Peace Brigades International-Canada will be hosting a webinar on Sunday November 29 to mark International Women Human Rights Defenders Day. To register for the webinar, please click here. The webinar will feature: Tatiana Triana is a member of the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC) in Colombia Read more…
It’s possible (and worrisome) that if new fighter jets were seen as a national interest priority by the Canadian military (as is almost certainly the case), that a proposed Defence Strategic Communications group could seek to influence popular opinion in favour of that $19 billion expenditure and even collect information Read more…
As Peace Brigades International approaches its 40th anniversary in 2021, we are sharing the reflections of past volunteers from Canada who accompanied at-risk defenders in various PBI project countries over the years. Justin Mohammed, who now lives in Ottawa, accompanied defenders through the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project in 2015-16. Justin Read more…
Álvaro Sandoval of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya and Edgar Pérez of Human Rights Law Firm will be speaking on the webinar “Mining Injustice through International Arbitration” that will take place on October 1 at 7 pm ET. To register for this webinar, please click here. The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Read more…
Today, Swiss citizens voted 49.9 per cent against their government spending CHF 6 billion (CAD$8.7 billion) to buy new fighter jets. The Swiss “No to the fighter jets billions” (Nein zu den Kampfjet-Milliarden) campaign says: “The result shows that skepticism about this billion-dollar tax among the population extends far beyond Read more…
Photo by the Canadian Press. What does the pandemic driven increase in unemployment and the deficit mean for the planned $19-billion-plus fighter jet purchase in 2022? Will the $37,521 an hour operating cost of a F-35 fighter jet seem steep in comparison to the needs of low-wage workers (those earning Read more…
Twitter photo by @Anna_Leissing. Opponents of the Canadian government spending $19 billion on new fighter jets are looking to the Swiss campaign opposed to a similar acquisition plan. On Sunday September 27, Swiss citizens will be voting in a binding referendum on whether their federal government can spend CHF 6 Read more…
Earlier this month, Peace Brigades International signed this letter that highlights: “The activities of [public development banks] have repeatedly exacerbated poverty, widened inequalities and fuelled human rights violations (such as reprisals, land grabbing and forced evictions) without access to any useful remedies for affected communities.” United Nations High Commissioner for Read more…
Photo: 1492 Land Back Lane. The land defenders at 1492 Land Back Lane are seeking to protect Haudenosaunee territory in southern Ontario from a housing development. They have maintained a camp at that construction site since July 19. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they have now arrested 17 people Read more…
On August 12, CBC reported: “Carleton University’s Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ) is ending all student co-op placements with police forces and prisons next year.” That article also notes: “Typically, some 80 third-year year criminology students are given co-op placements with Ottawa police, the RCMP, Correctional Service Canada Read more…