more…
On May 10, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “In the framework of the commemoration of Mother’s Day, #PBI accompanies several groups throughout the country that denounce and seek answers to the serious situation of forced disappearance that Mexico is going through. #UntilYouFindThem #OurGiftIsTheirReturn #SearchForTheTruth” The Associated Press reports that there are “more than Read more…
On May 9, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany @AscamcatOficia [the Peasant Association of Catatumbo] in the municipality of #Hacari during the processes of organizational and leadership strengthening with the Peasant Guard and the communities of the region.”
On April 28, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies members of the Ccda Verapaz to the debate hearing of the Manantial case. This one was suspended due to lack of interpreters and rescheduled for May 16 at Coban Court 2.” On April 14, PBI-Guatemala had also posted: “#PBI accompanies members of the Read more…
On May 4, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the family of #LuzLeticia to the intermediate stage audience. This was suspended as the defendant’s lawyer has not appeared and rescheduled for June 30.” Luz Leticia Hernández Agustín studied at the Belen Institute, School of Commerce and Faculty of Economics of the University of San Read more…
On May 5, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm to the hearing for the presentation of evidence of the #SamocochCase. On this occasion, several accused people testified and a witness presenting on behalf of the prosecution. On August 15, 2014, a violent eviction occurred in the Read more…
On May 6, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Last Wednesday, PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm to the hearing of the presentation of evidence of the #casodoserres, during which two experts proposed for the accusation presented their expertise. One expert was a forensic analysis and the other treated the state of the Read more…
On May 6, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, PBI accompanied José Gualna Ché, member of the CCDA of the Verapaces, to the hearing of the first statement in the Tower of Courts of Cobán. Accused by the MP [Public Ministry] and the Dieseldorff Grimler family, he is charged with aggravated usurpation charges Read more…
On May 8, PBI-Honduras posted: “Recently we were accompanying CEHPRODEC on a tour of capacity development sessions in the Olancho department. In the first session, the organization met with young people addressing issues of awareness and environmental protection. In the second, topics of nonverbal language and body expression were addressed Read more…