Héctor Hugo Arreola Galván and Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera from the Civil Society Space of Organizations (Espacio OSC) in Mexico are in Ottawa with proposals to improve the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. They are being accompanied by Manuel Jabonero Prieto, the advocacy coordinator for the Peace Read more…
Photo: Handcuffed journalist Ramona Murphy being put into Ottawa Police Service van outside the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa. Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. The North Star, an independent, bilingual media outlet, has condemned the arbitrary arrest of its journalist Ramona Murphy. The North Star notes: “Murphy was covering the Read more…
Photo: “Maas Gwitkunuxws Teresa Brown at her camp and dog sanctuary, situated a few dozen metres from the projected right-of-way of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline.” Photo by Mike Graeme, November 27, 2024. Friends of Gitxsan Gitanyow have posted on Instagram: “Want to come help build a tiny house Read more…
Front cover of DECKING THE FOREST: How Colombia’s unlawful timber exports to the U.S. sustain armed groups and illegal logging The Guardian reports: “While international funding is funnelled into protecting [the forests of Colombia’s Chocó region], timber is still being illegally cut and exported to the US, Canada and Europe, Read more…
On November 16 a protest took place outside the Gastops head office on Polytek Street in Ottawa. The protest was part of an Arms Embargo Now day of action against F-35s “currently being used by the Israeli Air Force to bomb Gaza and Lebanon.” Breach Media has previously reported: “Gastops Read more…
Peace Brigades International accompanies numerous emblematic water justice struggles in Latin America. Some of those include: COLOMBIA Water pollution: PBI-Colombia accompanies the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) who in turn accompanies the Federation of Santander Fishers for Tourism and Environment (FEDEPESAN). Their struggle includes the pollution Read more…
The Campo Rubiales oil field, in Puerto Gaitán, Meta, Colombia, was operated by the Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales Energy in association with Ecopetrol. Rutas del Conflicto has reported: “A notice at the entrance to the Rubiales-Piriri and Quifa oil complex noted that visitors were entering a piece of Canada in Read more…
Chart from Institute for Policy Studies. Of the six pending mining company arbitration claims against Colombia, four relate to Canadian companies. Those are Vancouver-based Eco Oro Minerals and Red Eagle Mining and Toronto-based Galway Gold and GCM (formerly Grand Colombia Gold). The US dollar amount of those pending claims total Read more…
Photo: CREDHOS president Ivan Madero along with Andrea Nocove and Julia Figueroa from CCALCP outside the Brookfield office in Toronto, Canada during a Peace Brigades International-organized advocacy tour in November 2019. Mongabay reports: “In La Playa, a fishing village of around 500 people in Santander, Colombia, well-kept houses and vibrant Read more…
World Beyond War will be holding their #NoWar2022: Resistance & Regeneration virtual global conference this coming July 8-10. World Beyond War notes: “Hosted virtually through the Zoom Events platform, #NoWar2022 will facilitate international solidarity by bringing together speakers and attendees from around the world. #NoWar2022 will highlight unique stories of Read more…