Photo: A still from the December 21, 2020 with Iván Madero Vergel (CREHDOS president), Leidy Irreño (CREDHOS lawyer), Oscar Sampayo (CRY-GEAM spokesperson) and Raúl Barba (environmental leader). Calgary-based Parex Resources Inc. operates the Aguas Blancas oil field in the municipality of Simacota, Santander in northeastern Colombia. The Parex operation in Read more…
Thank you for supporting our urgent action petitions. Our most recent ones, Canada must uphold Indigenous rights at the Climate Ambition Summit and Help stop the criminalization of Secwepemc land defenders, generated hundreds of emails to the Prime Minister. This is a brief update on those actions. In a 98-second Read more…
On November 19, Peace Brigades International-Canada listened to a webinar organized by Peace Brigades International-Switzerland and Franciscans International about the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders in Guatemala. We had the opportunity to ask the panellists about solidarity efforts with Indigenous nations outside of Guatemala, for instance in Canada. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Read more…
Photo by Bob Bartel of Elders outside a prison when Innu land defenders were being arrested for opposing fighter jets flying over their lands. Yesterday, The Telegram reported: “People in the Lake Melville region may notice more military planes coming and going from 5 Wing Goose Bay in the coming Read more…