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- [The PBI-Colombia accompaniment of lawyer Daniel Prado and the sentencing of Santiago Uribe in the 12 Apostles trial](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/26/the-pbi-colombia-accompaniment-of-lawyer-daniel-prado-and-the-sentencing-of-santiago-uribe-in-the-12-apostles-trial/) - The Associated Press reports: “[Santiago Uribe] a brother of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Tuesday [November 25] to 28 years in prison for his alleged role in an illegal paramilitary group linked to hundreds of killings during the peak of Colombia’s civil war.” That article continues: “Prosecutors said that in the 1990s Santiago
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa at hearing related to the fight against the Los Manantiales mine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/25/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-at-hearing-related-to-the-fight-against-the-los-manantiales-mine/) - On November 21, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanied an oral and public debate with the defenders of the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa, who have been criminalised for their fight against pollution from the Los Manantiales quarry. The technical witness, Guadalupe Argentina, an anthropologist, indicated in her
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies ASCAMCAT as Verification Commission observes human rights violations in Catatumbo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/25/pbi-colombia-accompanies-ascamcat-as-verification-commission-observes-human-rights-violations-in-catatumbo/) - On November 22, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on social media: “In the context of the humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding in Catatumbo since January 2025, on 12, 13 and 14 November we accompanied ASCAMCAT during the Verification Commission in the villages of Versalles, Beltrania, Campo Seis (in the municipality of Tibú) and
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the Peoples’ Front as community assembly creates drinking water committee in Xoxtla, Puebla](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/25/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-peoples-front-as-community-assembly-creates-drinking-water-committee-in-xoxtla-puebla/) - On November 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “In the last few days we accompany the People’s Front of Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala (FPDTA) in their activity to support the fight for water defence in Xoxtla, Puebla. During the community assembly, more than 400 people voted to suspend the excavation of new
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at trial related to the murder of Berta Caceres; verdict expected on December 9](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/25/pbi-honduras-accompanies-copinh-at-trial-related-to-the-murder-of-berta-caceres-verdict-expected-on-december-9/) - On November 14, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media: “This week, we accompanied Copinh Honduras during the closing arguments in the trial against two former members of the Honduran National Police who, according to the prosecution, altered and tampered with key evidence in the murder of Lenca indigenous defender Berta Cáceres. PBI
- [COP30 neglects the protection of environmental defenders, but there are five new areas to work on for change](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/25/cop30-neglects-the-protection-of-environmental-defenders-but-there-are-five-new-areas-to-work-on-for-change/) - Video still: The Colombian minister of the environment Irene Vélez Torres and the Dutch deputy prime minister Sophie Hermans announced at COP30 that an International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels will be held in Santa Marta, Colombia on April 28-29, 2026. The final “multirao” (from the Tupi-Guarani language meaning “collective effort”)
- [PBI-Canada calls for language in the COP30 text this November that would help protect land and environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/17/pbi-canada-calls-for-language-in-the-cop30-text-this-november-that-would-help-protect-land-and-environmental-defenders/) - The United Nations COP30 climate change conference will take place on November 10 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil. An estimated 2,106 land and environmental defenders have been killed around the world between 2012 and 2023. Once the 2024 and 2025 numbers are known, given the average of 175 defenders killed each year, the total
- [PBI-Spanish State and PBI-Switzerland call on their governments to support environmental defenders at COP30 in Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/04/pbi-spanish-state-and-pbi-switzerland-call-on-their-governments-to-support-environmental-defenders-at-cop30/) - Photo: PBI at the grave of Lenca defender Berta Caceres in La Esperanza, Honduras. She was murdered on March 2, 2016, just months after COP21. More than 1,729 land and environmental defenders have been killed since her death. Peace Brigades International teams in the Spanish State and Switzerland are calling on their governments to support
- [PBI-Canada attentive to Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life as it travels to the UN COP30 climate summit in Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/03/pbi-canada-attentive-to-mesoamerican-caravan-for-climate-and-life-as-it-travels-to-the-un-cop30-climate-summit-in-brazil/) - Video still from Trochando Sin Fronteras. The Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life has travelled more than 4,000 kilometres from Mexico to Brazil in the context of the United Nations COP30 climate summit that begins on Monday November 10. On October 31, Deutsche Welle reported: “Indigenous leaders, land defenders and activists are traveling thousands of
- [Canada signs Declaration at COP30 that commits to proactive policies for the safety of environmental journalists and defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/21/canada-signs-declaration-at-cop30-that-commits-to-proactive-policies-for-the-safety-of-environmental-journalists-and-defenders/) - Photo by UNESCO. A growing number of countries, now including Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain, have signed a “Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change” at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. The Declaration includes the language: “Concerned by the growing impact of disinformation, misinformation, denialism, deliberate attacks on environmental journalists, defenders, scientists, researchers and
- [PBI-Canada hosts webinar on COP30 with Indigenous West Papuan land and environmental defenders, Global Witness policy advisor in Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/21/pbi-canada-hosts-webinar-on-cop30-with-indigenous-west-papuan-land-and-environmental-defenders-global-witness-policy-advisor-in-brazil/) - On Tuesday November 18, PBI-Canada hosted a webinar that featured Indigenous West Papuan environmental defenders Dina Danomira and Teddy Wakum along with Global Witness policy advisor Javier Garate. They offered their insights about COP30 in Belém, Brazil in a discussion with PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson in Ottawa and an audience of 100+ people listening in
- [PBI-Mexico and PBI-Kenya meet with West Papuan Pusaka and Mexican Cerezo Committee human rights defenders in Mexico City](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/21/pbi-mexico-and-pbi-kenya-meet-with-west-papuan-pusaka-and-mexican-cerezo-committee-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-city/) - On November 18, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “Last Friday [November 14], PBI Mexico – together with colleagues from Peace Brigades International – Kenya Project and PUSAKA [an Indonesian organization focused on research, advocacy and the documentation and promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights] – met with the Cerezo Mexico Committee to
- [Register now for PBI-Canada webinar on COP30 and West Papuan Indigenous human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/register-now-for-pbi-canada-webinar-with-west-papuan-indigenous-human-rights-defenders-in-brazil-for-cop30/) - Webinar speakers Teddy Wakum, Dina Danomira, Javier Garate. Join us on Tuesday November 18 for an update about the United Nations COP30 climate summit from two Indigenous land defenders from Indonesia and a Global Witness representative who speaking from Belem, Brazil. The webinar will take place at 3 pm local time in Brazil (10 am
- [CANSEC attendee to be sentenced on November 24 for assault in Ottawa against Palestinian woman in May 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/cansec-attendee-to-be-sentenced-on-november-24-for-assault-in-ottawa-against-palestinian-woman-in-may-2024/) - This past July, CBC News reported: “A Swiss man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman at an anti-war, pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ottawa during the 2024 CANSEC conference, a defence industry showcase hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).” That article notes: “He is expected to be sentenced following submissions on
- [PBI-Honduras visits Travesía as ancestral Garifuna lands continue to be sold to private developers, agribusiness without consent](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/pbi-honduras-visits-travesia-as-ancestral-garifuna-lands-continue-to-be-sold-to-private-developers-agribusiness-without-consent/) - The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media: “Last week, we visited the Garifuna community of Travesía (Cortés). In 2011, the Honduran Black Fraternal Organisation (OFRANEH) filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for alleged violation of the right to collective property and prior consultation. The community of Travesía
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Search for Relatives ‘Returning Home’ at Human Rights Commission working tables in Morelos](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/pbi-mexico-accompanies-search-for-relatives-returning-home-at-human-rights-commission-working-tables-in-morelos/) - On November 13, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “#PBIaccompanies Yesterday, we accompanied the collective Búsqueda De Familiares ‘Regresando A Casa’ A.C. (Search for Relatives ‘Returning Home’) at the working tables of the initiative ‘Regional Dialogues towards the Human Rights Agenda’ of the Human Rights Commission of the state of Morelos. It
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Campesina Association of Catatumbo (ASCAMCAT) on Humanitarian Verification Mission](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-campesina-association-of-catatumbo-ascamcat-on-humanitarian-verification-mission/) - Photo by Vivamos Humanos. One week ago, PBI-Colombia posted on its Instagram stories: “From PBI we will be accompanying @ascamcat.oficial [the Campesina Association of Catatumbo] at the Humanitarian Verification Commission in Catatumbo.” On November 12, Vivamos Humanos posted on X: “#VerificationCommissionofCatumbo Today, we head out to the municipality of Tibú, in the heart of Catatumbo,
- [PBI-Guatemala attends the presentation of new public policy for the protection of human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/14/pbi-guatemala-attends-the-presentation-of-new-public-policy-for-the-protection-of-human-rights-defenders/) - The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted on social media: “Today, PBI is attending the presentation of the #PublicPolicy for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. ‘Defending human rights is not a crime, it is an act of active citizenship and deep love for the country,’ said Marco Antonio Sandoval, Minister of the Interior. ‘The
- [Hereditary Chief Watahayetsxw vows to defend Gitanyow territory with blockades to stop PRGT pipeline and Ksi Lisims LNG terminal](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/13/hereditary-chief-watahayetsxw-vows-to-defend-gitanyow-territory-with-blockades-to-stop-prgt-pipeline-and-ksi-lisims-lng-terminal/) - Video still: Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Watahayetsxw responds to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement today. Video from Laxyipyouth on Instagram. Members from the Gitanyow, Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en nations, as well as the Kispiox Valley Community Association, travelled to Terrace, British Columbia today to respond to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement about the fast-tracking of
- [Canada calls on Honduras to strengthen its Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders at UPR intervention at the UN in Geneva](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/12/canada-calls-on-honduras-to-strengthen-protection-mechanism-at-upr-intervention-at-the-un-in-geneva/) - Video still of Canada presenting during the UPR of Honduras, November 7, 2025. On November 7, Canada commented on the protection needs of human rights defenders in Honduras during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Honduras at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. The UN has explained: “The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is
- [PBI-Canada observes march in Ottawa that calls for an end to Canadian-made rifles and armoured vehicles in Sudan](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/08/pbi-canada-observes-march-in-ottawa-that-calls-for-an-end-to-canadian-made-rifles-and-armoured-vehicles-in-sudan/) - On November 7, PBI-Canada observed a protest march in Ottawa that called for “peace, freedom, justice” in Sudan, expressed concerns about external powers seeking control of Sudan given it is Africa’s third largest producer of gold, and noted news reports about Canadian-made weapons used in the context of war crimes. Specific concern was expressed about
- [PRELIMINARY FINDINGS from Order Paper Question on the CANSEC arms show and human rights considerations](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/11/preliminary-findings-from-order-paper-question-on-the-cansec-arms-show-and-human-rights-considerations/) - Photo: Protest against CANSEC, May 28, 2025. Order Paper Question Q-323 was submitted by Member of Parliament Heather McPherson on September 16, 2025. The response was tabled on November 3, 2025. Notable excerpts from that response include: INVITATIONS From the Canadian Commercial Corporation From National Defence From the Canadian Commercial Corporation HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENTS From
- [The approaching final investment decision on the PRGT pipeline brings concerns about the risk of aggressions against land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/10/the-approaching-final-investment-decision-on-the-prgt-pipeline-brings-concerns-about-the-risk-of-aggressions-against-land-defenders/) - Photo: In June 2025, PBI-Canada and PBI-Colombia visited the site of the Gitanyow blockade against the PRGT pipeline. A spokesperson for Texas-based Western LNG recently stated they are aiming to make a final investment decision (FID) on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline by the end of this year that they would be starting
- [Norwegian activists call on Canadian company to stop the Nussir mine on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Sámi people](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/10/norwegian-activists-call-on-canadian-company-to-stop-the-nussir-mine-on-the-traditional-lands-of-the-indigenous-sami-people/) - lagnorge (Latin American groups in Norway): “The fights against extractivism are connected, that's why LAG's Solidarity Brigade members have participated in the protest fight against Nussirgruva this week [August 28, 2025]. We have had important conversations about how we can strengthen solidarity between movements that fight against different forms of oppression and environmental destruction.” Photo:
- [Can COP30 stop climate change, aggressions against land and environmental defenders who resist megaprojects?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/09/can-cop30-stop-climate-change-aggressions-against-land-and-environmental-defenders-who-resist-destructive-megaprojects/) - Video still: The Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life action outside COP30 on November 6, 2025. They mention the name of Indigenous Lenca defender Berta Caceres who was murdered in March 2016, weeks after COP21. More than 1,729 land and environmental defenders have been killed since then. The United Nations COP30 "conference of parties" climate
- [PBI-Honduras celebrates the 17th anniversary of the Rainbow Dolls Trans Women Collective](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/07/pbi-honduras-celebrates-the-17th-anniversary-of-the-rainbow-dolls-trans-women-collective/) - On October 29, PBI-Honduras posted on social media: “Yesterday we celebrated the valuable work of the Muñecas de Arcoiris Trans Women's Collective, which has been defending the rights of trans people in Honduras for 17 years. During the anniversary, the trans defenders affirmed that they are more than a collective, they are a family. At
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc and Intercultural University of the Peoples on territorial tour to Bahía Málaga](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/07/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-and-intercultural-university-of-the-peoples-on-territorial-tour-to-bahia-malaga/) - On November 1, PBI-Colombia posted on social media: “We accompanied @nomadescdh [the Association for Research and Social Action] and the UIP [Intercultural University of the Peoples] on their third territorial tour, ‘an open-air learning experience’. We observed this sky from the Bahía Málaga Community Council, made up of four communities: La Sierpe, Mangaña, Miramar and
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies criminalized members of the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at court hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/07/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-criminalized-members-of-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-chiquimula-at-court-hearing/) - On October 31, PBI-Guatemala posted on social media: “Yesterday PBI accompanied members of the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at the seventh hearing of the criminalization case for their fight against mining in Olopa. It was the turn of two witnesses to the accusation, a member of the PDH [the Human Rights Ombudsman
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples Front in Defence of Land and Water at activities and on visit to Cholula landfill](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/07/pbi-mexico-accompanies-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-and-activities-and-on-visit-to-cholula-landfill/) - Photo: “PBI Mexico volunteers in activities to accompany the People's Front in Defense of Land and Water, in the municipality of Nealtican, Puebla, October 2025.” The most recent PBI-Mexico e-newsletter notes: “During the months of September and October, PBI Mexico continued to accompany defenders and organizations in their work for truth, justice and the defense
- [Espacio OSC and CEHPRODEC sign statement: “Latin America demands guarantees to defend human rights”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/06/espacio-osc-and-cehprodec-sign-statement-latin-america-demands-guarantees-to-defend-human-rights/) - Human rights organizations, movements and processes from numerous countries including Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, recently met alongside international organizations at a Meeting for the Right to Defend Human Rights in Latin America. Two Peace Brigades International – CEHPRODEC in Honduras and Espacio OSC in Mexico – signed a statement from that Meeting that notes:
- [Neskantaga and Attawapiskat land defenders building village to protect sacred sites and block road construction to Ring of Fire mine in Ontario](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/06/neskantaga-and-attawapiskat-land-defenders-building-village-to-protect-sacred-sites-and-block-road-construction-to-ring-of-fire-mine/) - Photo: Stand With Neskantaga - We Love Our Land: “Meeting with our elders and our land user/defenders — looking at various burial sites and sacred grounds around the Attawapiskat River" in July 2025. On October 29, The Toronto Star reported: “Premier Doug Ford says he is ramping up plans to mine critical minerals in Ontario’s environmentally
- [PBI-Spanish State co-organizes forum on non-violent civil resistance with the Peace Community of San Apartado, Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/06/pbi-spanish-state-co-organizes-forum-on-non-violent-civil-resistance-with-the-peace-community-of-san-apartado-colombia/) - Image: Promotion for the public forum. On October 30, Peace Brigades International-Spanish State/ Euskal Herria co-organized a public forum on “Nonviolent civil resistance as a tool for peacebuilding”. The forum took place in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain. The speakers included representatives from the PBI-Colombia accompanied
- [PBI-UK and PBI-Canada webinar - Volunteering for Protection: Indigenous rights and the impacts of megaprojects](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/11/pbi-uk-and-pbi-canada-webinar-volunteering-for-protection-indigenous-rights-and-the-impacts-of-megaprojects/) - On June 10, PBI-United Kingdom and PBI-Canada organized a webinar on “Volunteering for Protection: Indigenous Rights and the Impacts of Megaprojects” in collaboration with PBI-Mexico and PBI-Honduras. The webinar, moderated by Rachel Cox, featured Lilian Lizeth Flores from the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication (ARCAH) and Alejandra Ignacio Alvarez from the Human Rights
- [Radio Canada International reports on PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico advocacy visit with Espacio OSC on Protection Mechanism](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/05/radio-canada-international-reports-on-pbi-canada-and-pbi-mexico-advocacy-visit-with-espacio-osc-on-protection-mechanism/) - While Mexican human rights defenders Elizabeth Mosqueda and Hugo Arreola were in Canada on an advocacy visit this past September, they were interviewed by RCI journalist Paloma Martínez Méndez. Today, RCI published her feature article: Canada asked to strengthen protection for defenders and journalists. Key excerpts from the article include: - “Following Prime Minister Mark
- [PBI-Canada notes Unifor resolution in support of Palestinian workers and their call for an arms embargo on Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/27/unifor-passes-resolution-in-support-of-palestinian-workers-and-their-call-for-an-arms-embargo-on-israel/) - Photo: Aminah Sheikh, Vice President of the Canadian Freelance Union (CFU), speaks in support of the resolution at the Unifor convention. Photo by Laura Avalos. The Unifor Constitutional Convention in Vancouver has just passed a resolution that endorses “the call by Palestinian trade union for an arms embargo on Israel”. This Instagram post highlights: “The
- [PBI-Canada notes language on trade unions and workers in UN talks on a Binding Treaty on business and human rights](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/27/pbi-canada-notes-language-on-trade-unions-and-workers-in-un-talks-on-a-binding-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights/) - Photo: United Nations Headquarters, Geneva. Photo by John Samuel. The United Nations Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) held its 11th negotiation session on a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights from October 20 to 24, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.
- [CREDHOS marches on May Day in support of Popular Consultation and labour rights](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/05/pbi-colombia-accompanied-credhos-marches-on-may-day-in-support-of-popular-consultation-and-labour-rights/) - Photo: CREDHOS marches in support of the popular consultation, May 1, 2025. On May 1, the Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights (CREDHOS), an organization accompanied by Peace Brigades International, posted on Facebook: “FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE WORKING PEOPLE, WE SAY YES TO POPULAR CONSULTATION! In the face of attempts by militarist
- [CREDHOS says “yes to popular consultation” on labour rights at mobilization in Barrancabermeja](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/12/pbi-colombia-accompanied-credhos-says-yes-to-popular-consultation-on-labour-rights-at-mobilization-in-barrancabermeja/) - Photo: Credhos president Ivan Madero, at the rally on June 11 in Barrancabermeja, with the caption: “Let’s go for the popular consultation”. On June 11, the Peace Brigades International accompanied Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (Credhos) posted on Facebook: “Here we all say YES. Barrancabermeja says YES to the Popular Consultation, in
- [Nomadesc in Colombia expresses solidarity with CUPE and Air Canada flight attendants](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/04/pbi-accompanied-nomadesc-in-colombia-expresses-solidarity-with-cupe-and-air-canada-flight-attendants/) - The Peace Brigades International accompanied Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) in Colombia has expressed its solidarity with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Nomadesc posted on social media: “From Colombia, we send a message of recognition and solidarity to CUPE SCFP and Air Canada flight attendants for their bravery and strength in
- [The CSPP remembers Colombian union leader Luciano Romero Molina on the 20th anniversary of his murder](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/16/peace-brigades-international-remembers-colombia-union-leader-luciano-romero-molina-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-his-murder/) - Peace Brigades International (PBI) remembers union leader Luciano Romero Molina on the 20th anniversary of his murder. The Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP), an organization accompanied by PBI, has posted on Instagram: “Luciano Romero Molina was a union leader, human rights defender and member of the CSPP. As director of the CUT [Central
- [Nomadesc calls for the annulment of Resolution 294 in Colombia, will commemorate union activists killed in the Banana Massacre](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/20/nomadesc-calls-for-the-annulment-of-resolution-294-in-colombia-will-commemorate-union-activists-killed-in-the-banana-massacre/) - The Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) is calling for social organizations, human rights defenders and Colombian social movements to join with them and sign a letter in opposition to Resolution 294. The letter expresses “rejection and indignation at Resolution 294 issued by the Presidency of the Republic in which the Colombian government, through
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at commemorations of the National Strike of 2021 and the demand for a Truth Commission](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/29/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-at-commemorations-of-the-national-strike-of-2021-and-the-call-for-a-truth-commission/) - On April 28, PBI-Colombia posted on social media: “Four years after the social outbreak in Colombia, human rights organizations continue to demand truth, justice and reparation through the creation of a Truth Commission for the events that occurred during the protests from 2019 to 2021. In this week of commemoration, we were with Nomadesc and
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP on International Workers’ Day, highlights the police killing of Nicolás Neira](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/09/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-cspp-on-international-workers-day-highlights-the-police-killing-of-nicolas-neira/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “On May Day, in commemoration of International Workers' Day, we accompanied @FCSPP in the march in Bogota. During the march, an act of remembrance was held to commemorate 20 years since the murder of Nicolás Neira, which occurred on May 1, 2005, at the hands of the security forces. This
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) at meeting with the French Embassy](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/18/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-at-meeting-with-the-french-embassy/) - On June 17, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday, PBI accompanied the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] El Progreso in a meeting with the French Embassy in Honduras and French journalist Alice Campaignolle. The CNTC expressed its concern about evictions and the criminalization of peasant communities. Agrarian reform was also discussed. PBI and the French Embassy highlighted
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at general assembly held by Buenaventura Civic Strike Committee](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/27/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-at-general-assembly-held-by-buenaventura-civic-strike-committee/) - Photo by the Buenaventura Civic Strike Social Movement. PBI-Colombia has amplified this post from Nomadesc on Instagram: “On Saturday, August 23, the Executive Committee of the Buenaventura Civic Strike held its Ordinary General Assembly, a meeting that brought together communities to discuss the progress made in the movement's nine thematic working groups. During the meeting,
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Espacio OSC on advocacy tour in Canada, notes Protection Mechanism excludes union activists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/06/pbi-mexico-accompanies-espacio-osc-on-advocacy-tour-in-canada-notes-protection-mechanism-excludes-union-activists/) - Héctor Hugo Arreola Galván and Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera from the Civil Society Space of Organizations (Espacio OSC) in Mexico recently concluded their visit to Ottawa where they highlighted proposals to improve the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. They were accompanied by Manuel Jabonero Prieto, the advocacy coordinator for the Peace Brigades
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies court hearings on Military Diary case; trade unionists among those forcibly disappeared by army and police](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/14/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-court-hearings-on-military-diary-case-trade-unionists-among-those-disappeared-by-army-and-police/) - Photo: Rubén Amílcar Farfán was kidnapped on May 15, 1984. PBI-Guatemala has been accompanying the #CasoDiarioMilitar (Military Diary Case) court hearing process that began in May 2021. Most recently, PBI-Guatemala posted on October 14 that it had accompanied the intermediate stage hearing of the case in High Risk Court C. They further highlighted that the
- [PBI-Honduras visits National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) community of 17 de Junio whose members are being criminalized for land "usurpation"](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/24/pbi-honduras-visits-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-17-de-junio-community-whose-members-are-being-criminalized/) - The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media: “Yesterday [October 23, 2025], we made a visit to the peasant base June 17 of the National Central of Field Workers - CNTC Progreso. On the same day, the judiciary in Villanueva (Cortés) canceled for the third time the initial hearing in the criminalization case
- [PBI-Canada studying Budget 2025, developing an analysis on its implications for human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/05/pbi-canada-studying-budget-2025-developing-an-analysis-on-its-implications-for-human-rights-defenders/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada is reviewing news articles and commentary from civil society allies to develop an understanding about how Budget 2025 tabled by the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney today could impact the safety and security of PBI accompanied human rights defenders. Canada Strong: Budget 2025 can be read in full here. Cuts to
- [PBI-Canada attentive to the risk posed by the G7 critical minerals agenda to Indigenous land and environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/11/01/pbi-canada-attentive-to-the-risk-posed-by-the-g7-critical-minerals-agenda-to-indigenous-land-and-environmental-defenders/) - Video still: Tim Hodgson, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Canada, speaks at the conclusion of the G7 meeting in Toronto, October 31, 2025. The G7 agenda that sees the mining of critical minerals as vital to “shared national and economic security interests” along with the need to “counter China’s dominance in the sector”
- [PBI-Canada concerned federal watchdog is now unable to issue report on systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/31/pbi-canada-concerned-federal-watchdog-is-now-unable-to-issue-report-on-systemic-investigation-of-the-rcmp-c-irg/) - Video: “Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists” on November 19, 2021 (Democracy Now!) There are new questions and concerns about the status of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) investigation into the RCMP C-IRG (now rebranded as CRU-BC) following the news that “the review body is unable to
- [PBI-Canada remains attentive to whether the CORE will be strengthened to protect human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/30/pbi-canada-remains-attentive-to-whether-the-core-will-be-strengthened-to-protect-human-rights-defenders/) - Video: Green Party MP Elizabeth May asks in the House of Commons about the future of the CORE, October 20, 2025. On September 29, PBI-Canada and PBI-Mexico accompanied two representatives from Espacio OSC at a meeting in Ottawa with Terrence Cowl, the Deputy Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE). Then on September 30, the delegation
- [PBI-Canada attentive to Neskantaga opposition to the Eagle’s Nest mining project in the Ring of Fire area of northern Ontario](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/30/pbi-canada-attentive-to-neskantaga-opposition-to-the-eagles-nest-mining-project-in-the-ring-of-fire-area-of-northern-ontario/) - Photo: The camp at the Eagle’s Nest project. Photo from Wyloo. The Toronto Star reports: “Premier Doug Ford says he is ramping up plans to mine critical minerals in Ontario’s environmentally sensitive Ring of Fire after reaching a $39.5 million road-building partnership with a local First Nations community.” “The partnership signed by Ford and Webequie
- [PBI-Mexico monitoring the situation for Indigenous communities in Michoacán in the context of attacks by armed groups](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/30/pbi-mexico-monitoring-the-situation-for-indigenous-communities-in-michoacan-in-the-context-of-attacks-by-armed-groups/) - Photo: “Armed attacks and risk of forced displacement in Coahuayula, El Ranchual and La Laguna de Calvillo, Michoacán”. Image from Red TDT. The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media: “We express our concern about the situation of violence in Coahuayula, Michoacán. We reiterate the importance of safeguarding the security of communities in
- [PBI-Honduras seeks field volunteers, deadline to apply is November 9 for placement in the field in 2026](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/29/pbi-honduras-seeks-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-november-9-for-placement-in-the-field-in-2026/) - Photo: A PBI-Honduras field volunteer meets with representatives of the LGBT Rainbow Association of Honduras in Tegucigalpa. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project is seeking field volunteers. In their Call for Volunteers, they highlight that they offer “the possibility of obtaining first-hand experience and knowledge in relation to the human rights situation in Honduras and comprehensive
- [PBI-Kenya visits with the Indigenous Ogiek peoples, hears about erasure and forced displacement from ancestral lands](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/28/pbi-kenya-visits-with-the-indigenous-ogiek-peoples-hears-about-erasure-and-forced-displacement-from-ancestral-lands/) - The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project visited the Ogiek community in Sasumwani, Narok County, in collaboration with the Ogiek People’s Development Programme, in early-July 2025. PBI-Kenya visited to “support ongoing psychosocial healing and accompany community-based human rights defenders in their efforts.” The PBI-Kenya article about this can be read at: No Land, No Justice: The Ogiek’s
- [Annual review: PBI-Canada’s “transformative proposition” of extending PBI’s protective accompaniment into a “Northern” territory](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/29/annual-review-pbi-canadas-transformative-proposition-of-extending-pbis-protective-accompaniment-into-a-northern-territory/) - Peace Brigades International has released its Annual Review for 2024 titled Together We Rise: Standing Up for Equality, Justice, and the Future of Our Planet. Holistic protection It notes that “PBI takes a holistic view of protection” that includes: Protective accompaniment: Highly trained volunteers from around the world physically accompany human rights defenders in situations
- [PBI-Canada notes international court’s ruling that Honduras provide protection measures for Mabel Robledo, report by November 7](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/29/pbi-canada-notes-international-courts-ruling-that-honduras-provide-protection-measures-for-mabel-robledo-report-by-november-7/) - Photo: On October 31, 2024, PBI-Honduras and PBI-Canada visited with Mabel Robledo in Nueva Armenia on Garifuna territory in Honduras. The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) has noted: “Mabel Robledo is quiet but firm, qualities she uses to lead the Nueva Armenia Land Defense Committee, a grassroots organization fighting to
- [PBI-Honduras observes court hearing of two police officers accused of falsifying evidence to protect those responsible for the murder of Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/29/pbi-honduras-observes-court-hearing-of-two-police-officers-accused-of-falsifying-evidence-to-protect-those-responsible-for-the-murder-of-berta-caceres/) - On October 28, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project posted on social media: “Yesterday, we observed the hearing against Juan Carlos Cruz of the Police Directorate of Investigations (DPI) and the ex-police Miguel Arcangel Rosales, accused of covering up the murder of Berta Cáceres by crimes of misuse of records intended to serve as a means
- [PBI-Guatemala observes Mayan ceremony in honour of Ramón Cadena, lawyer criminalized in the USAC case](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/29/pbi-guatemala-observes-mayan-ceremony-in-honour-of-ramon-cadena-a-human-right-lawyer-criminalized-in-the-usac-case/) - On October 24, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “Yesterday #PBI observed a Mayan ceremony in honor of the lawyer and defender of human rights Ramón Cadena. It was carried out by several indigenous communities and organizations and farmworkers which Ramón supported in the years of his long career as a lawyer
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as it honours Yanette Bautista, launches network and campaign on Law 2364](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/28/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-as-it-honours-yanette-bautista-launches-network-and-campaign/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on social media: “We accompany @fundacionnydiaerikabautista [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation - FNEB] on National Women Searchers Day, in an act of recognition for those who have contributed tirelessly to uncovering the truth in Colombia. We celebrate the strength of sisterhood among women who have transformed pain into
- [Alternative Federal Budget 2026 notes importance of Canada supporting human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/28/alternative-federal-budget-2026-notes-importance-of-canada-supporting-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: Finance minister François-Philippe Champagne will table the next federal budget on November 4, 2025. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has just released its Alternative federal budget 2026. PBI-Canada notes the inclusion of human rights defenders in this AFB. In the AFB chapter on International cooperation notes: “Demonstrating a commitment to democratic values
- [The Protection Mechanism as a tool to address threats and the worsening situation for independent trade union activists in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/18/the-protection-mechanism-as-a-tool-to-address-threats-and-the-worsening-situation-for-independent-trade-union-activists-in-mexico/) - Photo: The Universal Periodic Review of Mexico expressed concern about the criminalization of Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labour rights lawyer and human rights defender, who was arrested in June 2020. She issued a public plea following death threats against her for her independent union efforts in January 2021. Mexican union leaders and activists should be
- [The COP30 climate conference starts in two weeks; will land and environmental defenders be on the agenda?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/27/the-cop30-climate-conference-starts-in-two-weeks-will-land-and-environmental-defenders-be-on-the-agenda/) - Photo: The Caravana for Climate and Life meets with COPINH while en route from Mexico to COP30 in Brazil. The United Nations COP30 climate change conference will start two weeks from today on Monday November 10 in the city of Belém in northern Brazil. Will the protection needs of land and environmental defenders be on
- [Union activists continue to face death threats and physical attacks in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/27/union-activists-continue-to-face-death-threats-and-physical-attacks-in-colombia-guatemala-honduras-and-mexico/) - Photo: On April 28, 2025, PBI-Colombia accompanied Nomadesc at a commemorations of the National Strike of 2021 and the demand for a Truth Commission to address the 75 murders and 3,000 cases of physical violence. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index 2025 reports: “Trade unionists paid the ultimate price for their activism
- [PBI-Canada attentive as Mesoamerican Caravan learns about the Canadian Aura Minerals “Era Dorada” mine in Jutiapa, Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/25/pbi-canada-attentive-as-mesoamerican-caravan-learns-about-the-canadian-aural-minerals-era-dorada-mine-in-jutiapa-guatemala/) - Photo: “With the celebration of a mass with the Franciscan brothers of Asunción Mita Jutiapa concluded the Guatemala chapter of the Mesoamerican Caravan, with the route to El Salvador.” Photo by AGIMS Asociación Grupo Integral de Mujeres Sanjuaneras. The Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory (APIIDTT) announced on October
- [PBI-Canada congratulates the Amazon Pearl Campesina Reserve Zone on the 25th anniversary of its formation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/24/pbi-canada-congratulates-the-amazon-pearl-campesina-reserve-zone-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-its-formation/) - Photo: Jani Silva receives a copy of the Global Witness "Roots of Resistance" report (that feature an article by Silva on pages 54 to 63) from Javier Garate (Senior US Policy Advisor - Land and Environmental Defenders at Global Witness; and member of the Peace Brigades International-Canada Board of Directors) at the 25th anniversary gathering,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission as armed conflict confines communities in Bajo Calima](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-justice-and-peace-commission-as-armed-conflict-confines-communities-in-bajo-calima/) - On October 19, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on social media: “Last week, together with @justiciapazcolombia [the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission] and the Ombudsman's Office, we visited the communities of Bajo Calima (Colonias, San Isidro, Nueva Esperanza, Ceibitos, La Trojita, Guadual, and the Santa Rosa de Guayacán biodiverse humanitarian reserve). There, we observed
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the launch of the Espacio OSC #ProtectingDignity campaign for human rights defenders and journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-mexico-supports-the-launch-of-the-espacio-osc-protectingdignity-campaign/) - On October 21, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on social media: “PBI Mexico supports the launch of the #ProtegerLaDignidad [Protecting Dignity] campaign by @EspacioOsc [the Civil Society Space of Organizations]. Organizations, government agencies, embassies, and agencies of @ONUMX [the United Nations in Mexico] are participating. The campaign includes the launch of a microsite created
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Military Diary Case hearing at which the Public Prosecutor's Office seeks to close the case against those accused of torture and murder](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-guatemala-attends-military-diary-case-hearing-next-hearing-scheduled-for-january-14-2026/) - The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted on social media: On October 14, #PBI accompanied the intermediate stage hearing of the #CasoDiarioMilitar [Military Diary Case] case at the High Risk Court C. The plaintiff organizations Famdegua [the Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala], Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos [Human Rights Law
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAJAR at ceremony at which President Petro apologizes for acts of violence and persecution during the 1990s](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cajar-at-public-ceremony/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted on social media: “On October 17, PBI accompanied the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (@cajar.colombia) at the public ceremony in which the Colombian State, led by President Gustavo Petro, acknowledged its international responsibility and offered an apology. We celebrate this historic step toward truth and reparation, in which
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAJAR on International Verification Mission on socio-environmental conflicts in Santander](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cajar-on-international-verification-mission-on-socio-environmental-conflicts-in-santander/) - On October 13, PBI-Colombia posted: “PBI Colombia accompanied the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective @cajar.colombia on the International Verification Mission on socio-environmental conflicts in southern Santander, in the municipalities of Vélez, Chipatá, and La Paz. This Mission, made up of various local and international organizations, met with communities, municipal authorities, councillors, and church representatives to
- [PBI-Canada follows the UN talks on a Binding Treaty on business and human rights in Geneva, October 20-24](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-canada-follows-the-un-talks-on-a-binding-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights-in-geneva-october-20-24/) - Photo from Rima Hassan. Dismantle Corporate Power notes that on October 19: “The day prior to the negotiations … activists and movements denounced the role of corporations like Chevron, BP, Microsoft, Amazon and Glencore in sustaining Israel’s occupation and genocide against the Palestinian people.” The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its 11th negotiation
- [PBI-Canada remains attentive to the continuing journey of the Mesoamerican Caravan as it meets with COPINH on Lenca territory in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/22/pbi-canada-remains-attentive-to-the-journey-of-the-mesoamerican-caravan-as-it-meets-with-copinh-in-honduras/) - Photo by the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). The Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory (APIIDTT) announced on October 12, that the Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life began its journey from Mexico to Brazil for the United Nations COP30 climate summit
- [PBI-Canada meets with Simooget Watakhayetsxw, remains attentive to Gitanyow resistance to the PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/20/pbi-canada-meets-with-simooget-watkhayetsxw-remains-attentive-to-gitanyow-resistance-to-the-prgt-pipeline-on-their-territory/) - Video still: Simooget Watakhayetsxw. Last week, PBI-Canada met with Lax Ganeada Hereditary Simooget (Chief) Watakhayetsxw (Deborah Good) and members of her team, along with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, while they were in Smithers for the sentencing hearing of criminalized land defenders Sleydo’, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko. Simooget Watakhayetsxw opposes the construction of the Prince
- [Three land defenders receive suspended sentences for their defence of Wet’suwet’en territory against CGL megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/three-land-defenders-receive-suspended-sentences-for-their-defence-of-wetsuweten-territory-against-cgl-megaproject/) - Today, three Indigenous land defenders were sentenced at the conclusion of a three-day hearing in Smithers, British Columbia. Sleydo’, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko were sentenced by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen. The sentence was read as Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan hereditary leaders watched from the jury box in the courtroom. CBC News reports: “For
- [PBI-Canada completes its third visit in support of front line Indigenous land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/18/pbi-canada-completes-its-third-visit-in-support-of-front-line-land-defenders-on-wetsuweten-territory/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada has completed its third visit to Wet’suwet’en territory. We were here from October 12 to 18, 2025, to monitor the sentencing hearing of three land defenders - Sleydo', Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko - who were arrested in an RCMP raid on the territory on November 19, 2021. PBI-Canada has previously visited
- [Three Indigenous land defenders to be sentenced in Canadian court today at 11:00 am Pacific Time (8:00 pm Central European Time)](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/17/three-indigenous-land-defenders-to-be-sentenced-in-canadian-court-today-at-1100-am-pacific-time-800-pm-central-european-time/) - Today at 11 am Pacific Time, three Indigenous land defenders will be sentenced at the conclusion of a three-day hearing in Smithers, British Columbia. Land and territorial rights defenders Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will be sentenced by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen as Wet’suwet’en, Gitxsan and Gitanyow hereditary chiefs watch
- [International observers monitor Day 2 of the sentencing hearing of Indigenous land defenders in Canadian court](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/16/international-observers-monitor-day-2-of-the-sentencing-hearing-of-indigenous-land-defenders-in-canadian-court/) - Photo: Gathering in front of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Smithers on the morning of October 16, 2025. Peace Brigades International-Canada, Amnesty International and Front Line Defenders continue to closely monitor the sentencing hearing of three Indigenous land defenders – Sleydo’(Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson and Corey “Jayohcee” Jocko – in a courtroom in
- [British Columbia Prosecution Service seeks jail time for three Indigenous land defenders arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/16/british-columbia-prosecution-service-seeks-jail-time-for-three-indigenous-land-defenders-arrested-on-wetsuweten-territory/) - Photo: The rally and march from Highway 16 and Main Street to the Provincial Court of British Columbia on Alfred Avenue in Smithers. The Interior News reports: “The B.C. Prosecution Service is seeking custodial sentences for three Coastal GasLink pipeline opponents convicted last year of criminal contempt for blockading a worksite near Houston.” “Crown counsel
- [Espacio OSC conducts advocacy tour in Canada to raise awareness of the situation of defenders and journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/24/espacio-osc-conducts-advocacy-tour-in-canada-to-raise-awareness-of-the-situation-of-defenders-and-journalists/) - Photo: Héctor Hugo Arreola Galván and Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera from Espacio OSC on Wellington Street in Ottawa in front of the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. The Civil Society Space of Organizations for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (Espacio OSC) has posted on social media: STATEMENT ‼️ 🇲🇽🤝🇨🇦 From
- [PBI-Canada plans April and May webinars, looks ahead to a COP30 webinar with environmental defenders in November](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/26/pbi-canada-plans-april-and-may-webinars-looks-ahead-to-a-cop30-webinar-with-environmental-defenders-in-november/) - Photo: On February 24, we held our first webinar of the year focused on the situation of human rights defenders in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. This year PBI-Canada has a schedule of confirmed and planned webinars that we hope you will find of interest, that will provide important context, and that will ultimately
- [The governments of British Columbia and Canada back Ksi Lisims-PRGT fracked gas megaproject despite Indigenous opposition](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/16/the-governments-of-british-columbia-and-canada-back-ksi-lisims-prgt-fracked-gas-megaprojects-despite-indigenous-opposition/) - Photo: Peace Brigades International visited Haida, Gitxsan, Gitanyow and Wet’suwet’en territories in June 2025 and learned about the on-the-ground resistance to extractive megaprojects, including the PRGT pipeline. The Canadian Press now reports: “The British Columbia and federal governments have announced their support for a massive LNG export facility [the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal project] floating
- [PBI-Canada observes protests at the DSEI arms fair in London, hears concerns about violations of human rights](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/12/pbi-canada-observes-protests-at-dsei-arms-fair-in-london-hears-concerns-about-violations-of-human-rights/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada observed the protests against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair held in the United Kingdom at ExCel London from September 9 to September 12. DSEI involves more than 1,600 companies exhibiting, with 50+ countries invited including Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and
- [PBI-Canada notes urgency and challenges of COP30, looks to community-based solidarity with frontline defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/21/pbi-canada-notes-urgency-and-challenges-of-cop30-looks-to-community-based-solidarity-with-frontline-defenders/) - Photo: PBI-Canada and PBI-Colombia visited the emerging frontline resistance to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) fracked-gas pipeline on Gitxsan and Gitanyow territories in June 2025. Photo by Brent Patterson. The Guardian reports: “Brazil has issued an urgent call for all countries to come forward with strengthened national plans on the climate, in a last-ditch
- [PBI-Canada attentive to the journey of the Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life from Mexico to Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/13/pbi-canada-attentive-to-the-journey-of-the-mesoamerican-caravan-for-climate-and-life-from-mexico-to-brazil/) - Video: The Caravana at a press conference in Coatepeque, Guatemala. The Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defense of Land and Territory (APIIDTT) has announced that the Mesoamerican Caravan for Climate and Life is now on its way from Mexico to Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. The APIIDTT website notes: “Today,
- [Peace Brigades International, Amnesty International and Front Line Defenders to monitor sentencing of Indigenous land defenders in Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/14/peace-brigades-international-amnesty-international-and-front-line-defenders-to-monitor-sentencing-of-land-defenders-in-canada/) - Photo: PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson in front of the courthouse in Smithers, Wet’suwet’en territory, October 14, 2025. Amnesty International has posted this media release that highlights: “Amnesty International, Peace Brigades International and Front Line Defenders will be closely monitoring the sentencing this week [Wednesday October 15 to Friday October 17] of Indigenous land defenders who
- [PBI-Spanish State supports the October 15 strike against the genocide in Palestine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/14/pbi-spanish-state-to-support-the-october-15-strike-against-the-genocide-in-palestine/) - Peace Brigades International-Spanish State has posted on its social media channels in three languages that it "supports the strike against genocide in Palestine called for 15 October.” elDiario.es reports: “This Wednesday, 15 October, various trade unions have called for strikes across the country and in all workplaces: the Comisiones Obreras [the Workers Commissions with 1,087,714
- [PBI-Canada will be on Wet’suwet’en territory to observe the sentencing of Indigenous land defenders by Canadian court](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/10/pbi-canada-will-be-on-wetsuweten-territory-to-observe-the-sentencing-of-indigenous-land-defenders-by-canadian-court/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada, along with representatives from Amnesty International, will be on Wet'suwet'en territory for the sentencing of three Indigenous land and environmental rights defenders in a Supreme Court of British Columbia courtroom in the town of Smithers. Yintah_access has posted on social media: “Next week, October 15-17, is our final court date when Sleydo’,
- [PBI-Canada observes emergency rally calling for the release of Gaza flotilla participants held in Israeli custody](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/10/pbi-canada-observes-emergency-rally-calling-for-the-release-of-gaza-flotilla-participants-held-in-israeli-custody/) - Photo: Emergency gathering outside the Prime Minister of Canada's office, October 8, 2025. Peace Brigades International-Canada welcomes the release of Indigenous land defender Mskwaasin Agnew from Israeli custody. Radio Canada reports that Cree/Dene land defender Mskwaasin Agnew has been released and is now in Türkiye after the Gaza aid flotilla she was participating in was
- [Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives notes the Protection Mechanism in Mexico at House of Commons committee presentation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/10/canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives-notes-the-protection-mechanism-in-mexico-at-house-of-commons-committee-presentation/) - On October 9, Stuart Trew, senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and director of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP), presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT). Trew noted in his presentation: “In light of the new Canada-Mexico Action Plan, I think it would
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa march against the Los Manantiales heavy metal antimony mine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/10/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-march-against-the-los-manantiales-heavy-metal-antimony-mine/) - On October 8, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “#PBI accompanies the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula on a peaceful march to denounce the fact that the Los Manantiales mine continues to operate despite an injunction demanding its suspension, reforestation and clean-up. The municipal mayor accompanied the action and reaffirmed:
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Ayotzinapa anniversary march in Mexico City, press conference in Cuernavaca](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/10/pbi-mexico-accompanies-ayotzinapa-anniversary-march-in-mexico-city-press-conference-in-cuernavaca/) - The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media: “Yesterday, 26 September, marked 11 years since the disappearance of the 43 students from #Ayotzinapa. Mothers, fathers, collectives and organisations continue to raise their voices for memory, truth and justice. PBI Mexico was present accompanying: 🔹 The march in Mexico City in memory of the
- [Solidarity rally to call for release of Cree/Dene land defender Mskwaasin Agnew and all others detained from Gaza flotilla](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/08/solidarity-rally-calls-for-release-of-cree-dene-land-defender-mskwaasin-agnew-and-all-others-detained-from-gaza-flotilla/) - Photo: Mskwaasin Agnew. CBC News reports: “The Israeli military intercepted a nine-boat flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza early Wednesday [October 8] in the Mediterranean Sea and detained [the 150] activists on board, including six Canadians, the flotilla organizers and the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.” Those six are: Mskwaasin Agnew, Devoney Ellis,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Corporation for Judicial Freedom and Humanitarian Caravan in Anorí amid armed clashes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/07/pbi-colombia-accompanies-corporation-for-judicial-freedom-and-humanitarian-caravan-in-anori-amid-armed-clashes/) - On October 1, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on social media: “PBI accompanied the Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL) in the Humanitarian Caravan for Peace and Dignity in Anorí, held on 28 and 29 September. This caravan sought to raise awareness of the situation currently facing the municipality, with an emphasis on the forced
- [PBI-Guatemala observes march in Guatemala City that denounces the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2025/10/06/pbi-guatemala-observes-march-in-guatemala-city-that-denounces-the-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/) - On October 5, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “Today, #PBI observes the Guatemalan march denouncing the #Genocide in Gaza. Hundreds of people exercised their right to protest and free speech to show solidarity and denounce the various crimes suffered by the Palestinian people, recalling their own history.” Photo: This photo shared
- [Photo-journal of PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC advocacy tour in Canada on Protection Mechanism](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/26/photo-journal-of-pbi-mexico-accompanied-espacio-osc-advocacy-tour-in-canada-on-protection-mechanism/) - 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 Brigades International-Mexico Project, and Brent
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Espacio OSC to meet with Secretariat of the Interior to discuss Protection Mechanism](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/19/pbi-mexico-accompanies-espacio-osc-to-meet-with-secretariat-of-the-interior-to-discuss-protection-mechanism/) - The Civil Society Space of Organizations for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (Espacio OSC) has posted on social media: “As part of the effort to strengthen the @Mecanismo_MX [Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists], we at #EspacioOSC met with staff from @SEGOB_mx [Secretariat of the Interior] to share concerns about
- [Canada and Mexico launch a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”; Canadian Chamber of Commerce plans delegation for February 2026](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/19/canada-and-mexico-launch-a-comprehensive-strategic-partnership-chamber-of-commerce-plans-business-delegation/) - Photo: “We received at the National Palace the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. We strengthen the friendship between nations for the good of our peoples.” – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. This evening, the Prime Minister’s Office announced in a statement from Mexico City: “Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, alongside the President of
- [Media reports highlight the major projects that Carney and Sheinbaum are likely to discuss on September 18-19](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/16/media-reports-highlight-the-major-projects-that-carney-and-sheinbaum-are-likely-to-discuss-on-september-18-19/) - Photo: At the G7 summit on June 17, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Prime Minister Carney and President Sheinbaum “agreed to deepen bilateral collaboration at the ministerial level, with a focus on trade, energy, agriculture, and security.” Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum will be meeting on September 18-19 in Mexico City.
- [Global Witness report: 18 killings and one disappearance of land and environmental defenders in Mexico in 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/17/global-witness-report-18-killings-and-one-disappearance-of-land-and-environmental-defenders-in-mexico-in-2024/) - Photo: Carmen López Lugo was a member of the Chol indigenous community of Tila. On the night of January 12, 2024, Carmen was murdered by members of organized crime with weapons for the exclusive use of the army. The Global Witness “Roots of Resistance: Documenting the global struggles of defenders protecting land and environmental rights”
- [As the Canadian prime minister travels to Mexico, PBI highlights the continuing dangers faced by human rights defenders and journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/18/as-the-canadian-prime-minister-travels-to-mexico-pbi-highlights-the-dangers-faced-by-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists/) - Photo: Irma Galindo Barrios, a 41-year-old member of the Indigenous Mixtec people, was forcibly disappeared on October 27, 2021, as she worked to protect the communal Ñuu Savi Forest from logging. BNN Bloomberg reports: “Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during his visit to
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies activities on the one-year anniversary of the murder of environmental defender Juan Antonio López](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/17/pbi-honduras-accompanies-activities-on-the-one-year-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-environmental-defender-juan-lopez/) - On September 14, PBI-Honduras posted on social media: “Today we join the thousands of voices from all corners of Honduras and the world calling for justice not only for Juan López but also for the forests and rivers he defended. Juan's legacy lives on stronger than ever.” Social media photos: “On the 365th day since
- [Colombian environmental defender Jani Silva receives Hessian Peace Prize in Germany for protecting the Amazon Pearl campesina reserve](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/17/colombian-environmental-defender-jani-silva-receives-hessian-peace-prize-in-germany-for-protecting-the-amazon-pearl-reserve/) - Photo: Jani Silva receives peace prize at the Hessian State Parliament. Photo by Stefan Krutsch. Colombian environmental defender Jani Silva has been awarded the Hessian Peace Prize in the Hesse state parliament in the city of Wiesbaden (which is located about 30 kilometres west of the city of Frankfurt). The parliament’s media release highlights: “For
- [Global Witness report: 146 land and environmental defenders murdered or disappeared in 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/17/global-witness-roots-of-resistance-report-146-land-and-environmental-defenders-murdered-or-disappeared-in-2024/) - The findings of the just-released Global Witness “Roots of Resistance” report include: “In 2024, 146 land and environmental defenders around the world were murdered or disappeared.” “On average, around three people were killed or disappeared each week throughout 2024. This brings the total figure to 2,253 since we started reporting on attacks in 2012.” “Indigenous
- [PBI-Colombia joins with Nomadesc in mourning the murder of 17-year-old social leader Alan Josué Valencia Cuero](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/16/pbi-colombia-accompanied-nomadesc-mourns-the-murder-of-17-year-old-social-leader-alan-josue-valencia-cuero/) - Photo: Alan Josué Valencia Cuero. The Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) has posted on social media: “In common union for life, with pain and deep determination, the people of Buenaventura cry out, ‘Alan Lives’. From the seed that is sown today springs the hope of a free and peaceful Buenaventura. Alan, in the
- [Microsoft technology reportedly used by Israel to surveil Palestinians, select bombing targets in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/14/microsoft-technology-reportedly-used-by-israel-to-surveil-palestinians-select-bombing-targets-in-gaza/) - Video still: “What truly worries me is Microsoft’s complicity in this genocide” - Ibtihal Aboussad. A “Microsoft AI Tour” that features Matt Milton, the president of Microsoft Canada, is coming to The International Centre in Toronto on Wednesday October 1 and the Rogers Centre in Ottawa on Friday October 3. The Microsoft promotion highlights: “Join us
- [Attacks against human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico not yet part of the narrative of the upcoming Carney-Sheinbaum visit](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/14/attacks-against-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists-not-yet-part-of-the-narrative-of-the-upcoming-carney-sheinbaum-visit/) - Video still: Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum confirms that Canadian prime minister Mark Carney will visit Mexico on September 18. Canada has billions of dollars of mining, gas pipeline and rail assets in Mexico. These investments already have implications for communities, human rights defenders and journalists. As the Canadian government seeks to deepen economic relations with
- [CBC News reports CSIS may have falsely claimed Indigenous land defenders were armed days before Dudley George was killed](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/12/cbc-news-reports-csis-may-have-falsely-claimed-indigenous-land-defenders-were-armed-days-before-dudley-george-was-killed/) - Video still from Ipperwash Crisis in 5 Minutes (subMedia). CBC News journalist Brett Forester reports that newly declassified internal documents indicate the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) conducted a secret investigation into “Native extremism” in 1995 and appear to have falsely claimed that Indigenous land defenders in Ipperwash, Ontario were armed. Those false claims
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies Arcoíris and Somos CDC in Europe, highlight LGBTIQ+ rights at UPR talks in Geneva](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/05/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcoiris-and-somos-cdc-in-europe-highlight-lgbtq-rights-at-upr-talks-in-geneva/) - Peace Brigades International teams are supporting an advocacy tour with LGBTIQ+ activists Esdra Sosa (the Arcoíris LGTB Association of Honduras) and Daniela Mondragón (the Centre for LGTBI Development and Cooperation - SOMOS CDC) in Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland. UPR discussions in Geneva PBI-Switzerland played a crucial role in facilitating the participation of
- [Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan land defenders respond to the establishment of the Canadian government's Major Projects Office](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/03/wetsuweten-and-gitxsan-land-defenders-respond-to-establishment-of-the-new-canadian-major-projects-office/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, Wet’suwet’en land defender Gaylene Morris, Gitxsan hereditary leader Gwii Lok’im Gibuu, and Dogwood Northern B.C. coordinator Kai Nagata in Gatineau, Quebec, July 17, 2025. On August 29, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announced the launch of the new Major Projects Office (MPO) "to get nation-building projects built faster". His media
- [PBI accompanied Espacio OSC activists to visit Ottawa to seek support to help strengthen Mexico’s Protection mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/01/pbi-accompanied-activists-to-visit-ottawa-to-strengthen-mexicos-protection-mechanism-for-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists/) - Two human rights defenders from Mexico will be in Ottawa this month to meet with Government of Canada officials, Members of Parliament, and social movement and civil society allies, to raise awareness of the situation of human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico and find ways to support them. Both Hugo and Elizabeth are members
- [PBI-Canada extends its condolences on the passing of Colombian human rights defender Yanette Bautista](https://pbicanada.org/2025/09/01/pbi-canada-extends-its-condolences-on-the-passing-of-colombian-human-rights-defender-yanette-bautista/) - The Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation has posted on social media: “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our director and Woman Seeker, Yanette Bautista. Her life was a beacon of dignity and resilience. She bravely paved the way for hundreds of Women Seekers to embrace the fight for truth and justice, instilling in each
- [Peace Brigades International-Canada notes the 44th anniversary of its founding, hopes to broaden its work](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/31/pbi-canada-notes-the-44th-anniversary-of-its-founding-hopes-to-broaden-its-work-in-the-coming-years/) - Photo: The house on Grindstone Island where PBI was founded in 1981. Forty-four years ago, on August 31, 1981, eleven people came together at a former Quaker centre 100 kilometres south-west of Ottawa to form Peace Brigades International, a global organization now present and active in multiple countries. The founding meeting In his overview of
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa on peaceful walk around the Los Manantiales mine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-on-peaceful-walk-around-the-los-manantiales-mine/) - On August 27, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on social media: “#PBI accompanies the Ch'orti Maya Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula on a peaceful walk around the Los Manantiales Mine to denounce the company's failure to respect the Constitutional Court rulings, which included the injunction for the suspension of its operations, the reforestation of
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies mobilizations in Puebla and Morelos on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-mexico-accompanies-mobilizations-in-puebla-and-morelos-on-the-international-day-of-the-victims-of-enforced-disappearances/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico accompaniment of march in Puebla, August 30, 2025. On August 30, PBI-Mexico posted on social media: “Today marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a day to honor the memory of the victims and highlight the tireless struggle of thousands of families seeking truth, justice, and guarantees of non-repetition. At
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies ACVC at Ecological Camp for Water, Life and Peace as conflict between armed groups continues](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-colombia-accompanies-acvc-at-ecological-camp-for-water-life-and-peace-as-conflict-between-illegal-armed-groups-continues/) - Photo by PBI-Colombia. On August 28, PBI-Colombia posted on Instagram: “We accompanied @acvc_ran [the Small-Scale Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River Valley] on the Spectacled Bear Route (Remedios, Antioquia) during the 8th edition of the Ecological Camp. The Ecological Camp is an opportunity to establish connections between university students and rural communities through tours of
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied Nomadesc demands an end to the genocide in Palestine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-colombia-accompanied-nomadesc-demands-an-end-to-the-genocide-in-palestine/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanies the Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) and its president Berenice Celeita. Nomadesc has posted on Instagram: “Gaza, I say your name. Gaza is us. We are called Nomadesc and the Intercultural University of the Peoples. From Cali, city of resistance, from the southwestern region of Colombia that
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala Peoples' Front at Indigenous protest against water concessions](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-mexico-accompanies-morelos-puebla-tlaxcala-peoples-front-at-indigenous-protest-against-water-concessions/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “#PBIAcompanies in Puebla Last Tuesday, August 26, PBI Mexico accompanied the Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala Peoples' Front during a sit-in in front of the CONAGUA offices in the city of Puebla. The communities of Nealtican, Acuexcomac, Xoxtla, and San Andrés Cholula demanded the termination of SOAPAP/Agua de Puebla concessions and the immediate suspension
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Q'eqchi' journalist Carlos Choc in El Estor who reports on police eviction of community](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-maya-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-choc-in-el-estor-who-reports-on-police-eviction-of-community/) - “This week, #PBI is accompanying Maya Q'eqchi' journalist Carlos Choc in El Estor. On this occasion, we visited the COCODE [Community Councils for Urban and Rural Development] of the El Renacer community. They are currently working on measuring the plots and land of the entire community so that they can be properly registered in the
- [Megaprojects in Canada bring concerns of the RCMP C-IRG model replicated across the country, increased security risks for land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/27/megaprojects-in-canada-bring-concerns-of-c-irg-model-replicated-across-the-country-threats-against-land-defenders/) - Photo: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) C-IRG officers during the November 2021 raid on Wet’suwet’en territory. Photo by Michael Toledano. The Toronto Star now reports: “Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled Tuesday [August 26] that two port proposals could be among the first major projects approved under a contentious Liberal law, amid a European tour where he
- [Transparency in the supply chain of weapons components could help uphold international obligations, protect human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/21/transparency-in-the-supply-chain-of-weapons-components-could-help-uphold-international-obligations-protect-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: A protest in front of the Gastops factory in Ottawa, November 2024. Photo by Brent Patterson. The Dublin-based organization Front Line Defenders (the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) has documented the killing of 31 Palestinian human rights defenders in 2023 and 2024. And speaking about the targeted airstrike on August
- [Checkpointparent opposes Bill 97, defends the ancestral family territories of the Nehirowisiw Aski nations in Quebec](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/15/checkpointparent-opposes-bill-97-defends-the-ancestral-family-territories-of-the-nehirowisiw-aski-nations-in-quebec/) - Photo: Image from Checkpointparent. Social media posts on checkpointparent note: “The Echaquan/Weizineau family is holding the front line to defend their great traditional territory—all the ancestral family territories of the Nehirowisiw Aski nations.” Checkpointparent describe themselves on their Instagram account as a “Sovereignty Camp at KM 133, Chemin Parent” and as “guardians of the land
- [Front line defenders of Indigenous territory in Quebec confronted by worker who makes jokes about Palestine](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/14/front-line-defenders-of-indigenous-territory-in-quebec-confronted-by-worker-who-makes-jokes-about-palestine/) - Video still from checkpointparent. This short video posted yesterday on Instagram by checkpointparent reports (in French): “A Lampron network worker took sides in the conflict by making jokes about Palestine, claiming they were Israel and we were the people of Palestine, even going so far as to evoke genocide through the insults he hurled at
- [PBI-Guatemala stands in solidarity with CCDA leader and Kaqchikel Maya defender Leocadio Juracán Salome](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/14/pbi-guatemala-stands-in-solidarity-with-ccda-leader-and-kaqchikel-maya-defender-leocadio-juracan-salome/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “We stand in solidarity with Leocardio and CCDA Guatemala for repressive actions taken against the defender of human rights and access to land for indigenous communities and farmworkers This action shows what Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Rapporteur of the United Nations on the Right to Adequate Housing, that in Guatemala there is
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies COFADDEM at ceremony on the anniversary of the forcible disappearance of the Guzmán Cruz family](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/15/pbi-mexico-accompanies-cofaddem-at-ceremony-on-the-anniversary-of-the-forcible-disappearance-of-the-guzman-cruz-family/) - On July 23, PBI-Mexico posted on Facebook: "Accompaniment in Michoacán Last Wednesday [July 16], PBI Mexico accompanied Cofaddem 'Alzando Voces' [the Committee of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons in Mexico - Raising Voices] during the Cultural Ceremony for the Disappeared of the Purépecha People in Morelia, Michoacán. Together with indigenous communities from the Purépecha
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS on Verification Mission in Puerto Matilde following armed clashes and forced displacement](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/15/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-on-verification-mission-in-puerto-matilde-following-armed-clashes-and-forced-displacement/) - On August 12, PBI-Colombia posted on Instagram: “PBI Colombia accompanied @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights], a member of the Magdalena Medio Humanitarian Roundtable, to the Verification Commission in the village of Puerto Matilde in the municipality of Yondó. The purpose of this visit was to document serious violations of international
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies Municipal Committee at court hearing 11 months after murder of Juan López](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/15/pbi-honduras-accompanies-municipal-committee-at-court-hearing-11-months-after-murder-of-juan-lopez/) - On August 14, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today, 11 months after the murder of human rights defender Juan López, we are accompanying the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Common and Public Goods (CMDBCP) in a hearing against the alleged perpetrators of the crime. According to the CMDBCP, the Honduran Public Prosecutor's Office has all the necessary
- [PBI-Kenya raises concerns about police violence against protests on June 25 and July 7](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/15/pbi-kenya-raises-concerns-about-police-violence-against-protests-on-june-25-and-july-7/) - Still from Amnesty International video of police repression of June 25 protests. On July 7, 2025, the Police Reforms Working Group posted this social media message: “On #SabaSaba2025, Kenyans protested in 20 counties. At least 9 were shot dead, per @HakiKNCHR [the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights]. Police used military-grade weapons, unmarked vehicles and
- [Arms embargo, protections needed for Palestinian journalists being targeted and killed by the Israeli military](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/13/arms-embargo-protections-needed-for-palestinian-journalists-being-targeted-and-killed-by-the-israeli-military/) - Photo: Vigil for slain journalists and media workers in front of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) building in Ottawa; August 11, 2025. Photo by Brent Patterson. Speaking about the targeted airstrike murder on Sunday August 10 of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan has told Democracy Now!: “There are some
- [PBI-Guatemala notes cancellation of environmental licences for Canadian mining company on Q’eqchi’ lands](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/14/pbi-guatemala-notes-cancellation-of-environmental-licences-for-canadian-mining-company-on-qeqchi-lands/) - Video still: Rosmeri Rivera, representative of the communities of the Sierra Santa Cruz in Izabal, comments on the cancellation of the licences. Video by @lahoragt. PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “The environmental licenses were handled by Rio Nickel and Atlantic Producers companies, with Canadian capital. Since January, 54 communities in Livingston, Izabal demanded the government
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies court hearing in which officials sentenced to prison for the Hogar Seguro fire](https://pbicanada.org/2025/08/14/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-court-hearing-in-which-officials-sentenced-to-prison-for-the-hogar-seguro-fire/) - On August 12, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Justice for the girls of Safe Home Today #PBIaccompanies the Bureau of Human Rights (BDH) in the reading of the sentence of the #CasoHogarSeguro [Safe Home Case]. The judge, Ingrid Vanessa Cifuentes, has imposed sentences between 6 and 25 years for crimes of abuse of minors, guilty homicide, abuse of
- [Wet’suwet’en leaders call on JBIC and Mitsubishi to immediately suspend further financing for LNG Canada Phase 2](https://pbicanada.org/2025/07/28/wetsuweten-leaders-call-on-jbic-and-mitsubishi-to-immediately-suspend-further-financing-for-lng-canada-phase-2/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, Wet’suwet’en land defender Gaylene Morris of the Likhsamasyu Clan, Gitxsan hereditary leader Gwii Lok’im Gibuu, Jesse Stoeppler, and Dogwood Northern B.C. coordinator Kai Nagata; Gatineau, Quebec, July 17, 2025. Photo by Brent Patterson, PBI-Canada. A media release from Oil Change International dated July 17, 2025, states: “Complaints were submitted this
- [Rheinmetall representative to be sentenced for assault at CANSEC; Albanese calls for prosecution of executives involved in international crimes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/07/18/rheinmetall-representative-to-be-sentenced-for-assault-at-cansec-albanese-calls-for-prosecution-of-executives-involved-in-international-crimes/) - Photo: Henschel arrested at CANSEC, May 29, 2024. More than a year ago, on May 29, 2024, David Mikha'El Henschel, a representative of the German weapons company Rheinmetall, assaulted a Palestinian woman outside the CANSEC arms show at the EY Centre in Ottawa organized by the Canadian Association of Defence Industries (CADSI). Instagram post by
- [Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan leaders in Gatineau to speak for their communities and lands at summit on C-5 legislation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/07/17/wetsuweten-and-gitxsan-leaders-in-gatineau-quebec-to-speak-for-their-communities-and-lands-at-summit-on-c-5-legislation/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks, Wet’suwet’en land defender Gaylene Morris of the Likhsamasyu Clan, Gitxsan hereditary leader Gwii Lok’im Gibuu, Jesse Stoeppler, and Dogwood Northern B.C. coordinator Kai Nagata. Indigenous Climate Action has posted on Instagram: “Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting a summit on Bill C-5 on July 16–17 in Gatineau, QC — but
- [Spain moves to legislate an arms embargo against Israel while Canada continues to approve arms export permits](https://pbicanada.org/2025/07/15/spain-moves-to-legislate-an-arms-embargo-against-israel-while-canada-continues-to-approve-arms-export-permits/) - Video still: Greenpeace Spain peace and disarmament campaigner Valentina Carvajal speaks in support of an arms embargo against Israel. Europa Press reports: “More than 1,200 cultural professionals … presented a letter to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on Monday [July 14], demanding that Spain ‘immediately’ decree a comprehensive embargo on arms and defence
- [The struggle to live in peace; defenders of territories in Colombia and Canada meet to renew and strengthen relationships of solidarity](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/26/the-struggle-to-live-in-peace-defenders-of-territories-in-colombia-and-canada-meet-to-build-relationships-of-solidarity/) - During the week of Monday June 23 to Friday June 27, campesina leader Jani Silva from the Amazon Pearl Peasant Reserve Zone (La Zona de Reserva Campesina Perla Amazónica) and Inga defender Doris Waira Nina Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy from the Association of Indigenous Women Defenders of the Chagra of Life (Asociacion de Mujeres Indigenas Defensoras de
- [«¿Cómo debemos combatir los vientos fuertes?» por Waira Nina Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy y Jani Silva](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/21/como-debemos-combatir-los-vientos-fuertes-por-waira-nina-jacanamijoy-mutumbajoy-y-jani-silva/) - -In English below- 21 de junio, cruzando el estrecho del Hecate - Isla de la Tortuga (Canadá) Por Waira Nina Jacanamijoy Mutumbajoy (Asociacion de Mujeres Indígenas Defensoras de la Chagra de la Vida - ASOMI y Asociación Tanda Chiridu Inga Kuna) y Jani Silva (Zona de Reserva Campesina Perla Amazónica) con el apoyo de Peace
- [PBI-Kenya concerned by police actions at protest in County of Nairobi; Embassy of Canada urges investigation of police](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/19/pbi-kenya-concerned-by-police-actions-at-protest-in-county-of-nairobi-embassy-of-canada-urges-investigation-of-police/) - Video still from MwanzoTV. On June 18, the Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya, of which the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project is a member, “strongly condemn[ed] the deliberate infiltration of peaceful protests by hundreds of violent agitators who attacked protesters and caused mayhem in the County of Nairobi.” That statement further notes: “Our monitoring and preliminary analysis
- [PBI-Nicaragua accompanies vigil in San Jose, Costa Rica following the arrest and disappearance of Anibal Rivas Reed](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/20/pbi-nicaragua-accompanies-vigil-in-san-jose-following-the-arrest-and-disappearance-of-anibal-rivas-reed/) - On May 26, PBI-Nicaragua posted: “Last Friday [May 23], Nicaraguan human rights defenders in exile in San Jose organized an Emergency Vigil to demand the immediate release of people arbitrarily detained and in a condition of enforced disappearance. The vigil was convened in an emergent way to cover the complaint that the feminist defender Sadie
- [PBI-Mexico remembers the continuing work of allied organization Saltillo Migrant House on World Refugee Day](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/20/pbi-mexico-highlights-the-work-of-allied-organization-saltillo-migrant-house-on-world-refugee-day/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “June 20 - World Refugee Day Today, from PBI Mexico, we honor the bravery of those who are forced to flee to protect their lives. We reaffirm our commitment to active solidarity and the defense of human rights, accompanying defenders who, with conviction and courage, raise their voices for those seeking refuge
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at court hearing on water pollution by coffee company](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/19/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-at-court-hearing-on-water-pollution-by-coffee-company/) - On June 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanied the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at a hearing against the owner of the company Cafe La Conquista S. A. for water pollution and forest damage. The hearing consisted of reading the documents offered as a preliminary trial. The beginning of the conclusion stage will be
- [PBI highlights at UN in Geneva Working Group recommendation on “cooperation agreements” in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/19/pbi-highlights-at-un-in-geneva-working-group-recommendation-on-cooperation-agreements-in-colombia/) - Video still: Yannick Wild at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. On June 19, Peace Brigades International highlighted at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland ongoing concerns about the Canadian company Frontera Energy and cooperation agreements in Colombia. Yannick Wild of PBI-Switzerland spoke in response to the Visit to Colombia report by
- [G7 Summit in Canada issues joint statement on Critical Minerals without mention of land and environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/18/g7-summit-in-canada-issues-joint-statement-on-critical-minerals-without-mention-of-land-and-environmental-defenders/) - Video still: Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney welcome British prime minister Keir Starmer to the G7 summit. The G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan is one of six joint statements to have emerged from the G7 Summit in Kananaskis this past June 15-17. Their statement highlights: “We, the Leaders of
- [TC Energy and ATCO meet with Mexican president at G7 summit in Canada to advance Plan México megaprojects](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/18/tc-energy-and-atco-meet-with-mexican-president-at-g7-summit-in-canada-to-advance-plan-mexico-megaprojects/) - Video still: Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum meets with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on June 17 at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. President Sheinbaum also met separately with the Business Council of Canada that represents
- [PBI-Canada observes rally on Parliament Hill in which Indigenous leader calls Bill C-5 "economic terrorism"](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/17/pbi-canada-observes-rally-on-parliament-hill-in-which-indigenous-leader-calls-bill-c-5-economic-terrorism/) - The Chiefs of Ontario held a rally with about 200 people on Parliament Hill in Ottawa this afternoon in opposition to the Canadian government’s Bill C-5. At that rally, Chief Shelly Moore-Frappier of Temagami First Nation stated: "Let me be clear — weaponizing the economy to suppress First Nations rights is economic terrorism. It is
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at court hearing versus coffee company](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/13/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-at-court-hearing-versus-coffee-company/) - On June 10, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Last week #PBIacompaña the Indigenous Council Maya Ch'orti' of Olopa in a new hearing of the Cafe de La Conquista S.A. case. During the hearing, an expert, with professional training as an agricultural engineer with specialization in natural resources, presented a report on water pollution caused by coffee-making activity. The
- [PBI-Honduras observes hearing of the alleged material perpetrators of the murder of environmental defender Juan Lopez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/13/pbi-honduras-observes-hearing-of-the-alleged-material-perpetrators-of-the-murder-of-environmental-defender-juan-lopez/) - On June 5, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today, on World Environment Day, we remember defender Juan Lopez of the Municipal Committee for the Defence of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa (CMDBCPT), killed on September 14, 2024, after years of defending the Botaderos Mountain National Park in front of the mining. This week, we were in San
- [Communities knit their resistances together with Tiny House build on Lekwungen territory](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/11/communities-knit-their-resistances-together-with-tiny-house-build-on-lekwungen-territory/) - Article written by Seb Bonet. Photo Description: Two Xinca land defenders visit the tiny house construction site and pose with volunteers. Photo Credit: Cory Greenless. From May 16-30, the Friends of Gitxsan and Gitanyow constructed a tiny house on a trailer that will be journeying from Lekwungen territory (Victoria) to the house of Gitludahl to
- [Thirteen arrested protesting CANSEC arms show, companies profiting from genocide; Community Defence Fund seeking donations](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/08/thirteen-arrested-protesting-cansec-arms-show-companies-profiting-from-genocide-community-defence-fund-seeking-donations/) - On Wednesday May 28, more than 300 people gathered outside the EY Centre in Ottawa to protest the annual CANSEC arms show. The protest follows the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) preliminary ruling in January 2024 in which the court found that it is “plausible” that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. It
- [G7 summit to take place days after megaproject announcements rejected by Indigenous land defenders, new military spending](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/08/g7-summit-to-take-place-days-after-megaproject-announcements-rejected-by-indigenous-land-defenders-new-military-spending/) - Instagram image. The G7 summit with leaders from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the European Union and Japan will take place in Kananaskis, Alberta this coming June 15 to 17. On June 7, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announced his government’s three priorities for the summit: “Protecting our communities and the
- [June 10 webinar - Volunteering for Protection: Indigenous Rights and the Impacts of Megaprojects](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/08/volunteering-for-protection-indigenous-rights-and-the-impacts-of-megaprojects/) - Webinar panel: Lilian, Alejandra, Melody and Rachel. On Tuesday June 10 at 1 pm EDT, PBI-Canada and PBI-United Kingdom are collaborating on a webinar will highlight the intersection between Indigenous rights and the impact of megaprojects in Latin America — and how PBI volunteers are working in solidarity with grassroots movements resisting corporate abuses. Register
- [British Columbia government allows construction of PRGT pipeline; Gitanyow vow to protect their territory, stop the pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/06/british-columbia-government-allows-construction-of-prgt-pipeline-gitanyow-vow-to-stop-the-pipeline/) - Photo: On August 22, 2024, the Gitanyow closed a road on their territory to stop the construction of the PRGT pipeline. The provincial government of British Columbia will allow the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) fracked gas pipeline on Gitanyow and Gitxsan territories despite their opposition to the megaproject. On June 5,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó at ceremony where Colombian government apologizes for state violence](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/05/pbi-colombia-at-ceremony-as-colombian-state-apologizes-for-state-violence-against-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado/) - Photo by Mauricio Giraldo. On June 5, PBI-Colombia posted on social media: “Today we accompany the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado to the act of pardon by President Gustavo Petro for the responsibility of the Colombian State for crimes committed between 1997 and 2007 against the community. After 30 years of violence against
- [General Dynamics promotes light armoured vehicles at CANSEC as controversial export to Saudi Arabia continues](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/05/general-dynamics-promotes-light-armoured-vehicles-at-cansec-as-controversial-export-to-saudi-arabia-continues/) - Photo: The LAV 6.0 MkII at CANSEC 2025. On June 4, 2025, MSN reported: “General Dynamics Land Systems unveiled in Canada the new version of the LAV 6.0 armored personnel carrier during the CANSEC expo. The LAV 6.0 Mk 2 is an 8×8 platform with design and combat capability improvements over previous versions, including a
- [Indigenous land defenders prepare to protect land and waters as Canadian province passes Bill 5 “special economic zone” legislation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/05/indigenous-land-defenders-prepare-to-protect-land-and-waters-as-canadian-province-passes-bill-5-special-economic-zone-legislation/) - Photo: “Indigenous land defenders are leading the fight to protect lands and waters from Bill 5. Today mothers from Grassy Narrows were removed from the legislature today trying to send their message that their lands and rights will not be trampled #StopBill5 #TreatiesOverBill5” Photo by Free Grassy: Grassy Narrows Solidarity. The Canadian Press reports: “Ontario
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation at meeting on rights of women searchers with Ombudsman](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/05/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-at-meeting-on-the-rights-of-women-searchers-with-ombudsman/) - Photo: FNEB meets with Ombudsman. On May 27, PBI-Colombia posted: “We accompanied the family of @fneb [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation] in a meeting with the Ombudsman @MarnIris [Iris Marín Ortiz]. The persistence of enforced disappearances in the context of serious humanitarian crises is alarming. Likewise, it is urgent to advance comprehensive guarantees for women
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the Agrarian Platform and COPA as they denounce the link between armed group and companies](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/05/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-agrarian-platform-and-copa-as-they-denounce-the-link-between-armed-group-and-companies/) - On June 3, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today, we accompany the Agrarian Platform and COPA [the Coordinator of Popular Organizations of the Aguán] in the press conference held in front of the Public Ministry of Tegucigalpa, where they have demanded security forces to intervene immediately in the Baja Aguán, due to the violent context that is being
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Ejido El Bajio challenges Fresnillo PLC at annual shareholders meeting in London, UK](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/04/pbi-mexico-accompanied-ejido-el-bajio-challenges-fresnillo-plc-at-annual-shareholders-meeting-in-london-uk/) - On June 2, the Ejido El Bajío posted: “For the fourth year running, we attended the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of #FresnilloPLC in London to reiterate to shareholders that the company lies in its reports, evades justice, owes us more than 13 billion pesos, and that the board of directors is aware of everything and says
- [The Maple reports the Canadian Commercial Corporation signs deal for shipment of artillery propellants despite Israeli human rights abuses](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/03/the-maple-reports-the-canadian-commercial-corporation-approves-shipment-of-artillery-propellants-despite-israeli-human-rights-abuses/) - Photo: The Maple reports: “The propellants in question are used to fire 155mm artillery shells, a caliber of munition that Israel has used heavily in its attacks on Gaza.” The propellant appears to have been promoted at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 28-29, 2025. The Maple reports: “A federal government agency that assists
- [“We still face colonial occupation”: Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham accepts Canadian Screen Award for “Yintah”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/02/we-still-face-colonial-occupation-wetsuweten-land-defender-molly-wickham-accepts-canadian-screen-award-for-yintah/) - The film “Yintah” has won the 2025 Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Best Feature Length Documentary. The acceptance speech by Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham) can be seen here. The Canadian Screen Awards description of the film notes: “Yintah, meaning ‘land’ in the Wet’suwet’en language, tells the story of an Indigenous nation asserting sovereignty. It is the
- [PBI-Guatemala observes the final hearing of the Mujeres Achi case in which paramilitary members sentenced to prison](https://pbicanada.org/2025/06/01/pbi-guatemala-observes-the-final-hearing-of-the-mujeres-achi-case-in-which-paramilitary-members-sentenced-to-prison/) - On May 31, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI observed the final hearing in the Mujeres Achí [Indigenous Achi women] case, in which the sentence was handed down: 40 years in prison for the three former PAC [Civil Self-Defence Patrols] members for crimes against humanity. The court recognized the use of sexual violence as a weapon of
- [Journalists and photographer face threats and arrests by Ottawa Police during CANSEC arms show protest](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/31/journalists-and-photographer-face-threats-and-arrests-by-ottawa-police-during-cansec-arms-show-protest/) - Photo: Radio-Canada journalist Claudia Richard reports on the protest at the CANSEC arms show, May 28, 2025. Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. The treatment of journalists by the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) during the protest at the CANSEC arms show is raising concerns. The protest took place outside the EY Centre in Ottawa the morning
- [Canada intends to sign on to the ReArm Europe procurement pact by July 1](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/31/canada-intends-to-sign-on-to-the-rearm-europe-procurement-pact-by-july-1/) - Photo: "Canada out of NATO: fund health care not warfare" banner outside the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 28, 2025, as Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty promises in this speech a “forthcoming Defence Industrial Strategy” and “to triple defence spending from 2014 levels by 2030.” Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. CBC News reports: “On
- [Elbit exhibit at CANSEC 2025 highlights Skylark drone implicated in the targeting of human rights defenders, journalists, civilians](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/31/elbit-exhibit-at-cansec-2025-highlights-skylark-drone-implicated-in-the-targeting-of-human-rights-defenders-journalists-civilians/) - Photo: Elbit Systems at CANSEC 2025. The Elbit Systems exhibit at the CANSEC 2025 arms show at the EY Centre in Ottawa appears to have prominently featured an image of their Skylark drone. The Jerusalem Post has explained that Elbit-manufactured Skylark drones are operated by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sky Rider units. In December 2023,
- [Journalist Ramona Murphy arrested while reporting on CANSEC protest; Ottawa Police Service refuse to comment on exclusion zone](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/30/journalist-ramona-murphy-arrested-while-reporting-on-cansec-protest-ottawa-police-refuse-to-comment-on-exclusion-zone/) - 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 demonstration as a volunteer journalist.
- [Protest challenges CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa; thirteen arrested at demonstration upholding international laws](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/29/large-protest-challenges-cansec-weapons-show-in-ottawa-medic-and-photo-journalist-among-13-arrested-at-demonstrations/) - More than 300 people took part in a protest on May 28 in opposition to the CANSEC weapons show taking place at the EY Centre in Ottawa. Companies that the American Friends Service Committee (the Quakers) has documented as profiting from genocide in Gaza linked to weapons transfers to Israel were among the exhibitors at
- [General Dynamics displays artillery shell implicated in controversial deal, Ottawa Police arrest 13 at protest against CANSEC arms show](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/29/general-dynamics-displays-artillery-shell-implicated-in-unlawful-arms-transfer-ottawa-police-arrest-13-at-protest/) - Photo: General Dynamics display at CANSEC 2025. On May 28, the Quebec-based company General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems-Canada posted on LinkedIn: “It's a start to CANSEC 2025! Join us at booth #1203 to discover our products! #CANSEC2025” They then posted: “This afternoon, our team is present at booth #1203 to present our products to
- [Warnings of road, rail and mine blockades if Ring of Fire declared a “special economic zone” under Ontario’s Bill 5 legislation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/27/warnings-of-road-rail-and-mine-blockades-if-ring-of-fire-declared-a-special-economic-zone-under-ontarios-bill-5-legislation/) - Photo of members gathered around Thunder Spirit Drum inside the Ontario Legislature (Queen's Park) in Toronto on May 22, 2025. The Canadian Press reports: “Road, rail and mine blockades could be on the horizon, First Nations leaders said Monday [May 26], as they ratchet up pressure on the Ontario government to kill a proposed bill
- [Mayan community journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc reports on march in Izabal demanding cancellation of mining licences](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/25/mayan-community-journalist-carlos-ernesto-choc-reports-on-march-in-izabal-demanding-cancellation-of-mining-licences/) - Photo: The sign says: “Caring for water is an act of love. Do it for yourself, for our children, for life on the planet. No to mining.” Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc reports: “On May 23, the 54 communities mobilized to demand that the environmental licenses and mining licenses in Cerro 1,019, located in
- [PBI-Honduras follows Inter-American Court of Human Rights hearing on Garifuna Community of Cayos Cochinos vs Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/23/pbi-honduras-follows-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-hearing-on-garifuna-community-of-cayos-cochinos-vs-honduras/) - On May 22, PBI-Honduras posted: “From PBI, we will be closely following the sentence of the @corteidhoficial [the Inter-American Court of Human Rights] after the hearing in the case ‘Garifuna Community of Cayos Cochinos and its members vs. Honduras’, which took place in Guatemala City yesterday. During the hearing, #defender Mabel Robledo of the #Garifuna
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at demonstration seeking dialogue on proposals](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/23/pbi-mexico-accompanies-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-at-demonstration-seeking-dialogue-on-proposals/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Today, May 22, PBI accompanies the Peoples Front [in Defence of Land and Water] Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala at a peaceful demonstration in San Andres Cholula that seeks the opening of dialogue tables with the Municipal Presidency, with the objective of initiating a conversation about the integration of the proposals of the Peoples
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Tosepan Cooperative assembly where the security situation of communities is discussed](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/23/pbi-mexico-accompanies-tosepan-cooperative-assembly-in-which-they-discussed-the-security-situation-of-communities/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Last Sunday, May 18, PBI was invited by the Tosepan Cooperative, integrated by more than 200 communities of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, to accompany their assembly in which they discussed the security situation in the communities.” Tosepan Kali has explained: “Tosepan Kali, which in our Nahuatl language means ‘Our House’, is
- [Sentencing of Indigenous land defenders who defended Wet’suwet’en territory from megaproject set for Smithers court, October 15-17](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/22/sentencing-of-indigenous-land-defenders-who-defended-wetsuweten-territory-from-megaproject-set-for-smithers-court-october-15-17/) - On May 22, a Keepers of the Water-organized webinar on the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders in Canada was hosted by Jesse Cardinal. The webinar featured Sleydo’ – Molly Wickham, Wing Chief of Cas Yikh, a house group of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation; Chief Na’Moks, Hereditary Chief, Tsayu Clan, Wet’suwet’en Nation; Gwii
- [Questions and concerns continue one year after the #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests in Kenya](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/22/questions-concerns-remain-reject-finance-bill-one-year-anniversary/) - Photo: Tear gas used against Kenya budget protests, June 26, 2024. Image from Wikimedia/Capital FM Kenya. We are at the one-year anniversary of the protests in Kenya against the Finance Bill, widely known as #RejectFinanceBill2024. The legislation was introduced by the Kenyan government on May 13, 2024, online protests began soon after on May 18,
- [PBI-Guatemala observes the court hearing of army-paramilitary violence against Achi women, sentencing on May 30](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/22/pbi-guatemala-observes-the-court-hearing-of-army-paramilitary-violence-against-achi-women-sentencing-expected-on-may-30/) - On May 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday #PBI observes the continuation of the hearing of conclusions of the #mujeresachi [Achi women] case in which the court gave them the floor: "I represent the Achí women, I ask the court to pass sentence against the accused. I recognized them, I suffered in my own flesh what they
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies march in solidarity with the disappeared during the Mendez Arceo National Human Rights Award in Cuernavaca](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/21/pbi-mexico-accompanies-march-in-solidarity-with-the-disappeared-during-the-mendez-arceo-national-human-rights-award-in-cuernavaca/) - The Cerezo Committee has posted: “30th Mendez Arceo National Human Rights Award in Cuernavaca, Morelos” El Sol de Cuernavaca reports: “Mothers of the Disappeared Receive Sergio Méndez Arceo Award for Their Struggle in Mexico.” “Veronica Rosas, mother of Diego Maximiliano, who disappeared in the State of Mexico, received the award in the individual category, and
- [Mining resistance member Misael Mata Asencio killed in Guatemala within week of hike to look at mining exploration wells](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/20/mining-resistance-member-misael-mata-asencio-killed-within-week-of-hike-to-look-at-new-mining-exploration-wells/) - Journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc has shared on Facebook: “#Alert A member of the anti-mining resistance is murdered, from the 54 communities in Sierra Santa Cruz, jurisdiction of Livingston, Izabal, where the company Rio Nickel S. intends to operate. The name of the person who was part of the resistance was Misael Mata Asencio, originally from
- [PBI-Canada participates in community screening of “The Lab” in the lead-up to the CANSEC arms show](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/20/pbi-canada-participates-in-community-screening-of-the-lab-in-the-lead-up-to-the-cansec-arms-show/) - On Sunday May 18, PBI-Canada participated in a community screening of The Lab. The screening and discussion was organized by Labour for Palestine Ottawa with the support of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, the Anti-Imperialist Alliance, Anakbayan Ottawa, Shut Down CANSEC, and others. The synopsis of the documentary by Yotam Feldman and Gum Films
- [The murder of CINEP researchers Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado in Colombia showed that “pain transcends borders”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/20/the-murder-of-cinep-researchers-mario-calderon-and-elsa-alvarado-showed-that-pain-transcends-borders/) - Photo: Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado. On May 19, 2025, Colombia Informa reported: “On a day like today, in 1997, human rights defenders and environmentalists, Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado, were murdered in Bogotá. The crime, which continues to go unpunished, involved paramilitaries, the military, the Attorney General's Office and the DAS [the Administrative Department
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH defenders at hearing following complaint filed by poultry company owner](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/20/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-defenders-at-hearing-following-complaint-filed-by-poultry-company-owner/) - On May 15, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday, we accompanied human rights defenders Christopher Castillo and Manuel Chinchilla of ARCAH in an attempted conciliation hearing following a personal injury complaint filed by the owner of the poultry company El Cortijo. In recent years, ARCAH has filed several complaints against the company, among others for alleged contamination of
- [Judicial review could implicate Canada acting unlawfully by selling parts for F-35s violating international law](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/19/judicial-review-could-implicate-canada-acting-unlawfully-by-selling-parts-for-f-35s-violating-international-law/) - Photo: Rally outside London court as judicial review begins. The Guardian newspaper reports that a judicial review took place last week (Tuesday May 13 to Friday May 16, 2025) over allegations that the British government “acted unlawfully” by “continuing to sell F-35 parts and components to a global pool, even though some of those components
- [Front Line Defenders documents the killing of 31 Palestinian human rights defenders, many by Israeli airstrikes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/18/front-line-defenders-documents-the-killing-of-31-palestinian-human-rights-defenders-many-by-israeli-airstrikes/) - Photo: Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad was killed by an Israeli drone airstrike in October 2024. In this photo, the 19-year-old journalist carries the photo of his colleagues Ismael al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi who were killed in July 2024. The Dublin-based organization Front Line Defenders (the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders) has
- [Investigative Journalism Foundation reports that Bell Textron wants to sell helicopters to the RCMP](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/15/investigative-journalism-foundation-reports-bell-textron-seeks-to-sell-helicopters-to-the-royal-canadian-mounted-police/) - Photo: Bell Helicopters for Public Safety, Firefighting and Police Operations. Journalist Carly Penrose of the Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) reports: “The Mirabel, Que.-based company registered to lobby the federal government for contracts to sell rotary wing aircraft to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and to be part of the Department of National Defence’s (DND’s)
- [Land and environmental defenders at risk as Canada, the US and UK pursue critical minerals for weapons](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/15/land-and-environmental-defenders-at-risk-as-canada-the-us-and-uk-pursue-critical-minerals-for-weapons/) - In this joint policy briefing released today, May 15, 2025, seventeen organizations, including Peace Brigades International, warn that the UK government’s drive to secure minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium could “fuel environmental destruction, human rights abuses and deepen global inequalities.” Their briefing cautions: “The mining and processing of critical minerals is frequently linked to
- [PBI-Canada celebrates International Conscientious Objection Day and our founders who went to prison for refusing military service](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/14/pbi-canada-celebrates-international-conscientious-objection-day-and-its-founders-who-went-to-prison-for-refusing-military-service/) - Photo: Then-22-year-old Gene Keyes (with Jane Gordon) burns his draft card on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1963, in front of a Selective Service System office (that administered the draft during the Vietnam War) in Champaign, Illinois. Keyes would later move to Nova Scotia, Canada and co-found PBI in September 1981. War Resisters’ International explains: “Every
- [PBI-Honduras observes hearing of three Los Pinares/Ecotek executive accused of illegal exploitation and damage to national park](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/13/pbi-honduras-observes-hearing-of-three-los-pinares-ecotek-executive-accused-of-illegal-exploitation-and-damage-to-national-park/) - On May 13, PBI-Honduras posted on Facebook: “Today, together with other national and international organizations and the diplomatic corps, in solidarity with the Municipal Committee in Defense of the Commons and Public Goods (CMDBC), we observed the hearing of conclusions of the initial hearing against three executives of the company Inversiones los Pinares/Ecotek, accused of
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in El Guayabo for the socialization of CDG Order recognizing the Magdalena River](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/14/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-in-el-guayabo-for-the-socialization-of-cdg-order-recognizing-the-magdalena-river/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied Credhos [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in the village of El Guayabo and the peasant community of this territory in the act of recognition of the Magdalena River as a victim in case 08 before the JEP. CDG Order 08 of May 11, 2025,
- [PBI-Honduras observes court hearing of three accused Los Pinares/Ecotek defendants](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/12/pbi-honduras-observes-hearing-of-three-accused-in-the-killing-of-environmental-defender-juan-lopez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted on social media: “Yesterday [March 11], we observed the initial hearing against three defendants from the company Inversiones Los Pinares/Ecotek accused of #environmental damages to the Montaña de Botaderos Carlos Escaleras National Park. The Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods demands #justice and highlights the alleged existence of a
- [PBI-Canada concerned that Ring of Fire could be designated a “special economic zone” in September 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/13/pbi-canada-concerned-that-ring-of-fire-could-be-designated-a-special-economic-zone-by-ontario-in-september-2025/) - Video still: “We will defend our lands & waters.” From the 12-minute video “Neskantaga - We Love Our Land” by Allan Lissner. The area known as the “Ring of Fire” in the northern part of the Canadian province of Ontario has an abundance of rare-earth/critical minerals including cobalt, lithium, manganese, nickel, graphite and copper. Ricochet
- [PBI-Colombia present as CREDHOS witnesses the socialization of the JEP decision on the Magdalena River](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/13/pbi-colombia-present-as-credhos-witnesses-the-socialization-of-the-jep-decision-on-the-magdalena-river/) - JEP video still from ceremony on May 11, 2025. The Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) has posted on Facebook: “The River has its own voice and a space in transitional and restorative justice. In Barrancabermeja, the victims of different collective and individual processes, the fishing communities and pilots of the Magdalena
- [Translocal learning and the protection needs of environmental defenders, campesina and Indigenous communities in British Columbia and Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/12/translocal-learning-and-the-protection-needs-of-environmental-defenders-campesina-and-indigenous-communities-in-british-columbia-and-colombia/) - Photos: Unist’ot’en territory in British Columbia; “La Perla Amazónica” Campesina Reserve Zone in Putumayo, Colombia. Environmental defenders in the Putumayo region of Colombia and on Wet’suwet’en, Gitxsan and Gitanyow territories in Canada face a range of threats. In December 2023, Amnesty International Canada highlighted: “A new report by Amnesty International traces the years-long campaign of
- [PBI-Canada to observe the Shut Down CANSEC mobilization in Ottawa, May 28](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/10/pbi-canada-to-observe-the-shut-down-cansec-mobilization-in-ottawa-may-28/) - Photo from protest against CANSEC 2024. The large white banner says "Stop Profiting From War". Peace Brigades International-Canada will be observing the Shut Down CANSEC mobilization against the CANSEC arms show this coming Wednesday May 28 starting at 7 am at the EY Centre in Ottawa. Information about Shut Down CANSEC can be found on
- [PBI-Guatemala starts accompaniment of Maya Q'eqchi' frontline journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/12/pbi-guatemala-starts-accompaniment-of-maya-qeqchi-frontline-journalist-carlos-ernesto-choc/) - Photo: PBI-Guatemala with Carlos Ernesto Choc, February 2024. The latest Monthly Information Package (April 2025) from the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project notes: “At our twice-yearly assembly this April, we completed our analysis of the accompaniment request that we received from Carlos Choc, a Q'eqchi' Maya journalist, human rights defender, and environmentalist known for his important
- [PBI-Canada remembers Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on the third anniversary of her murder](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/11/pbi-canada-remembers-palestinian-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh-on-the-third-anniversary-of-her-murder/) - Photo: Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by the Israeli military on May 11, 2022. She was remembered at the June 1, 2022, protest against CANSEC. Three years ago today, on May 11, 2022, Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the back of her head by an Israeli soldier. Now, Dion Nissenbaum,
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the March of National Dignity: Mothers Searching for their Sons, Daughters, Truth and Justice](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/11/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-march-of-national-dignity-mothers-searching-for-their-sons-daughters-truth-and-justice/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Mexico for #Mother’s Day, searching mothers gather across the country demanding justice and truth for the thousands of disappearances faced by Mexico. From @PBI_Mexico we accompanied marches and rallies in Mexico City, Morelia and Cuernavaca.” The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “Thousands of mothers marched this Saturday, as part of Mother's Day
- [Keepers of the Water webinar: The Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders in Canada – Our Truth, May 22](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/09/keepers-of-the-water-webinar-the-criminalization-of-indigenous-land-defenders-in-canada-our-truth-may-22/) - We encourage you to watch this upcoming Facebook Live webinar on Thursday May 22 starting at 12:00 pm MST (2 pm ET) featuring: - Sleydo’ - Molly Wickham: Wing Chief of Cas Yikh, a house group of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. - Chief Na’Moks – Hereditary Chief, Tsayu Clan, Wet’suwet’en Nation. -
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at 12th anniversary commemoration of genocide conviction](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/10/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-association-for-justice-and-reconciliation-ajr-at-12th-anniversary-commemoration-of-genocide-conviction/) - Photo by Marco Hernandez/FGER. On May 9, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBIacompanies in [the town of] Nebaj [in the department of El Quiché] the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- in the acts of commemoration of the historic sentence that condemned General Efrain Rios Montt for the #GenocidioIxil. “This is how justice is done; thanks to
- [Tiny House for Gitxsan land defenders opposing the PRGT pipeline to be built in Victoria, May 16 to 30](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/09/tiny-house-for-gitxsan-land-defenders-opposing-the-prgt-pipeline-to-be-built-in-victoria-may-16-to-30/) - 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 for Gitxsan land defenders?” They
- [Ottawa mounted police unit completes training in Toronto in advance of CANSEC arms show, May 28-29](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/09/ottawa-mounted-police-unit-completes-training-in-toronto-in-advance-of-cansec-arms-show-may-28-29/) - Photo by Toronto Police posted on X, April 30, 2025. On April 29, 2025, the Toronto Police Service posted: “Toronto’s Mounted Unit helped get Ottawa’s officers back in the saddle again. On April 11, five Ottawa Police Service officers who graduated from Toronto’s 15-week Basic Equitation Course will be among the first officers in their
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ASODEBICOQ opposed to the construction of the El Tablón dam in Quimistán](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/08/pbi-honduras-accompanies-asodebicoq-opposed-to-the-construction-of-the-el-tablon-dam-in-the-sula-valley/) - On May 7, PBI-Honduras posted: “This weekend, we accompanied the Association for the Defence of Common Property in Quimistán (ASODEBICOQ) and observed an open town meeting in which the Quimistán communities present asked that the bidding process for the El Tablón dam be suspended. In addition, the population asked to be included in an intersectoral
- [Excerpt: “Inside the Indigenous ‘land back’ movement in Colombia” by Lital Khaikin, Waging Nonviolence](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/09/excerpt-inside-the-indigenous-land-back-movement-in-colombia-by-lital-khaikin-waging-nonviolence/) - Photo: Siona leader Mario Erazo Yaiguaje and Amazon Frontlines lawyer Lina Maria Espinosa during a community assembly. Photo by Amazon Frontlines. Montreal-based journalist Lital Khaikin writes about the Indigenous ‘land back’ movement in Colombia in Waging Nonviolence. Khaikin begins her article by setting this crucial context: “Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala to the Public Prosecutor's Office](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-ecumenical-christian-council-of-guatemala-to-the-public-prosecutors-office/) - On May 5, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala to ratify before the Public Prosecutor's Office the complaint for the recent break-in and robbery at its headquarters. ‘We are strengthened because all allies, independent media and society have approached these days to generate total solidarity to the Council,’ says Pastor
- [PBI-UK and PBI-Canada collaborate on “Volunteering for protection: Indigenous rights and the impacts of megaprojects” webinar, June 10](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/pbi-uk-and-pbi-canada-collaborate-on-volunteering-for-protection-indigenous-rights-and-the-impacts-of-megaprojects-webinar-june-10/) - This webinar on June 10 will encourage applications from individuals interested in volunteering on a Peace Brigades International (PBI) protection team and raise awareness about the human rights and environmental violations resulting from megaprojects, particularly their impact on Indigenous communities. To register, click here. The speakers will include Indigenous land defenders in Mexico and Honduras
- [Environmental Investigation Agency reports on illegally cut timber imported to Canada funding paramilitary violence in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/07/environmental-investigation-agency-reports-on-illegally-cut-timber-imported-to-canada-funding-paramilitary-violence/) - 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, according to a new report
- [Peace Brigades International joins in civil society call for Brazil to respect the right to protest at COP30 in November](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/peace-brigades-international-joins-in-civil-society-call-for-brazil-to-respect-the-right-to-protest-at-cop30-in-november/) - Video still: A protest at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 2024. Folha de São Paulo reports: “A coalition of more than a hundred civil society organizations has prepared a letter with recommendations for Brazil to organize the logistics and structure of COP30, the United Nations climate conference that will be held in Belém in November.
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH in Loarque as struggle against the pollution of the Choluteca River by El Cortijo company continues](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/07/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-in-loarque-as-struggle-against-the-pollution-of-the-choluteca-river-by-el-cortijo-company-continues/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We accompany ARCAH in the presentation of the documentary about the village Loarque, a community that has mentioned that it has been affected by the rubbish of the poultry company El Cortijo. From PBI we show concern for the recent statement of Christopher Castillo, general coordinator of ARCAH, who has manifested to
- [PBI-Canada mourns the passing of Guatemalan water defender Abelino Salvador Mejía Cancino](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/pbi-canada-mourns-the-passing-of-guatemalan-water-defender-abelino-salvador-mejia-cancino/) - The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted: “From PBI Guatemala we want to send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Avelino Salvador Mejía Cancinos, tireless Defender of Human Rights, of the Land and Territory, of Water and Mother Nature. His demise is a great loss to all. Rest in peace.” We join
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies ACVC on field trip with University of Antioquia students and professors in Puerto Matilde](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/pbi-colombia-accompanies-acvc-on-field-trip-with-university-of-antioquia-students-and-professors-in-puerto-matilde/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied ACVC-RAN in Puerto Matilde, as part of the field trip carried out by students and professors of the Pedagogy and Peace undergraduate program of the University of Antioquia. Meetings were held with the community to learn about their history of struggle to remain in the territory and the
- [Front Line Defenders Global Analysis report notes May 2024 attack against People's Water Forum in Indonesia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/front-line-defenders-global-analysis-report-notes-may-2024-attack-against-peoples-water-forum-in-indonesia/) - Photo: "The People's Water Forum (PWF) in Bali again experienced intimidation and forced dissolution by dozens of masses of the Garuda Nusantara Patriot Organization (PGN) on Monday, May 20, 2024. Photo: KRUHA" The just-released Front Line Defenders GLOBAL ANALYSIS 2024/25 report notes: “The People’s Water Forum (PWF), which took place on the sidelines of the
- [Front Line Defenders GLOBAL ANALYSIS report documents that at least 324 HRDs were killed in 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/06/front-line-defenders-global-analysis-report-documents-that-at-least-324-hrds-were-killed-in-2024/) - Dublin-based Front Line Defenders has released their 124-page GLOBAL ANALYSIS 2024/25 report. The report notes: “At least 324 human rights defenders from 32 different countries were killed in 2024 in an attempt to silence them and their work.” It also notes: "At the time of publication, the HRD Memorial continued to research and conduct verifications
- [PBI-Mexico and PBI-Spanish State highlight accompanied defender Margarita López on Voices of the Earth podcast](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/05/pbi-mexico-and-pbi-spanish-state-highlight-accompanied-defender-margarita-lopez-on-voices-of-the-earth-podcast/) - PBI-Mexico has posted on social media: “Magui from the @Ejido El Bajío spoke about the struggle for her territory in Sonora against mining projects on the #Voices of the Earth, podcast of @Carne Cruda [raw meat] radio. long with her, testimonies of women defenders from Nicaragua, Guatemala and Colombia were also shared.” PBI-Spanish State has
- [May Day march in Ottawa includes call to “shut down CANSEC” weapons exhibition on May 28](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/02/may-day-march-in-ottawa-includes-call-to-shut-down-cansec-weapons-exhibition-on-may-28/) - On May 1, 2025, a May Day march in downtown Ottawa included a stop outside the office of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), that describes itself as “the national voice representing industry to government and offer platforms to connect companies with customers.” The Board of Directors of CADSI includes representatives of
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS as it organizes to have the Magdalena River recognized as a victim of the armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/02/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-as-it-organizes-to-have-the-magdalena-river-recognized-as-a-victim-of-the-armed-conflict/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “On April 29, we accompanied CREDHOS [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in the village of El Guayabo, rural area of the municipality of Puerto Wilches, Santander, to organize the event of declaration of the Magdalena River for its recognition as a subject of rights and victim
- [Human rights defenders continue to be at risk as G7 Summit meets in Canada, June 15-17](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/01/human-rights-defenders-continue-to-be-at-risk-as-g7-summit-meets-in-canada-june-15-17/) - Photo: The G7 Summit will take place at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge. The G7 Summit will happen this coming June 15-17 in Kananaskis, Alberta. It is expected to bring together the leaders of France (Emmanuel Macron), the United Kingdom (Keir Starmer), Italy (Giorgi Meloni), Germany (Olaf Scholz), Japan (Shigeru Ishiba), the United States (Donald
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala at press conference following break-in at their office](https://pbicanada.org/2025/05/01/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-ecumenical-christian-council-of-guatemala-at-a-press-conference-following-a-break-in-at-their-office/) - On April 30, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala at a press conference in response to the violent raid and kidnapping of information suffered by its headquarters in the early hours of Sunday, April 27. “In Guatemala we will never again succumb to fear, we will never again remain silent,
- [Amnesty International report documents “irresponsible arms transfers” by Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/30/amnesty-international-report-documents-irresponsible-arms-transfers-by-canada/) - Amnesty International has released their 410-page report The State of the World’s Human Rights (April 2025). In the section on Canada (on page 120), Amnesty International highlights: IRRESPONSIBLE ARMS TRANSFERS: “Canada continued to export arms and military equipment to countries despite lack of accountability for past violations and substantial risks that they could be used in serious
- [Excerpts from Amnesty International: The State of the World’s Human Rights](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/30/excerpts-from-amnesty-international-the-state-of-the-worlds-human-rights/) - Amnesty International has released their 410-page report The State of the World’s Human Rights (April 2025). The Amnesty International report highlights the situation for human rights defenders in a dedicated section for Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Indonesia. It also references the situation in Mexico, Nicaragua, Kenya, Nepal and Indonesia. Furthermore it highlights issues of concern
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at court hearing on Hogar Seguro fire where eight officials are accused of crimes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-human-rights-law-firm-at-court-hearing-on-hogar-seguro-fire-where-eight-officials-are-accused-of-crimes/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBIaccompanies the Human Rights Law Firm to a hearing of the #HogarSeguro case. The case concerns the fire that occurred on March 8, 2017, inside Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción, where 41 girls died and 15 were seriously injured. There are 8 people who have been charged for these facts.
- [What are the implications of the Canadian election for land and water protectors?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/29/what-are-the-implications-of-the-canadian-election-for-land-and-water-protectors/) - Video still: Prime Minister Mark Carney on election night. As of today, the morning after the April 28 federal election in Canada, it appears that there will be a Liberal minority government. CBC chart highlights seat count and popular vote. While any foreign policy was dominated by US-Canada relations (and not, for instance, the human
- [Mexican environmental defender Suástegui Muñoz who opposed the CFE La Parota dam and challenged the Navy-backed Maribús project is killed](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/28/environmental-defender-suastegui-munoz-who-opposed-la-parota-dam-challenged-the-navy-backed-maribus-project-is-killed/) - The Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre has posted on social media: “After Marco Antonio Suástegui Muñoz, historical leader of CECOP, was attacked by a gunman when he was leaving Icacos beach, today we unfortunately received the news that he lost his life, after 8 days in the hospital in Acapulco trying to survive.” Marco Antonio Suástegui
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at assembly with ADESAN, ASOMEPABA, AMUSUNASB and municipalities](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/27/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cahucopana-at-assembly-with-organizations-and-municipalities/) - The Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) has posted on social media: “Barrancabermeja, Santander Peace is built with communities! We unite in a space for dialogue and coming together for the real transformation of Northeastern Antioquia and South Bolivar. We met in an Intermunicipal Assembly between the Humanitarian Action Corporation
- [Canada participates in Balikatan exercise despite Philippine military implicated in killings of environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/26/canada-participates-in-balikatan-exercise-despite-philippine-military-implicated-in-killings-of-environmental-defenders/) - PBI-Canada photo: Protest in Ottawa against Balikatan. “Balikatan” is an annual military training exercise held by the Philippines and the United States. This year it is taking place on the island of Luzon, the Batanes Islands and Zambales from April 21 to May 9 with Colombia, Indonesia, Germany, the UK, Canada and other countries participating
- [Gitanyow sustainability director Tara Marsden warns Blackstone-backed PRGT pipeline would accelerate climate change](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/25/gitanyow-sustainability-director-tara-marsden-warns-blackstone-backed-prgt-pipeline-would-accelerate-climate-change/) - Photo: Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC). The CBC reports: “Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs, worries the current push to approve new projects [framed as breaking “Canada's dependence on the U.S. energy economy”] will sideline environmental concerns." The article adds: "Marsden has helped organize opposition to
- [UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor: “Canadian extractive mining companies are putting defenders at risk all over the world”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/25/un-special-rapporteur-mary-lawlor-canadian-extractive-mining-companies-are-putting-defenders-at-risk-all-over-the-world/) - On April 11, Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, posted on social media: “At #HRC58 [the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council] I welcomed #Canada’s support for human rights defenders abroad. But I had to say it: Canadian extractive mining companies are putting defenders at risk all over
- [PBI-Honduras accompanied Indigenous COPINH water protectors demand justice for the Palestinian people](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/25/pbi-honduras-accompanied-indigenous-copinh-water-protectors-demand-justice-for-the-palestinian-people/) - The PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organisations in Honduras (COPINH) has posted on social media: “On World Earth Day, we cannot ignore the cry of a land that bleeds: Palestine. This is not a war, this is genocide! Palestine suffers, resists, cries, screams, endures, fights... lives! Because defending life, dignity and land,
- [PBI-Colombia tells DW that Colombia is unsafe for rights defenders as European Commission lists Colombia as a “safe country”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/25/pbi-colombia-tells-dw-that-colombia-is-unsafe-for-rights-defenders-as-european-commission-lists-colombia-as-a-safe-country/) - Photo: The western face of the European Parliament towards the Place du Luxembourg in Brussels, Belgium. The Bonn, Germany-based news agency Deutsche Welle (DW) reports on Colombian human rights defender Claudia Álvarez who has been waiting for 30 months for asylum in Spain. Álvarez says: "I cannot return to Colombia; it is not a safe
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Ch’orti’ communities as they defend water and territory from mining, coffee production](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/24/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-chorti-communities-as-they-defend-water-and-territory-from-mining-coffee-production/) - On April 24, PBI-Guatemala posted: “For #WaterDay yesterday PBI accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque and the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa in their night walk. Among other things, the communities thanked Mother Earth for the water. In addition, they declared the area of the source of the La Conquista river Azacualpa
- [PBI-Guatemala shares statement from Indigenous ancestral authorities on the arrest of K’iche’ leader Luis Pacheco](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/24/pbi-guatemala-shares-statement-from-indigenous-ancestral-authorities-on-the-arrest-of-kiche-leader-luis-pacheco/) - Photo of Luis Pacheco by Emmanuel Andrés/Prensa Comunitaria. PBI-Guatemala has shared a statement/official communication from Indigenous and ancestral authorities of the original peoples of Guatemala that is a “condemnation and rejection of the criminalization, arrest of authorities and leaders who defended democracy.” The Associated Press reports: “Guatemalan authorities on Wednesday [April 23] arrested [Luis Pacheco]
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) as it requests file awarding land to the October 18 campesina organization](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/23/pbi-honduras-accompanies-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-as-it-requests-file-awarding-land-to-the-october-18-campesina-organization/) - PBI-Honduras has posted on social media: “We accompany the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] Tegucigalpa to the National Agrarian Institute with the aim of requesting the file that accredits the awarding of land in the case of the peasant organization October 18 (Suyatal Cedro, Francisco Morazán). From PBI, we highlight the importance of respecting
- [PBI-Mexico calls for an end to the criminalization of 24 Indigenous land defenders opposed to Tehuantepec megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/23/pbi-mexico-calls-for-an-end-to-the-criminalization-of-24-indigenous-land-defenders-opposed-to-tehuantepec-megaproject/) - Photo: The press conference in front of the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. Photo by La Marea. La Jornada reports: “In the context of World Mother Earth Day, more than 20 Indigenous, environmental and human rights organizations demanded this Tuesday [April 22] in a statement an end to the criminalization of 24 members
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa as it files complaint against coffee company](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/22/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-as-it-files-complaint-against-coffee-company/) - On April 21, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today PBI accompanied the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula who filed a complaint for water pollution and forest damage against Ovidio Cardona, owner of a coffee company whose waste would affect several communities in the area, including sources of drinking water. In today's hearing, presented studies noted the
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH in El Merendón as it rejects the privatization of drinking water services](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/22/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-in-el-merendon-as-it-rejects-the-privatization-of-drinking-water-services/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today, on International Earth Day, we celebrate the important advocacy work ARCAH does to protect water. Recently, we accompanied members of ARCAH in an activity in El Merendón (Choloma, Cortes), in which concern was expressed about the privatization of water in Honduras. From PBI, we remind you that those who defend water
- [The Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) notes the passing of Pope Francis](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/22/the-council-of-popular-and-indigenous-organizations-of-honduras-copinh-notes-the-passing-of-pope-francis/) - Photo: COPINH co-founder Berta Cáceres met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 28, 2014. The Indigenous Lenca land defender was killed less than two years later on March 2, 2016, for her opposition to the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River, a river considered sacred by the Lenca peoples. The Council
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Ejido El Bajío stands in solidarity with Ejido Carrizalillo in struggle against Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/20/pbi-mexico-accompanied-ejido-el-bajio-stands-in-solidarity-with-ejido-carrizalillo-in-struggle-against-canadian-mining-company/) - Photo: Partial view of the Equinox Gold Los Filos mine in Guerrero. The Ejido El Bajío in Sonora has posted on social media: “We stand in solidarity with #EjidoCarrizalillo in their fight against the Canadian company #EquinoxGold which is waging a campaign of violence against the community to impose a new land lease agreement. Here
- [PBI-Mexico expresses concern about threats against Nahua defender and FPDTA-MPT member Miryam Vargas Teutle](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/18/pbi-mexico-expresses-concern-about-threats-against-indigenous-nahua-defender-miryam-vargas-teutle/) - Video still: PBI-Mexico with Miryam Vargas Teutle, December 2023. PBI-Mexico has posted: “From @PBI_Mexico we express our concern about the threats against the defender and communicator Miriam Vargas Teutle, member of @fpdtampt [the Peoples Front in Defence of Land and Water in Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala] and Radio Cholollan. We call on the authorities to guarantee
- [PBI-Guatemala observes hearing of former paramilitary members accused of sexual violence against Mayan Achi women](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/17/pbi-guatemala-observes-hearing-of-former-paramilitary-members-accused-of-sexual-violence-against-mayan-achi-women/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Monday [April 14] PBI observed a hearing in the #MujeresAchí case. During the hearing, the procedural parties were given the opportunity to present new evidence before beginning with the conclusions. The defense requested the incorporation of new evidence that sought to point out the invalidity of previously presented expert opinions. Finally,
- [Questions and concerns about the pending export of Canadian-made armoured vehicles to the Israel Police](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/17/questions-the-pending-export-of-canadian-made-armoured-vehicles-to-the-israel-police/) - Video still of Roshel at CANSEC 2024 on May 29-30, 2024: “Shimonov said the company has a contract with the government of Israel to provide Senator transport vehicles.” – Toronto Star, March 16, 2024. On March 14, 2024, CBC reported that shortly after October 7, 2023, the Israeli government sent a request to Global Affairs
- [What implications could Canada-US trade and security talks have on the safety of human rights defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/15/what-implications-could-canada-us-trade-and-security-talks-have-on-the-safety-of-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo of the RCMP on Wet'suwet'en territory by Dan Loan: With the mining of critical minerals, fast-tracked resource projects and energy corridors potentially on the horizon, the controversial RCMP CRU-BC remains positioned as a “national best practice”. On April 15, Ottawa-based CBC Senior reporter on defence and security Murray Brewster noted: “Talks between Canada and
- [As Canadian company sells mine in Oaxaca, we remember the territorial defenders killed while opposing it](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/15/as-canadian-company-sells-mine-in-oaxaca-we-remember-the-territorial-defenders-killed-while-opposing-it/) - Photo by Educa Oaxaca. “March 21, 2012: CPUVO members and Mexican human rights organizations hold a protest in front of the Canadian embassy in Mexico City and at the Canadian Consulate in Oaxaca city to denounce the responsibility of the Fortuna Silver Mines Company in the murders of human rights advocates in San José del
- [PBI-Guatemala observes two-day court hearing that grants retired military officer alternative measures in the Emma & Antonio Molina Theissen case](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/14/pbi-guatemala-observes-two-day-court-hearing-that-grants-retired-military-officer-alternative-measures-in-the-molina-theissen-case/) - On April 10, PBI-Guatemala posted: "Today PBI observes a hearing in the Molina Theissen case in the First Room of the Court of Appeals. Tried the review of coercion measures requested by Hugo Ramiro Zaldaña Rojas, sentenced in this case for crimes of duties against humanity, forced disappearance of Marco Antonio and aggravated sexual violence
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc as Presidential Advisor for Human Rights visits with threatened union workers](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/14/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-as-threatened-union-workers-meet-with-the-presidential-advisor-for-human-rights/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “In the context of the visit of the Presidential Advisor for Human Rights, and our accompaniment to Nomadesc, who watch over the fulfillment of the rights of the unions and specifically of the USE, Sintraunicol and Sinaltrainal, we are concerned about the security situation faced by the unions for their
- [30,000 people mobilize in Ottawa to demand arms embargo following Ploughshares report on GD-OTS-Canada artillery propellant deal](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/14/30000-people-mobilize-in-ottawa-to-demand-arms-embargo-following-ploughshares-report-on-gd-ots-canada-ammunition-deal/) - Photo: Arms embargo mobilization in Ottawa, April 12. Photo by Adonis Ayoub. An estimated 30,000 people mobilized in Ottawa this past weekend to demand a two-way arms embargo on Israel. The CBC reports: “Protesters mobilized on Saturday [April 12] after [the Waterloo, Ontario-based] peace research institute Project Ploughshares released a report saying that Canada approved
- [The Guardian reports on the killing of environmental defender Juan Bautista Silva and his son Juan Antonio Hernández](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/14/the-guardian-reports-on-the-killing-of-environmental-defender-juan-bautista-silva-and-his-son-juan-antonio-hernandez/) - Photo: Environmental defender Juan Bautista Silva Ventura and his son Juan Antonio. On February 28, COPINH posted: “ALERT Environmentalist Juan Bautista Silva Ventura and his son Juan Antonio were murdered in the community of Las Botijas, Comayagua. They disappeared after documenting illegal logging in the area and were found dead on February 27. This crime
- [PBI-Canada and World Beyond War co-host “More militarism is not the answer” webinar](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/10/pbi-canada-and-world-beyond-war-co-host-more-militarism-is-not-the-answer-webinar/) - Photo (clockwise): Rachel Small, Syed Hussan, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Tyler Shipley. On April 8, PBI-Canada, World Beyond War and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute co-hosted a webinar to deepen our common understanding of the impact of militarism on Indigenous lands, borders and foreign policy. Hosted by Rachel Small of World Beyond War, the panel consisted of
- [PBI-Canada sends its best wishes to Salvador Martínez from the Santa Catarina Minas community in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/10/pbi-canada-sends-its-best-wishes-to-salvador-martinez-from-the-santa-catarina-minas-community-in-mexico/) - Educa Oaxaca has posted: “The Solidarity group of Santa Catarina Minas in coordination with the Espiga de Maíz [Ear of Corn] collective invite you to participate in a raffle in support of Salvador Martínez Arellanes. Chava [as he is known to friends and neighbours] has also participated in the No to Mining Front for a
- [PBI-Honduras present as UN report on human rights released noting the murder of Guapinol River defender Juan Lopez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/10/pbi-honduras-present-as-un-report-on-human-rights-in-honduras-released-noting-guapinol-river-defender-juan-lopez/) - Photo: Bardia Jebelí, Deputy Representative and Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Honduras, presented the report on human rights in Honduras 2024. Photo by ReporterosdeInvestigación. On April 9, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday we were present at the presentation of the Annual Report 2024 of the UN High Commissioner for
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies FAMDEGUA at Supreme Court of Justice hearing on the Military Diary case](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/10/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-famdegua-at-supreme-court-of-justice-hearing-on-the-military-diary-case/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Tuesday, April 1, #PBI accompanies Famdegua Guatemala to a public hearing at the Chamber of Amparos and Preliminary Proceedings of the Supreme Court of Justice in the #MilitaryDiary case. During the hearing, the adhesive plaintiffs, survivors and relatives of the victims, asked the Court to declare the amparo requested by the
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH to Jiniguare, expresses concern about displacement of Lenca community due to dam](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/10/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-to-jiniguare-expresses-concern-about-displacement-of-lenca-community-due-to-dam/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We accompanied ARCAH to the community of Jiniguare, in the municipality of Ojojona, where we had the opportunity to listen to the collective concern about the construction of the Jiniguare Dam. The construction of this dam would cause the people living in the area to displace. From PBI we express our concern
- [Is AI technology supplied to the military being used to target journalists, medical workers and aid workers in Gaza?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/09/is-ai-technology-supplied-to-the-military-being-used-to-target-journalists-medical-workers-and-aid-workers-in-gaza/) - Video still from Middle East Eye. On April 7, the Associated Press reported: “Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration [at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington] to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers.” While Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa
- [Did the $10 billion Canada spent on CF-18s help to bring peace?](https://pbicanada.org/2020/06/26/did-the-10-billion-canada-spent-on-cf-18s-help-to-bring-peace/) - Canada’s current fleet of CF-18s cost $4 billion to purchase in 1982, $2.6 billion to upgrade in 2010, and $3.8 billion was budgeted in January 2020 to extend their lifespan. That adds up to at least $10 billion for these fighter jets with billions more likely spent over the past decades on fuel and maintenance
- [Translocal learning can improve protection strategies as the criminalization of defenders transcends borders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/05/translocal-learning-to-improve-protection-strategies-as-the-criminalization-of-defenders-transcends-borders/) - Composite photo: United Kingdom, Colombia, Canada, Mexico. UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor: “[Criminalization is] about maintaining the power structures in place. This is true regardless of whether it’s a dictatorship, democracy or a corrupt narco-state.” On March 27, 2025, Metropolitan Police raided the Westminster Quaker meeting house in London and arrested
- [Peace Brigades International remembers with the Mutual Support Group (GAM) the life of Maria del Rosario Godoy Aldana de Cuevas](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/04/pbi-remembers-with-the-mutual-support-group-gam-maria-rosario-godoy-de-cuevas/) - The Mutual Support Group (GAM) has posted on Facebook: “We remember the painful loss of Maria del Rosario Godoy Aldana de Cuevas, co-founder of GAM in 1984, in times of the Internal Armed Conflict-CAI. Like many other people at that time, she was looking for her husband Carlos Ernesto Cuevas Molina, who had disappeared. "...
- [Scheduling hearing set for April 25, sentencing of Wet’suwet’en land defenders delayed to September-November](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/04/scheduling-hearing-set-for-april-25-sentencing-of-wetsuweten-land-defenders-delayed-to-september-november/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham, Gitxsan land defender Shay Lynn Sampson, Akwesasne Mohawk land defender Teka’tsihasere Corey Jocko. The Prince George Citizen reports: “In January 2024, [BC Supreme Court Justice Michael] Tammen found Wet’suwet'en Nation’s Molly Wickham (aka Sleydo’), Gitxsan member Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko, a Mohawk from Akwesasne guilty of contempt of
- [Understanding Peace Brigades International and unarmed civilian protection as a form of civilian-based defence](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/03/understanding-peace-brigades-international-and-unarmed-civilian-protection-as-a-form-of-civilian-based-defence/) - PBI-Colombia "25 years of solidarity" video still: “The paramilitary took me off a vehicle and there was a moment if two PBI women hadn’t been with me, an Italian and a Norwegian, they probably would have made me disappear.” The concept of “civilian-based defence” appears to be coming up in multiple spaces in this current
- [More militarism is not the answer: World BEYOND War and PBI-Canada webinar on April 8 at 7 pm ET](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/02/more-militarism-is-not-the-answer-world-beyond-war-and-pbi-canada-webinar-on-april-8/) - Webinar speakers: Harsha Walia, Tyler Shipley, Clayton Thomas-Muller. The militarization of borders, Indigenous territories, and foreign policy through weapons exports has led to human rights abuses and repression. More border militarism, colonial dispossession and weapons exports are not the answer. Join this critical and timely discussion on Tuesday April 8 with South Asian activist and
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community of  San José de Apartadó at installation of Justice Evaluation Commission](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/02/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado-at-historic-installation-of-justice-evaluation-commission/) - Photo: PBI-Colombia stands with Ombudsman Iris Marin Ortiz at the installation ceremony at the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó on April 1. On April 1, the Ombudsman’s Office posted on Instagram: “Peace is built from the territories! The Ombudsman @irismarinortiz installed the 'Justice Evaluation Commission' in Apartadó, Antioquia, in the framework of the
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the CNTC rural workers union and 17 de junio community at trial date on land “usurpation”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/04/01/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-cntc-rural-workers-union-and-17-de-junio-community-at-trial-on-land-usurpation/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday [March 27], we accompanied the June 17 base together with the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] El Progreso [a city in the department of Yoro] in the trial for usurpation that was going to take place. However, due to various reasons, the hearing could not be held and was pending
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó on the 28th anniversary of its formation](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/31/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado-on-the-28th-anniversary-of-its-formation/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We congratulate the Peace Community for their anniversary, they have been 28 years of Resistance and Peace Building in the territory of Urabá. We were able to accompany them on March 23, on these special dates and always remembering Nalleli and Edinson whose case remains in complete impunity.” The founding
- [Lockheed Martin Board of Directors rejects stockholder proposal from Sisters to align its political activities with Human Rights Policy](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/30/lockheed-martin-board-of-directors-rejects-stockholder-proposal-from-sisters-to-align-with-human-rights-policy/) - Photo: Protests at the CANSEC arms at the EY Centre in Ottawa have drawn attention to Lockheed Martin, a sponsor of CANSEC 2025. The Lockheed Martin “2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders” is a virtual gathering happening on May 9, less than three weeks before the U.S. based transnational exhibits at the CANSEC arms show in
- [Corporations calling for energy projects to be declared in the “national interest” could put land defenders at risk](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/30/corporations-calling-for-energy-projects-to-be-declared-in-the-national-interest-could-put-land-defenders-at-risk/) - Photo: In April 2015, Public Safety Canada's Government Operations Centre (GOC) reportedly saw Unist’ot’en opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline as a risk to Canada’s “national interest”. By January 2019, “Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of [the Coastal GasLink pipeline] in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by
- [When “national interest” and “national security” militarize the response to an environmental struggle](https://pbicanada.org/2022/01/18/when-national-interest-and-national-security-militarize-an-environmental-struggle/) - Photo from El Tema episode with Sofía Castillo commenting on the water conflict related to the Boquilla dam in Chihuahua. Some pipelines that have encountered Indigenous resistance have been declared to be in “the national interest” by the Government of Canada. This framing can serve to criminalize Indigenous land defenders seeking to uphold their right
- [British police raid Westminster Quaker Meeting House in London and arrest Youth Demand activists and journalist](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/29/british-police-raid-westminster-quaker-meeting-house-in-london-and-arrest-youth-demand-activists-and-a-journalist/) - Google Maps Image of Westminster Quaker Meeting House. CNN reports: “British police raided a Quaker meeting house in London on Thursday [March 27] and arrested six women attending a meeting on climate change and the war in Gaza, according to a statement from Quakers UK.” That CNN news report adds: “Quakers, a nickname for members
- [Murray Thomson’s lasting legacy](https://pbicanada.org/2019/05/06/murray-thomsons-lasting-legacy-2/) - Murray Thomson, who passed away on May 2, co-founded a human rights group that has observed violations of Indigenous rights in Canada and protects human rights defenders around the world. Murray Thomson, who co-founded Peace Brigades International (PBI) in September 1981, passed away at 96 years of age on May 2 in Ottawa, Canada. The
- [“We are not resigned to rearmament and war in Europe”: PBI-Spanish State and nearly 850 organizations](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/28/we-are-not-resigned-to-rearmament-and-war-in-europe-says-pbi-spanish-state-850-organizations/) - Photo: The statement was announced on Wednesday March 26 on the steps of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his intention to accelerate the country’s military spending. Peace Brigade International-Spanish State, along with nearly 850 organizations and 16,000 individuals, has signed this letter that opposes the European Commission plan to
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at meetings with Presidential advisor and SINTRAUNICOL, threatened trade unionists](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/28/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-at-meetings-with-preidential-adviser-and-threatened-trade-union-activists/) - On March 27, RTVC News posted: “The Presidential Advisor for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Lourdes Castro, met with threatened social leaders in Cali and throughout the department.” “Meets with threatened trade unionists” The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) documented: “Between 2023 and 2024, 11 trade unionists were assassinated, resulting in Colombia retaining its
- [Peace Brigades International remembers the life and activism of David Hartsough](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/27/peace-brigades-international-remembers-the-life-and-activism-of-david-hartsough/) - Photo: David Hartsough. On March 22, the family of David Hartsough announced his passing at the age of 84 after four years of fighting cancer. The book Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist notes: “David Hartsough knows how to get in the way! He has used his body to block Navy ships headed
- [Families of the murdered and disappeared face trauma, threats and obstacles in the search for their loved ones](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/27/families-of-the-murdered-and-disappeared-face-trauma-threats-and-obstacles-in-the-search-for-their-loved-ones/) - Photo: Elle Harris, daughter of Morgan Harris, speaks at a “search the landfill” rally on Parliament Hill, September 18, 2023. Photo by Brent Patterson. Three years ago, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and Ashlee Shingoose were murdered in the city of Winnipeg. The four Indigenous women were killed between March 15 and May 15,
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR) on March 22, World Water Day](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/25/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-council-of-communities-of-retalhuleu-ccr-on-world-water-day/) - On March 22, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today, on the #WorldWaterDay #PBI accompanies to the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu in their activities to vindicate their fight for vital liquid.” The Oxford Human Rights Hub has explained: “Guatemala’s constitution has several provisions that provide for or implicate the right to clean and safe water. In April 2016
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies protest at Profepa as the people of Cholula demand the closure of the Calpan landfill](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/21/pbi-mexico-accompanies-protest-at-profepa-as-the-people-of-cholula-demand-the-closure-of-the-calpan-landfill/) - PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “Today marks one year since the struggle of the Cholultec peoples in Puebla against the intermunicipal sanitary filling of San Pedro Cholula - Calpan. Yesterday, Thursday, March 20, PBI accompanied Frente De Pueblos Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala in the CDMX, in a peaceful protest demanding compliance with the definitive closure order
- [PBI-USA begins “Trump Watch” as rights-violating Executive Orders assault civil and human rights in the United States](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/17/pbi-usa-begins-trump-watch-as-rights-violating-executive-orders-assault-civil-and-human-rights-in-the-u-s/) - Image from PBI-USA website. The e-mail subject line of the most recent Peace Brigades International-USA e-newsletter is “Trump Watch has begun”. PBI-USA notes: “It has been almost two months since Trump’s inauguration and the beginning of his issuance of a slew of rights-violating Executive Orders and each week we are facing a new assault against
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at meetings with state authorities in Bogota given threats faced by trade union leaders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/14/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-at-meetings-with-state-authorities-given-threats-against-trade-union-leadership/) - The Association for Social Research and Action (Nomadesc) has posted on social media: “Delegation of trade union organizations and human rights defenders of the Valle del Cauca [Cauca Valley], we meet in Bogota with the competent entities in the implementation of prevention and protection actions for human rights defenders and trade union leadership. We emphasized
- [PBI-Nicaragua accompanies the block of Nicaraguan migrant women at International Women's Day march in Costa Rica](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/09/pbi-nicaragua-accompanies-the-block-of-nicaraguan-refugee-women-at-iwd-march-in-costa-rica/) - Photo: The banner says: "In Nicaragua there is a dictatorship we demand an end to the repression". PBI-Nicaragua has posted on Instagram: “Another 8th of March in which Nicaraguan women cannot march in their country. For the past 7 years, Nicaraguan women refugees in Costa Rica, due to political persecution, have participated in the M8
- [PBI-Honduras visits the “Museum against Forgetting” with the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/22/pbi-honduras-visits-the-museum-against-forgetting-with-the-committee-of-relatives-of-the-detained-and-disappeared-in-honduras/) - The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) has posted on Facebook: “#Memory #truth #justice #COFADEH During the internal tour, PBI visitors saw the building that was used as a detention space for large groups, according to survivors' testimonies. They also visited a small building where in March 1999, during an
- [Remembering Peace Brigades International co-founder Narayan Desai on the 10th anniversary of his passing](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/26/remembering-peace-brigades-international-co-founder-narayan-desai-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-his-passing/) - Photo: Narayan Desai spinning thread, a symbol of the non-cooperation movement, during a public meeting in February 1992. Photo by Yann Forget. Ten years ago this month, the Mumbai, India-based newspaper The Economic Times reported: “Noted Gandhian and former Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith [university], Narayan Desai, died at a private hospital in [in the city
- [Five points to consider with respect to human rights obligations and the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 28-29](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/25/five-points-to-consider-with-respect-to-human-rights-obligations-and-the-cansec-arms-show-in-ottawa-may-28-29/) - Photo: CANSEC last year. The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) organized CANSEC arms show will take place in Ottawa this coming May 28-29. Through the lens of PBI-Canada’s work to protect the lives of human rights defenders (HRDs) who are threatened with violence and assassination, we provide this analysis that connects CANSEC
- [PBI notes COP30 caravans, assemblies and calls for the protection of environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/25/pbi-notes-cop30-caravans-assemblies-and-calls-for-the-protection-of-front-line-environmental-defenders/) - Image by France 24: “Brazil and Colombia were the two countries where the most environmental defenders were murdered between 2012 and 2021, followed by the Philippines, Mexico and Honduras.” Peace Brigades International (PBI) teams are monitoring the various initiatives being planned to highlight and amplify the voices of front line environmental defenders in the lead-up
- [PBI-Canada monitoring and amplifying PBI-Mexico’s accompaniment of organizations, defenders and communities](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/24/pbi-canada-monitoring-and-amplifying-pbi-mexicos-accompaniment-of-organizations-defenders-and-communities/) - Photo: On March 20, 2025, PBI-Mexico accompanied the People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water at a protest in Mexico City calling for the closure of a landfill. The Cuernavaca, Morelos-based Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project currently accompanies six organizations. They are: 1-The People's Front in Defence of Land and Water (FPDTA) in Puebla and
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the one-year anniversary of the murder of two members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/23/pbi-colombia-accompanies-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-two-members-of-the-peace-community-san-jose-de-apartado/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “The commemoration of the founding of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community 28 years ago has begun. On this occasion, the Community is receiving a visit from the Austrian Embassy and the European Union Delegation. At their meeting, they issued a call to address the continued impunity following
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as implementation of Women Searchers Law faces delays](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/23/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-at-meeting-as-implementation-of-women-searchers-law-faces-delays/) - Yanette Bautista: "As a collective, we want to turn our pain into rights. That is why we drafted a bill, to empower women who are searching for victims of enforced disappearance and to promote the rights of those women. The law came into force in 2024. However, our next task is to ensure that it
- [PBI-Honduras observes hearing of Diamond Rock community members criminalized for defending ancestral territory](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/21/pbi-honduras-observes-hearing-of-diamon-rock-community-criminalized-for-defending-ancestral-territory/) - On March 20, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today we are closely following the verdict in the criminalization case against 13 defenders of the English-speaking Black people of the community of Diamond Rock, Roatan. In recent days, we have been observing the trial against the 13 people accused of damages, some also for arson and robbery. We are
- [BBC investigative reports raises concerns about Ecopetrol links to armed actors and threats against FEDEPESAN](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/20/bbc-investigative-reports-raises-concerns-about-ecopetrol-links-to-armed-actors-and-threats-against-fedepesan/) - Photo: PBI-Canada visited with Yuly Velásquez and toured the San Silvestre wetland with FEDEPESAN, CREDHOS and PBI-Colombia in June 2022. A new BBC Eye Investigations report by Owen Pinnell titled “Oil giant's leaked data reveals 'awful' pollution” raises significant questions about Ecopetrol polluting sources of drinking water in Colombia, their use of private security and
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the Human Rights Solidarity Network at the Specialized Prosecutor's Office on Forced Disappearance](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/20/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-human-rights-solidarity-network-at-the-specialized-prosecutors-office-on-forced-disappearance/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “On the first anniversary of the disappearance of the defender José Gabriel Pelayo, PBI-Mexico accompanies his relatives and the Human Rights Solidarity Network to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office. We make a call for a thorough investigation with focus on #humanrights in this case.” In this statement issued on the one-year anniversary, the
- [Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets arrive in Israel days before airstrikes on Gaza resume killing 400+ people](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/18/lockheed-martin-f-35-fighter-jets-arrive-in-israel-days-before-airstrikes-on-gaza-resume-killing-400-people/) - Photos: Israel has reportedly deployed Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets in “beast mode” (carrying internal and external weapons weighing up to 22,000 pounds); Palestinian families grieving following airstrikes on Gaza last night. On March 18, Aljazeera reported: “At least 404 Palestinians have been killed and 562 wounded as Israel launched a massive assault on Gaza,
- [Trump’s threats to annex Canada for critical minerals could put Indigenous land defenders at increased risk](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/17/trumps-threats-to-annex-canada-for-critical-minerals-could-put-indigenous-land-defenders-at-increased-risk/) - Photo: 6,000 people took part in the Land Defence Alliance "March for the Land" in Toronto, September 27, 2023. The Ojibwe nation of Neskantaga, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI-Big Trout Lake), Ojibways of Onigaming, Muskrat Dam, Asubpeeschoseewagong-Grassy Narrows and Wapekeka First Nations, are part of First Nations Land Defence Alliance. CBC reports: “The Ring of Fire in
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the joint work of CIJP and Adispa at Amazon Pearl Campesina Reserve Zone in Putumayo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/15/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-joint-work-of-cijp-and-adispa-at-amazon-pearl-campesino-reserve-zone-in-putumayo/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “On March 8 and 9, the Women's Assembly and the Youth Assembly of the Amazon Pearl Campesino Reserve Zone (Putumayo, Bajo Cuembí) met. On this occasion, we accompanied the joint work of CIJP [the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission] and Adispa [the Association for the Integral Sustainable Development of the
- [Filipino human rights defenders hold rally at Philippines Embassy in Canada as Duterte faces crimes against humanity charges](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/15/filipino-human-rights-defenders-hold-rally-outside-the-embassy-of-the-philippines-in-canada/) - Photo: Ikulong translates as Imprison. Filipino human rights groups held an emergency rally outside the Embassy of the Philippines in Canada in downtown Ottawa this evening. ICC arrest warrant The International Criminal Court (ICC) has explained: “On 10 February 2025, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC applied for an arrest warrant against Mr
- [Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham speaks to The Breach Show podcast about RCMP C-IRG violence and spying](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/15/wetsuweten-land-defender-molly-wickham-speaks-to-the-breach-show-podcast-about-rcmp-c-irg-violence-and-spying/) - Image from The Breach Show. Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham, also known as Cas Yikh wing chief Sleydo’, recently met with journalist Desmond Cole in Toronto for an interview about the resistance to the Coastal GasLink pipeline for The Breach Show podcast. The full interview can be found here. Key excerpts from this interview include
- [Portugal cancels purchase of F-35 fighter jets, planned purchase coming under scrutiny in Germany and Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/13/portugal-cancels-purchase-of-f-35-fighter-jets-planned-purchase-coming-under-scrutiny-in-germany-and-canada/) - Poder Aereo reports: “Portugal's Minister of National Defence, Nuno Melo, announced that the country will not acquire F-35 fighters from the United States, considering the current geopolitical context and the unpredictability of US policy.” “The minister emphasized that … allied predictability is a crucial factor in deciding on the replacement of combat aircraft.” The article
- [PBI to screen documentary on environmental destruction, militarization and displacement in West Papua](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/13/pbi-to-screen-documentary-on-environmental-destruction-militarization-and-displacement-in-west-papua/) - PBI-Germany is co-sponsoring this screening of My Name is Pengungsi (Refugee) on March 16 in Berlin, while PBI-Netherlands is co-sponsoring this screening on March 26 in Utrecht. The 38-minute documentary was made in 2023 by Yuliano Lantipo. The PBI-Netherland social media post highlights: “This film highlights the worrying situation in West Papua, where there are
- [United Nations Special Rapporteur closely following the upcoming sentencing of Wet’suwet’en land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/11/united-nations-special-rapporteur-closely-following-the-upcoming-sentencing-of-wetsuweten-land-defenders/) - Photo (from left to right): Frances Mahon, Shaylynn Sampson, Corey Jocko, Sleydo' (Molly Wickham), Quinn Candler. Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, has posted on social media: "#Canada: In Feb, the B.C. Supreme Court found there had been racist & violent behaviour by the RCMP during the arrest of 3
- [PBI-Honduras observes International Women’s Day (IWD) march in Tegucigalpa](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/08/pbi-honduras-observes-international-womens-day-iwd-march-in-tegucigalpa/) - On International Women’s Day, PBI-Honduras posted: “Today we observe the march within the framework of #8March. The organizations of #women demand a halt to the structural #violenceagainst #women, greater access to the PAE [the Emergency Contraceptive Pill or "morning-after pill"] and greater protection for #women #defenders of #humanrights From PBI, we express concern about the
- [PBI-Guatemala observes IWD march, shares photo of poster in the Plaza de la Niñas of Luz Haydee Méndez Calderón](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/09/pbi-guatemala-observes-iwd-march-shares-poster-of-luz-haydee-mendez-calderon-in-the-plaza-de-la-ninas/) - On March 8, PBI-Guatemala posted on Facebook: “Today, #PBI observes the march for the commemoration of #InternationalWomen'sDay. Different women's groups showed their rejection and repudiation of hatred, discrimination, persecution, violence and decisions that violate the human rights of girls, adolescents, women and the LGBTIQ+ community. They also demanded the fulfillment of their rights to education,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies “Defender La Libertad” verification mission at International Women’s Day march in Bogotá](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-defender-la-libertad-verification-mission-at-international-womens-day-march-in-bogota/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “This past March 8, in the framework of International Women's Day and the protest marches that took place in the capital [city of Bogota], we accompanied one of the Verification Commissions. Its objective is to guarantee the free exercise of the legitimate right to protest and demonstration, in the context
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies International Women’s Day marches in Cuernavaca and Mexico City](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/12/pbi-mexico-accompanies-international-womens-day-marches-in-cuernavaca-and-mexico-city/) - Video still from NotiFactor4 on X. La Jornada reports: “Members of Peace Brigades International said that they observed the marches in Mexico City, and the one in the capital of the state of Morelos.” Punto Medio reports: “A10,000 women, mostly dressed in black and purple, marched in the main streets of [Cuernavaca] to commemorate March
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS and FEDEPESAN as they receive visit from UN Women in Barrancabermeja](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-and-fedepesan-as-they-receive-visit-from-un-women-in-barrancabermeja/) - Photo by CREDHOS. CREDHOS has posted on social media: “In Barrancabermeja, we received the visit of a delegation from UN Women, in an exercise of socialization of experiences in the framework of #WomenChangingTheirWorld. This space allowed to know firsthand, the actions developed by the allied organizations, especially FEDEPESAN, in their exercise of water defense; through
- [ICC arrest of Duterte raises questions about CANSEC and the export of “military goods” to the Philippines](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/12/icc-arrest-of-duterte-raises-questions-about-cansec-and-the-export-of-military-goods-to-the-philippines/) - Photo: A delegation from the Philippines, led by Defense Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs Teodoro Cirlo Torralba III, at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa on June 1, 2017. The sale of Bell-manufactured helicopters was finalized in December 2017. That sale was suspended in February 2018 after media coverage drew attention to the human
- [The human rights implications of the Brookfield-Isagen Sogamoso dam and La Guajira wind farm in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/11/the-human-rights-implications-of-the-brookfield-isagen-sogamoso-dam-and-la-guajira-wind-farm-in-colombia/) - Photo: Opposition to the Brookfield-owned Isagen "invad[ing] Wayuu indigenous territories and desecrat[ing] sacred sites to install wind power projects without consultation." The Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. describes itself in a recent media statement as “a leading global alternative asset manager headquartered in New York with over $1 trillion of assets under management…”
- [Indigenous environmental defender Adolfina Kuum on “the destruction of our people's rivers, our forests and way of life” in West Papua](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/10/indigenous-environmental-defender-adolfina-kuum-on-the-destruction-of-our-peoples-rivers-our-forests-and-way-of-life-in-west-papua/) - Video still of Adolfina Kuum from Lepemawil Timika. PBI-UK has highlighted the work of Adolfina Kuum, also known as Dolly. She is the founder of Environmental Care Community in Timika. Google Maps image marks location of Timika. Kuum says: “I see the basic rights of the [Indigenous] Amungme, Kamoro and Samopane tribes being ignored by
- [Canada signs the OAS Belém do Pará Convention citing “increased attacks on human rights defenders”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/09/canada-signs-the-oas-belem-do-para-convention-citing-increased-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: Canada's Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Stuart Savage signed the Convention at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC. On March 7, 2025. Photo by Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS. A Global Affairs Canada news release dated March 7, 2025, highlights: “The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for
- [Wet'suwet'en land defender Sleydo' highlights liberation struggle, CRCC systemic investigation of RCMP C-IRG reaches two-year point](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/08/indigenous-land-defenders-continue-to-seek-liberation-as-crcc-systemic-investigation-of-rcmp-c-irg-reaches-two-year-point/) - Photo: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) C-IRG officers during the November 2021 raid on Wet’suwet’en territory. Photo by Michael Toledano. Our questions: What is the current status of the CRCC systemic investigation of the C-IRG? What can be expected from it? What are key dates that have passed? What do Indigenous land defenders have to
- [Peace Brigades International co-organizes side event in Geneva on the day Nicaragua withdraws from the UN Human Rights Council](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/07/peace-brigades-international-co-organizes-side-event-in-geneva-on-the-day-nicaragua-withdraws-from-the-un-human-rights-council/) - Photo: PBI co-organized side event in Geneva, February 27. On February 26, the U.N. Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) issued a press release that stated: “Nicaragua’s Government has dismantled the last remaining checks on its power, systematically executing a strategy to cement total control of the country through severe human rights violations,
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People at “plantón” against sand mining](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/07/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-the-poqomam-people-at-planton-against-sand-mining/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the women of the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People in their stand-off/sit-in against the sand mills operating in #Chinautla. Extractive activity causes earth movements, health problems and is killing white mud, one of the raw materials and livelihoods of women potters.” PBI-Guatemala has previously explained: “In 1997, the
- [PBI-Colombia amplifies statement on Catatumbo signed by accompanied organizations CAJAR, CSPP and CJL](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/07/pbi-colombia-amplifies-statement-on-catatumbo-signed-by-accompanied-organizations-cajar-cspp-and-cjl/) - Image by the CAJAR lawyers' collective: "For a social pact for Catatumbo with guarantees: we call for presidential rectification" Organizations accompanied by PBI-Colombia, including the "José Alvear Restrepo" Lawyers' Collective (CAJAR), the Committee of Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP), and the Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL), “strongly reject” a recent statement made by Colombian president
- [FEDEPESAN fishers in Colombia face collective displacement due to ongoing threats against them by armed groups](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/06/fedepesan-fishers-in-colombia-face-collective-displacement-due-to-ongoing-threats-by-armed-groups-against-them/) - We express our concern about the situation being experienced by members of the Federation of Artisanal, Environmentalist, and Touristic Fishermen and Women of Santander (FEDEPESAN) in Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia. FEDEPESAN is a federation of fishers accompanied by the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) an organization which in turn is accompanied by
- [The integration of Canadian and US military production puts Canada at risk of complicity in violence against human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/05/the-integration-of-canadian-and-us-military-production-puts-canada-at-risk-of-complicity-in-violence-against-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: Indigenous Lenca defender Berta Cáceres was murdered on March 2, 2016 due to her opposition to the construction of the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras. Her organization, COPINH, is accompanied by Peace Brigades International. Our question: Would it be possible to have a Canadian-version of the proposed US “Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC condemn the murders of defender Cristino Castro Perea and journalist Kristian Uriel Martínez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/05/pbi-mexico-accompanied-espacio-osc-condemn-the-murders-of-defender-cristino-castro-perea-and-journalist-kristian-uriel-martinez/) - On March 4, the Civil Society Organizations Space for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (Espacio OSC) posted: “The organizations that make up the Espacio OSC express our deep indignation and energetic condemnation of the recent murders of human rights defender Cristino Castro Perea and journalist Kristian Uriel Martínez. Cristino Castro Perea, who
- [PBI-Honduras present as COPINH marks the 9th anniversary of the murder of Indigenous Lenca defender Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/03/pbi-honduras-present-as-copinh-marks-the-9th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-indigenous-lenca-defender-berta-caceres/) - On March 3, PBI-Honduras posted on Facebook (and X and Instagram): “Yesterday, we supported Copinh Honduras during the ninth anniversary of the planting of Berta Cáceres. The admirable work of environmental defender Lenca continues to be an example in defending land, water and indigenous peoples. From PBI we highlight the importance of achieving comprehensive justice
- [Front line voices highlight concerns about Canadian mining companies as MISN marches against PDAC convention](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/02/front-line-voices-highlight-concerns-about-canadian-mining-companies-as-misn-marches-against-pdac-convention/) - Photo by MISN. The banner says: "CANADIAN MINING COLONIZES DESTROYS KILLS" We are following the Instagram video posts from the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) on the protest today against the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto. Video still from MISN. MISN highlights: “From the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sami
- [Thoughts on the Global Affairs Canada “Voices at Risk” guidelines and the Export and Import Permits Act on “military goods”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/02/thoughts-on-the-global-affairs-canada-voices-at-risk-guidelines-and-the-export-and-import-permits-act-on-military-goods/) - Video still of Nomadesc president Berenice Celeita speaking on a PBI-Canada webinar about Canadian arms exports, May 2022. Amnesty International has highlighted: “191 cases of police violence during the first year of President Petro’s government (August 2022 to July 2023), a 59% decrease compared with the previous year. Forty-three cases occurred in the context of
- [Nicaragua Side Event: A Systematic Erosion of Rights](https://pbicanada.org/2025/03/01/nicaragua-side-event-a-systematic-erosion-of-rights/) - Written by Yannick Wild, PBI-Switzerland. At the UN Side event ‘Nicaragua: Contemporary architecture ‘, organized by Peace Brigades International at the Human Rights Council 58, UN experts and human rights defenders provided critical insight on the ongoing human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where systematic repression has intensified since 2018. Jan-Michael Simon (UN Expert): The government is
- [Peace Brigades International has long accompanied the struggle against the Fortuna Silver mine in Oaxaca](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/28/peace-brigades-international-has-long-accompanied-the-struggle-against-the-fortuna-silver-mine-in-oaxaca/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico attended Educa Oaxaca’s 25th anniversary colloquium ‘Challenges of the social and popular movement in the times of transformations in Mexico 1994-2019’. Peace Brigades International, through its previous accompaniment of Services for Alternative Education A.C. (Educa Oaxaca), has long followed the situation of Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver mining operation in San José del Progreso, Mexico.
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at meeting with Canadian Embassy on self-protection mechanisms in Antioquia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/28/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cahucopana-at-meeting-with-canadian-embassy-on-self-protection-mechanisms-in-antioquia/) - On February 24, the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) posted: “Today in the city of #Bogota, in the premises of the Canadian Embassy Cahucopana Nordeste socialized the results of the project Segovia resists, Segovia for Peace! Funded by the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives (FCIL), in which we presented
- [Caravan for the Climate and Life set to travel from Mexico to Brazil for the UN COP30 climate conference](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/27/caravan-for-the-climate-and-life-set-to-travel-from-mexico-to-brazil-for-the-un-cop30-climate-conference/) - We are following the updates about the Mesoamerican Caravan for the Climate and Life that will begin in Mexico on October 12 and travel through various countries including Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia before arriving in Belém, Brazil on November 10 for the beginning of the UN COP30 climate summit. This webpage notes: “Following the Agreements
- [PBI-Honduras observes sit-in at Public Ministry demanding prosecution of criminal structure behind murder of Juan López](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/26/pbi-honduras-observes-sit-in-at-public-ministry-demanding-prosecution-of-criminal-structure-behind-murder-of-juan-lopez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today we observed a sit-in by the Municipal Committee in Defence of Public and Common Goods (CMDBCP), demanding justice for Juan López. Before the media present, the CMDBCP highlighted the alleged existence of a criminal structure that would have penetrated state institutions in order to advance the implementation of the mining-energy project
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the commemoration of the National Day of Dignity of the Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/26/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-commemoration-of-the-national-day-of-dignity-of-the-victims-of-the-internal-armed-conflict/) - On February 25, PBI-Guatemala posted on social media: “Today #PBIacompanies the march for the Day of Dignity of Victims of Internal Armed Conflict which honors the memory of loved ones missing and killed by the military in the war. The protesters remembered their lives and claim their struggles for land, community development and peace.” EFE
- [PBI-Canada says that the RCMP C-IRG that criminalizes and violates the rights of land defenders should be disbanded](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/26/pbi-canada-calls-for-the-rcmp-c-irg-that-criminalizes-and-violates-the-rights-of-land-defenders-to-be-disbanded/) - Video still: Land defender Shaylynn Sampson arrested on Wet’suwet’en territory by RCMP C-IRG officers, November 2021. On February 18, CBC reported that British Columbia (BC) Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen ruled that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) breached the Charter rights of three Indigenous land defenders during that unit’s militarized raid on
- [PBI-UK "stunned and disappointed" by UK Government’s decision to slash international aid to pay for increase in military spending](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/26/pbi-uk-disappointed-by-uk-governments-decision-to-slash-international-aid-to-pay-for-increase-in-military-spending/) - The CBC reports: “British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday [February 25] he would increase annual defence spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027 and target a three per cent level.” “The increase would see Britain spending 13.4 billion pounds ($24.2 billion Cdn) more on defence every year from
- [PBI-organized “Who Bears the Cost?” webinar highlights the impacts of transnational corporations, the situation in Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/24/pbi-organized-who-bears-the-cost-webinar-highlights-the-impacts-of-transnational-corporations-the-situation-in-buenaventura/) - On Monday February 24, Peace Brigades International organized a webinar, hosted by Lorena Miguel of PBI-Catalunya, that highlighted a new report “Who Bears the Cost?” and included perspectives and analysis from several countries. We include excerpts of their comments below. Milbia Andrea Díaz, Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace, Colombia "In Colombia, many of the
- ["Citizen George" documentary includes George Lakey's time as a PBI volunteer in Sri Lanka](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/25/citizen-george-documentary-includes-george-lakeys-time-as-a-pbi-volunteer-in-sri-lanka/) - The new documentary about George Lakey, now 87 years old, called “Citizen George” includes his time as a volunteer with Peace Brigades International in Sri Lanka 35 years ago. The documentary presented by Bullfrog Films and directed by Glenn Holsten says: “CITIZEN GEORGE presents the life and work of Philadelphia-based Quaker activist George Lakey, a
- [RCMP apologizes to Ricochet senior editor and Gitxsan reporter for C-IRG breaching reporter’s Charter rights in 2020](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/24/rcmp-apologizes-to-ricochet-senior-editor-and-reporter-for-c-irg-breaching-reporters-charter-rights-in-2020/) - Video still: Turner at 44km on Gidimt'en territory as RCMP helicopter buzzes overhead at the time of the 2020 C-IRG raid on Wet'suwet'en territory. The CBC reports: “The RCMP [Community-Industry Response Group/C-IRG] seriously interfered with press freedoms, unreasonably blocked media access and arbitrarily detained a reporter during a 2020 raid on Wet'suwet'en-led blockades in northern
- [The Canada-Colombia free trade agreement and “aquafosas” (water graves) in the San Antonio estuary of Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/23/the-canada-colombia-free-trade-agreement-and-aquafosas-water-graves-in-the-san-antonio-estuary-of-buenaventura/) - Photo by PBI-Colombia. To register for the "Who Bears the Cost?" webinar on Monday February 24, click here. Speaking notes: In the ten minutes that we have, we would like to highlight the role that Canada could play in stopping further violations of human rights, and upholding the right to search the “aquafosas” or “acuafosas”
- [“With the dredging of the estuaries, the right to search would be violated”: Vicente Vallies, author of PBI report on Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/22/with-the-dredging-of-the-estuaries-the-right-to-search-would-be-violated-vicente-vallies-author-of-pbi-report-on-buenaventura/) - A Peace Brigades International (PBI) organized webinar on Monday February 24 will feature Milbia Andrea Díaz, of the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace, and Vicente Vallies, author of the new PBI report "Who Bears the Cost?”. To register for this webinar that happens at 10:00 am in Colombia/ Ontario/ Quebec/ Nunavut and at 4:00
- [UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor highlights Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan land defenders prior to March 6 report to Human Rights Council](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/22/un-special-rapporteur-mary-lawlor-highlights-wetsuweten-and-gitxsan-land-defenders-prior-to-march-6-report-to-human-rights-council/) - Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, has posted on Instagram: “On 6 March I'll present my latest report to the @humanrightscouncil, on human rights defenders in isolated, remote & rural contexts. In the lead up, I am sharing stories illustrating how the risks & challenges these defenders face are often
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the FPDTA-MPT at march in Mexico City on the 6th anniversary of the murder of Samir Flores Soberanes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/22/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-fpdta-mpt-at-march-in-mexico-city-on-the-6th-anniversary-of-indigenous-nahua-defender-samir-flores-soberanes/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “This Friday, February 21, PBI accompanies the People's Front in Defense of Land and Water of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala (FPDTA-MPT) in the march to claim justice in the case of Samir Flores Soberanes. From PBI Mexico, we express our deep concern for the six years of impunity in the murder of
- [PBI-Guatemala observes trial of PAC members accused of violations against Indigenous Achi women during the internal armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/21/pbi-guatemala-observes-trial-of-pac-members-accused-of-violations-against-indigenous-achi-women-during-the-internal-armed-conflict/) - On February 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday #PBI observed a hearing of a second trial in the case of the #MujeresAchí [Indigenous Achi women], who after 40 years of struggle seek to achieve justice for the sexual violations and crimes against humanity suffered. Three former civilian self-defence patrol members are accused for the events that occurred
- [Amnesty International could designate three Indigenous land defenders in Canada as prisoners of conscience](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/21/amnesty-international-could-designate-three-indigenous-land-defenders-in-canada-as-prisoners-of-conscience/) - Photo: Corey Jocko, Sleydo’ and Shaylynn Sampson. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood/The Tyee. On Tuesday February 18, CBC reported that BC Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen ruled that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) breached the Charter rights of three Indigenous land defenders during a militarized raid on Wet’suwet’en territory in
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies activities in Amilcingo on the 6th anniversary of the murder of Indigenous Nahua defender Samir Flores Soberanes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/21/pbi-mexico-accompanies-activities-in-amilcingo-on-the-6th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-indigenous-nahua-defender-samir-flores-soberanes/) - On February 20, PBI-Mexico posted: “Today in Amilcingo #PBI accompanied the mass and the procession for the 6th anniversary of the murder of the defender and community communicator Samir Flores Soberanes. In the framework of the international accompaniment to the Front of Peoples in Defense of Land and Water - Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala, we
- [PBI-Nicaragua accompanies the REMUPI-organized Pinolera Fair of “resistance and sisterhood” in Costa Rica](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/20/pbi-nicaragua-accompanies-the-remupi-organized-resistance-and-sisterhood-pinolera-fair-in-costa-rica/) - PBI-Nicaragua has posted on Instagram and Facebook: “On Sunday, February 16, PBI accompanied the 41st edition of the Pinolera Fair, a space organized by the Pinolera Women's Network [REMUPI] systematically for more than four years. In this edition, REMUPI joined forces with the Feminist Collective Las Volcánicas in the framework of the ‘Raíces que unen’
- [RCMP C-IRG snipers repeatedly deployed against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and water protectors](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/20/rcmp-c-irg-snipers-repeatedly-deployed-against-wetsuweten-land-defenders-water-protectors/) - Photo by Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Reporting this week on an abuse of process application brought forward by three Wet'suwet'en land defenders, The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter Amanda Follett Hosgood wrote: “The court heard that RCMP officers had set up snipers in the area prior to the arrest…” This issue noted by Follett Hosgood is perhaps one that
- [Canadian judge finds RCMP C-IRG violated Charter rights of three land defenders in “extraordinarily rare ruling”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/19/canadian-judge-finds-rcmp-c-irg-violated-the-charter-rights-of-three-land-defenders-in-extraordinarily-rare-ruling/) - Photo: RCMP C-IRG officers arrest Sleydo’ on Wet’suwet’en territory, November 19, 2021. The CBC reports: “A B.C. judge says police breached the charter rights of three people arrested for blocking work on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline, and they will receive a reduction in their sentences because of that.” The article continues: “[Justice Michael] Tammen
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH to Jiniguare and hears concerns about dam with financing from UK Finance](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/19/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-to-jiniguare-and-hears-concerns-about-dam-with-financing-from-uk-finance/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday we accompanied ARCAH [the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication] during a visit to the Jiniguare community in the municipality of Ojojona. ARCAH expressed their concerns about the impacts of the Jiniguare dam project in the community, since the construction of the dam would mean the displacement of the people
- [PBI-Mexico calls for “urgent protection measures” following the ambush and murder of three UCIZONI members](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/18/pbi-mexico-calls-for-urgent-protection-measures-following-the-murder-of-three-ucizoni-members/) - Photo: The banner says: "No to dispossession! Long live the Indigenous resistance!" PBI-Mexico has posted: “From PBI Mexico we join in the expressions of concern about the violence faced by the communities of the Isthmus, especially against @UCIZONI [the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus]. We remind the Mexican State
- [PBI-Canada to participate in “Who Bears the Cost?” webinar on the port of Buenaventura in Colombia and transnational corporations](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/18/pbi-canada-to-participate-in-who-bears-the-cost-webinar-on-the-port-of-buenaventura-in-colombia-and-transnational-corporations/) - Image from the promotional poster for the webinar. PBI-Canada will be participating in a PBI collaboratively organized webinar this coming Monday February 24 (at 10:00 am in Colombia and Ontario/Quebec/Nunavut; 4:00 pm in Catalunya/Spain). The webinar is titled: “Who Bears the Cost? Impacts of the global economy and the risks for the defence of human
- [UN special rapporteur, organizations raise concerns about the safety of human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/17/un-special-rapporteur-organizations-raise-concerns-about-the-safety-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/) - Photo: M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, January 29, 2025. The city of Goma, situated on the border with Rwanda, has a population of about 782,000 people plus an additional 500,000 displaced people. Photo by Brian Inganga/AP. On February 17, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, highlighted: “Human rights
- [PBI-Honduras at IACHR GIEI ceremony as it begins investigation of the murder of Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/16/pbi-honduras-at-iachr-giei-ceremony-as-it-begins-investigation-of-the-murder-of-copinh-co-founder-berta-caceres/) - Photo by CIDH-IACHR. PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today [February 14] we were at the presentation and installation of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), who will work to investigate intellectual authority and related crimes following the murder of Berta Cáceres and will propose a comprehensive reparation plan to the affected communities. This group is the
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the People's Front at press conference demanding justice for Samir Flores Soberanes](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/15/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-peoples-front-at-press-conference-demanding-justice-for-samir-flores-soberanes/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “In the framework of the Global Day: Justice for Samir Flores Soberanes! 6 years of impunity, yesterday we accompanied the @fpdtampt [the People's Front in Defense of Land and Water, Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala] in the press conference and delivery of documentation for Justice for the murder of the Nahua defender.” Investigation by FGR
- [The call for British Columbia premier David Eby to defund the C-IRG in March 4 provincial budget](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/14/the-call-for-british-columbia-premier-david-eby-to-defund-the-c-irg-in-march-4-provincial-budget/) - Stand.earth says: “This March, B.C. Premier David Eby will be presenting the budget, giving him the perfect opportunity to defund and disband the Critical Response Unit (CRU-BC), formerly known as the Community-Industry Response Group. The C-IRG became very well known for their violent policing of land defenders opposing the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, the Trans Mountain
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque as they call for Ancestral Law 6086 and resist mining](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/14/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-as-they-call-for-law-6086-and-resist-mining/) - On February 12, PBI-Guatemala posted “Today #PBIaccompanies the San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community in the ceremony of handing over of rods to the 23 new Indigenous Authorities of the recently created Council of Ancestral Maya Ch'orti' San Juan Ermita Indigenous Communities and to 5 new Indigenous Authorities of the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Red Solidaria DH at cultural rally in Morelia for disappeared environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/13/pbi-mexico-accompanies-red-solidaria-dh-at-cultural-rally-for-disappeared-defender-jose-gabriel-pelayo/) - PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “On Saturday, February 8, #PBI accompanied the Human Rights Solidarity Network in Morelia, Michoacán, to a cultural rally to draw attention to the disappearance of the environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado. During the activity there were readings of stories and poems, a memory tree and a speech to draw
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Board of Directors of ASCAMCAT during the Humanitarian Caravan to Catatumbo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-board-of-directors-of-ascamcat-during-the-humanitarian-caravan-to-catatumbo/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: "We accompanied the Board of Directors of ASCAMCAT [the Catatumbo Peasant Association] in the Humanitarian Caravan for Peace: ‘Let's embrace Catatumbo’ in the municipality of El Tarra, Norte de Santander, in the context of the escalation of violence that has been unleashed in Catatumbo since January 16, causing a humanitarian
- [Listen to 35-minute Spanish-language Proceso "Surviving Violence" podcast on Peace Brigades International in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/12/listen-to-35-minute-spanish-language-proceso-podcast-on-peace-brigades-international-in-mexico/) - Proceso notes: “Episode 2. With the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas in 1994, international brigadistas began to arrive in Mexico. Empathy with the indigenous rebellion led many to want to know directly about social injustices and protect – even as human shields – the Indigenous peoples who have taken up arms. 30 years have passed since
- [PBI-Colombia regrets death of Wounaan baby due to mobility restrictions in the context of the armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/11/pbi-colombia-regrets-death-of-wounaan-baby-due-to-mobility-restrictions-in-the-context-of-the-armed-conflict/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We deeply regret the death of little Iker Andrés of the Humanitarian Biodiverse Reservation of the Wounaan community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán, and we extend our solidarity to the family and the entire community, who, with the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace, we have accompanied on several
- [COPINH celebrates “popular victory” as DESA manager sentenced as “instigator” in the murder of Berta Caceres](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/11/copinh-celebrates-popular-victory-as-desa-manager-sentenced-as-instigator-in-the-murder-of-berta-caceres/) - Photo: The text says: “Alert! Popular Victory! Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice confirm the sentence of Sergio Rodriguez as author of the assassination of Berta Caceres and sentence him to 30 years in prison.” The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) has posted: “Popular victory! Supreme Court judges confirm
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies sit-in at Supreme Court of Justice demanding justice in the femicide of Keyla Martinez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/10/pbi-honduras-accompanies-sit-in-at-supreme-court-of-justice-demanding-justice-in-the-femicide-of-keyla-martinez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “ Today, 4 years after the murder of Keyla Martinez, we have accompanied the sit-in in front of the Supreme Court of Justice where they have requested that the judicial authorities resolve the appeals filed. From PBI, we emphasize the importance of achieving comprehensive justice in Keyla's case.” Criterio.hn reports: “During the
- [The film “I’m Still Here” and PBI accompaniments in support of the families of the forcibly disappeared](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/10/the-film-im-still-here-and-pbi-accompaniments-in-support-of-the-families-of-the-forcibly-disappeared/) - Photo: “I’m Still Here” is at the Bytowne Cinema in Ottawa. The film “I’m Still Here” has received several Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture. That ceremony will be on March 2. The film tells the story of Eunice Paiva whose 41-year-old husband Rubens, a civil engineer and former member of congress, was forcibly
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies campesina Jani Silva in the Amazonian Putumayo region where oil companies operate](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/09/pbi-colombia-accompanies-campesina-leader-jani-silva-in-the-amazonian-putumayo-region-where-oil-companies-operate/) - Montreal-based journalist Lital Khaikin writes that the Calgary-based oil company Gran Tierra operates in the Putumayo region of Colombia. She further notes that campesina leader Jani Silva is accompanied by “volunteer, unarmed bodyguards with the Peace Brigades.” Khaikin's article also explains: “Brent Patterson, director of Peace Brigades International—Canada, said the Comandos de la Frontera and
- [Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center calls for the release of Indigenous Amuzga rights defender Kenia Hérnandez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/08/the-zeferino-ladrillero-human-rights-center-calls-for-the-release-of-amuzga-rights-defender-kenia-hernandez/) - The Zeferino Ladrillero Human Rights Center (CDHZL) “accompanies processes of struggle of different Indigenous communities, peoples and collectives that seek a dignified life through the exercise of the demand of their human rights.” Zeferino Ladrillero is based in the municipality of Atizapán, in the state of Mexico, Mexico. As one of fifteen member groups within
- [Commission investigation of the RCMP C-IRG nears 2-year anniversary as PRGT pipeline decision nears](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/09/commission-investigation-of-the-rcmp-c-irg-nears-2-year-anniversary-as-prgt-pipeline-decision-nears/) - Photo: An RCMP cruiser blocks the Morice River Service Road on Wet’suwet’en territory in November 2021. Photo by Lee Wilson/APTN. As the B.C .Supreme Court is set to rule on February 18 on an abuse of process allegation about RCMP C-IRG actions on Wet’suwet’en territory, the two year anniversary on March 9 of the CRCC
- [Ayuuk environmental defender Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, an opponent of the Interoceanic megaproject, killed in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/06/indigenous-ayuuk-environmental-defender-arnoldo-nicolas-romero-an-opponent-of-the-interoceanic-megaproject-killed-in-mexico/) - Photo: Arnoldo Nicolás Romero. Mongabay reports: “Ayuuk leader Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, a municipal commissioner of the Buena Vista ejido in San Juan Guichicovi, a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, was found dead Jan. 21.” El Universal highlights: ”Nicolás Romero was known for being a fierce detractor of the Interoceanic Train of
- [Questions arise about Canada’s planned purchase of F-35 fighter jets due to the imminent threat of US tariffs](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/06/questions-arise-about-canadas-planned-purchase-of-f-35-fighter-jets-due-to-the-imminent-threat-of-us-tariffs/) - Photo: A mock-up of an F-35 at Rockcliffe Airport, Ottawa. US president Donald Trump’s tariff war with Canada is raising questions about the Trudeau government’s $19 billion purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets that would be assembled in Fort Worth, Texas. CBC reports: “The government's facing calls to reconsider or cancel major Canadian contracts
- [Canada to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, implications for mining companies and human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/06/canada-to-designate-mexican-cartels-as-terrorist-groups-implications-for-mining-companies-and-human-rights-defenders/) - Video still: On February 4, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations would give police “more powers to… track the money, follow the assets and disrupt the activities of cartels.” CBC reports: “U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his plan to levy tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days
- [The rush to deploy “frontline personnel” to the border to avoid Trump's tariffs overlooks human rights concerns about militarization](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/04/the-rush-to-deploy-frontline-personnel-to-the-border-to-avoid-tariffs-overlooks-human-rights-concerns-about-militarization/) - RCMP photo: Black Hawk helicopters will be deployed to the New Brunswick-US border on Wednesday February 5. The National Post reports: “Canada has agreed to deploy its $1.3-billion border enhancement plan along with thousands of frontline personnel to strengthen security on the U.S. boundary in exchange for the White House pausing 25-per-cent tariffs for at
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Humanitarian Caravan that seeks an end to armed violence against civilians in Catatumbo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/05/pbi-colombia-accompanies-humanitarian-caravan-that-seeks-an-end-to-armed-violence-against-civilians-in-catatumbo/) - Photo by the Luis Carlos Pérez Collective Lawyers Corporation (CCALCP). Update PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We join the urgent call of the organizations and social movements that during #CaravanaHumanitaria have demanded Humanitarian Agreements Now, an end to human rights violations, and the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement. #Peace Catatumbo” Proposals from communities
- [PBI-Kenya accompanied Phyllis Omido and CJGEA cautiously celebrate halt to proposed nuclear power plant](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/05/pbi-kenya-accompanied-phyllis-omido-and-cjgea-cautiously-celebrate-halt-to-proposed-nuclear-power-plant/) - Photo: PBI-Kenya meets with the Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA) to discuss various matters, including potential security issues for the defenders and community members opposing the nuclear plant. On January 24, 2025, The Star reported: “On Tuesday, President William Ruto chaired the first Cabinet meeting of 2025 [and] a [State House statement
- [PBI-Kenya meets with Women Human Rights Defenders, supports their work against the colonial legacy of violence](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/04/pbi-kenya-meets-with-women-human-rights-defenders-continues-its-work-against-the-colonial-legacy-of-violence/) - PBI-Kenya has posted: “Recently, Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) Toolkit Organizers (TOs) Cohort 1 held their first Monthly Movement Meeting of the year at Kwacha Africa in Malindi (Shela Ward). They checked in on each other, mapped out a year-long plan with concrete actions and roles, and wrapped up the day by reflecting on their
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS founding member David Rabelo Crespo acquitted after 15 years](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/03/pbi-colombia-accompanied-credhos-founding-member-david-rabelo-crespo-acquitted-of-after-15-years/) - Video still: “The last six months in jail I was blind, but thanks to PBI’s monitoring I could see my freedom after so many years.” PBI-Colombia has reposted: “In a historic ruling, the Review Section of the @JEP_Colombia [Special Jurisdiction for Peace] acquitted in the first instance the Human Rights Defender David Rabelo Crespo, who
- [PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH, ARCAH, CNTC and Arcoiris sign statement declaring emergency in the Aguan Valley](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/01/pbi-honduras-accompanied-organizations-copinh-arcah-and-arcoiris-sign-statement-declaring-emergency-in-the-aguan-valley/) - Organizations accompanied by Peace Brigades International-Honduras – including the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication (ARCAH), the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) and the LGTBI rights group Arcoiris – along with affiliated organizations including the Municipal Committee in Defence of Common and Public Goods
- [Implications of pause and possible closure of USAID on HRDs in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/03/implications-of-pause-and-possible-closure-of-usaid-on-hrds-in-mexico-guatemala-honduras-and-colombia/) - Photo: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, November 2024. The Associated Press reports: “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is facing its greatest threat since its inception over 60 years ago, as President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk spent the weekend impugning the agency that has contributed to Washington being the most
- [Artificial intelligence poses new threats to human rights defenders, UN Human Rights Council to receive thematic report in June 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/03/artificial-intelligence-poses-new-threats-to-human-rights-defenders-un-human-rights-council-to-receive-report-in-june-2025/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico concerned Cerezo Committee on list the Ministry of National Defence targeted with Pegasus spyware (October 4, 2022). There is no single, simple definition of artificial intelligence, but crucial elements of it include sorting through massive amounts of data, finding patterns, creating hyper-realistic video or audio recordings that can make it appear as if
- [What impact could Trump’s tariff war have on Canadian military exports, the F-35 fighter jet purchase, critical minerals and human rights?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/02/02/what-impact-could-trumps-tariff-war-have-on-canadian-military-exports-the-f-35-fighter-jet-purchase-and-human-rights/) - Video still of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s media conference, February 1, 2025. Yesterday, Saturday February 1, CBC reported: “[US president Donald] Trump launched a trade war against Canada … by imposing a 25 per cent tariff on virtually all goods from this country — an unprecedented strike against a long-standing ally that has the potential
- [PBI-UK notes win by farmers against LSE listed mining company in Mexico, the environmental defenders killed after denouncing abuses](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/31/pbi-uk-notes-win-by-farmers-against-mining-company-in-mexico-the-environmental-defenders-killed-after-denouncing-abuses/) - Image from PBI-UK report: The Case For Change: Why human rights defenders need a UK law on mandatory due diligence. PBI-UK has posted on X/Twitter: “WIN! Court confirms UK-registered company owes farmers in El Bajío over £5 million for gold illegally extracted from community land. Environmental defenders were murdered after denouncing land & environmental abuses.”
- [RCMP Black Hawk helicopters now patrol Quebec-United States border target “individuals who illegally enter Canada”](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/31/rcmp-black-hawk-helicopters-now-patrol-quebec-united-states-border-target-individuals-who-illegally-enter-canada/) - Photo: RCMP officers approach Black Hawk helicopter. On January 30, the Montreal Gazette reported: “Facing the threat of U.S. trade tariffs, the RCMP has deployed a new Black Hawk helicopter to bolster patrols along the Quebec-U.S. border, a move the RCMP says signals to Washington that Canada is serious about tackling illegal migration and drug
- [PBI-Germany together with PBI-Honduras meets with defenders from ARCAH and COFADEH](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/31/pbi-germany-together-with-pbi-honduras-meets-with-defenders-from-arcah-and-cofadeh/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Together with ARCAH and Peace Brigades International Deutschland, we accompany the German Embassy in Honduras during a visit to Rio Grande or Choluteca in Aldea Loarque, Tegucigalpa. ARCAH defenders shared about the importance of creating legislation on atmospheric pollution in Honduras and denounced the river pollution allegedly caused by the poultry company
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at #MujeresAchí trial](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-association-for-justice-and-reconciliation-ajr-at-mujeresachi-trial/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- at the beginning of the second trial of the #AchíWomen case against three former patrol members accused of sexual violence and crimes against the duties of humanity during the Internal Armed Conflict. A ceremony was held in the Human Rights Plaza in
- [PBI-Canada to follow the human rights implications of RCMP Black Hawk helicopters deployed at US-Canada border](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/30/pbi-canada-to-follow-the-human-rights-implications-of-rcmp-black-hawk-helicopters-deployed-at-us-canada-border/) - Photo: Heavily armed RCMP officers onboard a Black Hawk helicopter near the Alberta-Montana border, January 29, 2025. Peace Brigades International has accompanied the struggle for migrant rights, notably the Saltillo Migrant Shelter in Mexico. The Saltillo Migrant Shelter is situated in the state of Coahuila which shares a 512-kilometre border with Texas. PBI-Mexico has noted:
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC in Cali as mural painters highlight paramilitary and state violence in Medellín](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/29/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-in-cali-as-mural-painters-highlight-paramilitary-and-state-violence-in-medellin/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram and X/Twitter: “We accompanied NOMADESC [the Association for Social Research and Action] in the mural day on January 19 in Cali, in their work to defend #humanrights and fight against #impunity. In the Luna de la Resistencia [Moon of Resistance], emblematic site of the 2021 National Strike, murals were made
- [PBI-Mexico amplifies Red Solidaria DH concern about disappeared environmental defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/28/pbi-mexico-amplifies-red-solidaria-dh-concern-about-disappeared-environment-defender-jose-gabriel-pelayo-zalgado/) - Photo: Heriberto Paredes/ Pie de Página. PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “The Human Rights Solidarity Network draws attention to the situation of insecurity in the community of Coahuayula, community of human rights defender José Gabriel Pelayo Zalgado, missing since March 19, 2024, and whose family is accompanied in the process of accessing justice by the
- [Could the anti-COP and planned demonstrations in Belém help advance the protection needs of environmental defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/28/could-the-anti-cop-and-planned-demonstrations-in-belem-help-advance-the-protection-needs-of-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: The anti-COP in Oaxaca, Mexico, 2024. The United Nations Conference of Parties COP30 climate conference will take place in Belém, Brazil this coming November 10 to 21. On the first day of his presidency, January 20, Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement reached at
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS at discussion on the Peace Agreements, the worsening humanitarian crisis](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/27/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-at-discussion-on-the-peace-agreements-the-worsening-humanitarian-crisis/) - The Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) has posted on Facebook: “With the discussion ‘Current events and political challenges in the construction of peace and the defense of human rights’, we opened our day of balance and planning. In this space we talked with Jairo Cala representative to the House of Representatives
- [How Trump’s threatened tariffs could push forward the PRGT pipeline and put at risk Indigenous land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/27/how-trumps-threatened-tariffs-could-push-forward-the-prgt-pipeline-and-put-at-risk-indigenous-land-defenders/) - 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. We are following the on-the-ground resistance by Indigenous land defenders to the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT)
- [PBI-Colombia amplifies ASCAMCAT statement about violence by armed groups in Catatumbo](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/21/pbi-colombia-amplifies-ascamcat-statement-about-violence-by-armed-groups-in-catatumbo/) - Video still: ASCAMCAT is among the organizations calling on the ELN and FARC to respect grassroots organizations in Catatumbo. The Washington Post reports: “More than 80 people have been killed, and more than 11,000 displaced, in ongoing clashes between armed groups in Colombia, officials say, marking one of the deadliest waves of violence since the
- [What implications might the Trump presidency have on PBI’s accompaniment of human rights defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/20/what-implications-might-the-trump-presidency-have-on-pbis-accompaniment-of-human-rights-defenders/) - Still from video of US president Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. In his inaugural speech today, US president Donald Trump promised that he would sign series of “executive orders” including declaring “a national emergency at our southern border”, beginning “the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they
- [Ceasefire in Gaza could begin on January 19, an estimated 1,422 human rights defenders among those killed](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/16/ceasefire-could-begin-on-january-19-an-estimated-1422-human-rights-defenders-among-those-killed/) - Photo: “Relatives of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Al-Shayah mourn next to his body after he was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 16 January. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA.” The Guardian reports: “Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire deal, Qatar announced on Wednesday [January 15] evening in
- [RCMP to deploy Sikorsky-Lockheed Martin Black Hawk helicopters on border as early as January 17](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/16/rcmp-to-deploy-sikorsky-lockheed-martin-black-hawk-helicopters-on-border-as-early-as-january-17/) - Photo: A Black Hawk helicopter on display at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa. Photo: Le Droit, Patrick Duquette/Le Droit, Patrick Duquette. CBC reports: “With U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration just days away, the federal government announced it is sending [60 new] drones and two leased Black Hawk helicopters to the shared border to begin
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People in Chinautla as Ministry of Environment visits](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/16/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-the-poqomam-people-in-chinautla-as-ministry-of-environment-visits/) - On January 15, PBI-Guatemala posted on Instagram: “A week ago PBI accompanied the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People in Chinautla. They received a visit from the Ministry of Environment to review 7 water sources that are contaminated, mainly due to the activities of sand mining companies in the territory that operate with expired licenses.
- [PBI-Honduras observes COFADEH press conference following the arrest of former General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/16/pbi-honduras-observes-cofadeh-press-conference-following-the-arrest-of-former-general-romeo-vasquez-velasquez/) - On January 7, PBI-Honduras posted on X: “Yesterday we observed the press conference convened by @defencofadeh [the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras -COFADEH] following the arrest of the former head of the Armed Forces, Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, and two other high-ranking military officers accused of the death of Isy Obed
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples Front in Defence of Land and Water at meeting with Municipal President about landfill](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/16/pbi-mexico-accompanies-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-at-meeting-with-municipal-president-about-landfill/) - PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “Today, Friday, January 10, PBI accompanies the People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water (FPDTA-MPT) to a dialogue with municipal authorities and the municipal presidency of San Pedro Cholula in the context of their struggle against the intermunicipal landfill. The project that, according to the inhabitants and some studies,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CREDHOS threatened as “military target” by EGC/AGC](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/14/pbi-colombia-accompanied-credhos-threatened-as-military-target-by-egc-agc-paramilitary-group/) - Video still: CREDHOS president Ivan Madero, January 4, 2025. Infobae reports: “On January 1, the Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights (CREDHOS) received a text message with a threatening pamphlet that pointed to social leaders and human rights defenders as new military targets. The threat was not only directed at the organization, but
- [Land defenders oppose Toronto-based developer removing trees in the Lemay Forest in Winnipeg](https://pbicanada.org/2025/01/09/land-defenders-oppose-toronto-based-developer-removing-trees-in-the-lemay-forest-in-winnipeg/) - Photo: “A Manitoba judge extended an injunction ordering protesters opposed to a planned development in the Lemay Forest not to block access to the site.” (CBC, January 6, 2025) On January 8, APTN News reported: “Land defenders opposing tree removal in the Lemay Forest will not vacate an entry point despite the owner’s attempt to
- [2025 will soon be upon us!](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/30/2025-will-soon-be-upon-us/) - In these last few hours before the new year, we ask that you donate to help make possible our efforts to improve the security situation for human rights defenders in Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia. This includes six webinars to amplify the voices of these defenders to the world, encourage new accompaniment volunteers in the
- [PBI accompanied defenders from Guatemala and Honduras meet with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/17/pbi-accompanied-defenders-from-guatemala-and-honduras-meet-with-the-un-working-group-on-business-and-human-rights/) - Photo: PBI accompanied defenders with Working Group chairperson Fernanda Hopenhaym. PBI-Switzerland has noted: “Four PBI-supported human rights defenders participated in the UN Forum on Business & Human Rights in Geneva, as part of an international delegation representing environmental and social rights struggles.” They add: “Among the defenders supported by PBI are Wendy Maldonado and Edgar
- [Our plans and hopes for 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/14/our-plans-and-hopes-for-2025/) - Your support between now and the end of this year will shape what will be possible for us to do in 2025 and into 2026. As we continue to meet with accompanied defenders, we know that the situations they face are truly perilous, that the megaprojects they struggle against often have hidden Canadian connections, and
- [Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) annual report provides brief update on systemic investigation into the C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/06/civilian-review-and-complaints-commission-crcc-annual-report-provides-brief-update-on-systemic-investigation-into-the-c-irg/) - Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP has released its Annual Report 2023-2024. On page 8, the CRCC provides its first formal public communication on the status of the investigation into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- [Ways to make a year-end donation to support the work of PBI-Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/ways-to-make-a-year-end-donation-to-support-the-work-of-pbi-canada/) - Year-end donations are a crucial for us to sustain our work in the coming year. We will be sharing more about what we did in 2024 and our plans for 2025, but for now we wanted to highlight the following ways to support us: Donations by Interac e-Transfer: Email your donation to direction@pbicanada.org. In the
- [Photo-journal of PBI-Canada visit with PBI-Honduras accompanied organizations, defenders and communities](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/photo-journal-of-pbi-canada-visit-with-pbi-honduras-accompanied-organizations-defenders-and-communities-2/) - First posted on November 1, 2024. Photo: PBI-Honduras and PBI-Canada stand beside the Guapinol River threatened by the Los Pinares megaproject, October 30. SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson arrives at Palmerola International Airport in Comayagua, a city located approximately 86 kilometres from Tegucigalpa. Photo: Palmerola airport. Contra Corriente has reported: “This concession was awarded
- [PBI-Canada hosts webinar on UN COP and Binding Treaty processes and the protection of environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/pbi-canada-hosts-webinar-on-un-cop-and-binding-treaty-processes-and-the-protection-of-environmental-defenders-2/) - First posted on October 25, 2024. On October 24, Peace Brigades International-Canada held a webinar focused on the United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia, the upcoming negotiations in Geneva on the UN Binding Treaty on business and human rights, and the crucial protection needs of environmental defenders. Target 22 of the framework being negotiated
- [Gitanyow and Gitxsan resistance to the PRGT pipeline continues as decision on fate of megaproject expected in March 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/gitanyow-and-gitxsan-resistance-to-the-prgt-pipeline-continues-as-decision-on-fate-of-megaproject-expected-in-march-2025-2/) - First posted on November 27, 2024. Photo: Gitanyow Simgiget (Hereditary Chiefs) burn a “benefits agreement” on the PRGT pipeline as they close their territories to all traffic related to the megaproject, August 22, 2024. The National Observer reports that the fate of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is now in limbo after its decade-old provincial
- [Ottawa Police Service escalates criminalization of Palestinian human rights defenders, arrests PYM organizer](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/ottawa-police-service-escalates-criminalization-of-palestinian-human-rights-defenders-arrests-pym-organizer/) - First posted on November 25, 2024. An organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) was arrested in Ottawa on the morning of Sunday November 24. Instagram video of arrest and reading of charges. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) media release states: “She has been charged with public mischief X2, obstruction of police, counsel an uncommitted indictable offence
- [PBI-Canada continues to monitor the situation of eight community members criminalized for their opposition to Frontera Energy](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/pbi-canada-continues-to-monitor-the-situation-of-eight-community-members-criminalized-for-their-opposition-to-frontera-energy-2/) - First posted on November 27, 2024. Video still: A military helicopter takes Ferney Salcedo, Yulivel Leal and four other social leaders from the villages of Venturosa and Platanales following their arrest on November 27, 2018. Video by Prensa Libre Casanare. Today is the 6th anniversary of the arrest of eight community members who were protesting the
- [As the UN COP29 climate conference concludes, Peace Brigades International turns its attention to COP30 in Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/as-the-un-cop29-climate-conference-concludes-peace-brigades-international-turns-its-attention-to-cop30-in-brazil-2/) - First posted on November 22, 2024. Image: Logo of COP30 in Brazil. The United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 29 climate conference is scheduled later today (November 22) in Baku, Azerbaijan. On September 10, 2024, Global Witness highlighted: “At least 1,500 defenders have been killed since the adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December 2015”
- [PBI-Canada calls on Minister Ng to support environmental defenders criminalized for protesting Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/pbi-canada-calls-on-minister-ng-to-support-environmental-defenders-criminalized-for-protesting-canadian-mining-company-2/) - First posted on October 23, 2024. Photo from November 2023 by EFE from Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America (OCMAL) website. Peace Brigades International-Canada is one of 122 organizations to have signed a letter to Mary Ng, the Canadian Minister of International Commerce and Economic Development, to withdraw her support for First Quantum Minerals. Photo:
- [PBI-Canada attends PBI General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal](https://pbicanada.org/2024/12/03/pbi-canada-attends-pbi-general-assembly-in-lisbon-portugal-2/) - First posted on November 19, 2024. Peace Brigades International-Canada attended the Peace Brigades International General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal this past November 11-13. The assembly brought together 35+ people to discuss a Global Strategic Plan that will inform our work through to 2030 and to debate and reach consensus on numerous proposals, including our proposal
- [Ottawa Police Service escalates criminalization of Palestinian human rights defenders, arrests PYM organizer](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/25/ottawa-police-service-escalates-criminalization-of-palestinian-hrds-arrests-pym-organizer/) - An organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) was arrested in Ottawa on the morning of Sunday November 24. Instagram video of arrest and reading of charges. The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) media release states: “She has been charged with public mischief X2, obstruction of police, counsel an uncommitted indictable offence of mischief and unlawful
- [OFRANEH denounces Canadian Randy Jorgensen for trafficking archaeological items, usurpation of Garifuna lands](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/28/ofraneh-denounces-canadian-randy-jorgensen-for-trafficking-archaeological-items-usurpation-of-garifuna-lands/) - Video still: Press conference in front of the Ministerio Publico. Criterio.hn reports: “[On November 26 at a press conference in Tegucigalpa] the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (OFRANEH) denounced Randy Roy Jorgensen, a Canadian citizen better known as ‘King of Porn’, outside the Public Prosecutor's Office [Ministerio Público/MP] for his involvement in the largest illegal trafficking
- [PBI-Canada continues to monitor the situation of eight community members criminalized for their opposition to Frontera Energy](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/27/pbi-canada-continues-to-monitor-the-situation-of-eight-community-members-criminalized-for-their-opposition-to-frontera-energy/) - Video still: A military helicopter takes Ferney Salcedo, Yulivel Leal and four other social leaders from the villages of Venturosa and Platanales following their arrest on November 27, 2018. Video by Prensa Libre Casanare. Today is the 6th anniversary of the arrest of eight community members who were protesting the Canadian oil company Frontera Energy
- [Gitanyow and Gitxsan resistance to the PRGT pipeline continues as decision on fate of megaproject expected in March 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/27/gitanyow-and-gitxsan-resistance-to-the-prgt-pipeline-continues-as-decision-on-fate-of-megaproject-expected-in-march-2025/) - Photo: Gitanyow Simgiget (Hereditary Chiefs) burn a “benefits agreement” on the PRGT pipeline as they close their territories to all traffic related to the megaproject, August 22, 2024. The National Observer reports that the fate of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is now in limbo after its decade-old provincial environmental assessment certificate expired
- [PBI-Canada meets with Arcoíris LGTB Association of Honduras and the Trans Women’s collective Rainbow Dolls](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/25/pbi-canada-meets-with-arcoiris-lgtb-association-of-honduras-and-the-trans-womens-collective-rainbow-dolls/) - Photo: PBI-Honduras accompanies LGTBI+ organizations at the Pride March in San Pedro Sula, August 6, 2024. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project accompanies the Arcoíris LGTB Association of Honduras and the Centre for LGTBI Development and Cooperation - SOMOS CDC. In June 2021, The Guardian reported that Cattrachas, a Honduran LGTBQ+ advocacy organization, “recorded a total
- [Palestinian environmental defender Abeer Butmeh calls for “global energy embargo against Israel” at COP29](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/23/palestinian-environmental-defender-abeer-butmeh-calls-for-global-energy-embargo-against-israel-at-cop29/) - Photo: Abeer Butmeh at COP29, November 14, 2024. The coordinator of the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)-Friends of the Earth Palestine, Abeer Butmeh, is calling for a fuel embargo on Israel given “Israeli operations” violate the “right to a healthy environment”. She has previously noted that the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network works “on four main
- [PBI-United Kingdom report: “human rights defenders need a UK law on mandatory due diligence”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/21/pbi-uk-report-human-rights-defenders-need-a-uk-law-on-mandatory-due-diligence/) - Our colleagues at Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom have produced a 40-page investigative report titled: The Case For Change: Why human rights defenders need a UK law on mandatory due diligence. The six examples in the report (the Cerrejón coal mine and Amerisur oilfields in Colombia, the Eólica del Sur wind farm and Soledad-Dipolos gold mine
- [Arrest of Palestinian solidarity activists in Ottawa raises concerns about repression of protests against weapons companies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/21/arrest-of-palestinian-solidarity-activists-in-ottawa-raises-concerns-about-repression-of-protests-against-weapons-companies/) - The Ottawa Citizen reports: “Ottawa police have arrested four pro-Palestinian protesters for allegedly blocking a downtown street during a demonstration on [the evening of Monday November 18].” The article quotes Sarah Abdul-Karim, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, who said: “We didn’t do anything different from what we do in the usual protest. But
- [As the UN COP29 climate conference concludes, Peace Brigades International turns its attention to COP30 in Brazil](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/22/as-the-un-cop29-climate-conference-concludes-peace-brigades-international-turns-its-attention-to-cop30-in-brazil/) - Image: Logo of COP30 in Brazil. The United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 29 climate conference is scheduled later today (November 22) in Baku, Azerbaijan. On September 10, 2024, Global Witness highlighted: “At least 1,500 defenders have been killed since the adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December 2015” at the conclusion of the
- [As the “usual suspects” dominate COP29, is there hope COP30 can help protect environmental defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/18/as-the-usual-suspects-dominate-cop29-hope-cop30-help-protect-environmental-defenders/) - Photo from Governo do Pará, Brasil. More than 65,000 people are now attending the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 29 Climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan that began last Monday November 11 and that is scheduled to conclude this coming Friday November 22. Will COP29 serve to enhance the protection of environmental human rights defenders
- [PBI-Canada attends PBI General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/19/pbi-canada-attends-pbi-general-assembly-in-lisbon-portugal/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada attended the Peace Brigades International General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal this past November 11-13. The assembly brought together 35+ people to discuss a Global Strategic Plan that will inform our work through to 2030 and to debate and reach consensus on numerous proposals, including our proposal to explore the formation of a
- [UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor calls for a strengthening of the CORE to provide redress for human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/18/un-special-rapporteur-mary-lawlor-calls-for-a-strengthening-of-the-core-to-provide-redress-for-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: PBI-Canada meets with Mary Lawlor and Michael Phoenix, her Head of Research and Campaigns, in Ottawa, June 26, 2024. On February 5, The Globe and Mail reported: “Starting this year, over a six-month period, the government said it will assess the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise’s ‘effectiveness and progress to date.’” Then on May
- [Protest draws attention to Canadian company producing vital component for F-35 warplanes implicated in violations of human rights in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/18/protest-draws-attention-to-canadian-company-producing-parts-for-f-35s-involved-in-violations-of-human-rights-in-gaza/) - 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 is the only company in
- [As COP29 approaches in Baku, at least 1,500 land and environmental defenders have been killed since COP21](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/06/as-cop29-approaches-in-baku-at-least-1500-land-and-environmental-defenders-have-been-killed-since-cop21/) - Photo from The Guardian by Sergei Grits/AP. On September 10, 2024, Global Witness highlighted: “At least 1,500 defenders have been killed since the adoption of the Paris Agreement on 12 December 2015” at the conclusion of the COP21 climate conference. In October 2019, just prior to the COP25 conference in Madrid, PBI-Canada amplified at an
- [Photo-journal of PBI-Canada visit with PBI-Honduras accompanied organizations, defenders and communities](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/01/photo-journal-of-pbi-canada-visit-with-pbi-honduras-accompanied-organizations-defenders-and-communities/) - Photo: PBI-Honduras and PBI-Canada stand beside the Guapinol River threatened by the Los Pinares megaproject, October 30. SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson arrives at Palmerola International Airport in Comayagua, a city located approximately 86 kilometres from Tegucigalpa. Photo: Palmerola airport. Contra Corriente has reported: “This concession was awarded in December 2015 to the
- [Did the COP16 Biodiversity conference in Colombia make progress on the protection of environmental defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/02/did-the-cop16-biodiversity-conference-in-colombia-make-progress-on-the-protection-of-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: Lina Robles- Publimetro COP16: "their spirits are still alive", activists protested the murder of environmental leaders in the Blue Zone. The United Nations COP16 Biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia that began on October 21 concluded on the morning of November 2. The Guardian explains: "A global summit on halting the destruction of nature ended
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous water defender Alejandro Torres Chocolatl during Embassy of Finland visit to Puebla](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/03/pbi-mexico-accompanies-indigenous-water-defender-alejandro-torres-chocolatl-during-embassy-of-finland-visit-to-puebla/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “This week we accompanied Alejandro Torres from the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water-Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala with the Embassy of Finland in Mexico in the State of Puebla as part of the accompaniment provided by the #Protect Their Voices Initiative. We thank and acknowledge the Embassy of Finland for this
- [PBI-Honduras visits Garifuna community of Nueva Armenia following police violence after recovery project](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/03/pbi-honduras-visits-garifuna-community-of-nueva-armenia-following-police-violence-after-recovery-project/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Together with Peace Brigades International-Canada we visited the Garifuna community of Nueva Armenia (Atlántida). Members of OFRANEH-Garifuna/Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras shared with us about the overcrowding within the community and the attacks and threats they have received after carrying out a land recovery project on the outskirts of the community, inside
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at hearing related to the ongoing CREOMPAZ/Military Zone 21 case](https://pbicanada.org/2024/11/03/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-human-rights-law-firm-at-hearing-related-to-the-ongoing-creompaz-military-zone-21-case/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Monday [October 28], #PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm at the Public Hearing requested by the lawyer Moisés Galindo, who defends Officer Carlos Augusto Garavito Morán, accused of crimes of forced disappearance and duties of humanity in the #CREOMPAZ case. It should be noted that the previous week the hearing
- [Nepal’s foreign minister visits Canada, international delegation of lawyers call for strengthened transitional justice](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/26/nepals-foreign-minister-visits-canada-international-delegation-of-lawyers-call-for-strengthened-transitional-justice/) - Photo: Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, meets with Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, in Ottawa in September 2024. The Kathmandu, Nepal-based Himalayan Times reports: “Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba and her Canadian counterpart, Melanie Joly had a bilateral meeting in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday
- [PBI-Canada hosts webinar on UN COP and Binding Treaty processes and the protection of environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/25/pbi-canada-hosts-webinar-on-un-cop-and-binding-treaty-processes-and-the-protection-of-environmental-defenders/) - On October 24, Peace Brigades International-Canada held a webinar focused on the United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia, the upcoming negotiations in Geneva on the UN Binding Treaty on business and human rights, and the crucial protection needs of environmental defenders. Target 22 of the framework being negotiated at COP16 pledges: “the full protection
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied lawyer María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz interviewed by El Pais, speaks about avocados and mining](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/25/pbi-mexico-accompanied-lawyer-maria-eugenia-gabriel-ruiz-interviewed-by-el-pais-speaks-about-avocados-and-mining/) - Photo: “María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz, indigenous Purépecha activist from Michoacán, in Madrid Río on 26 September.” Photo by Mario Bermudo. María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz is an Indigenous Purhépecha lawyer and member of the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH), an organization accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project. El Pais reports: “The indigenous peoples
- [PBI-Colombia welcomes new brigade members, PBI-Honduras seeks new applicants with November 9 deadline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/23/pbi-colombia-welcomes-new-brigade-members-pbi-honduras-seeks-new-applicants-with-november-9-deadline/) - Photo: (from left to right) Ita from Mexico, Mar, Michael and Celia from the Spanish State, Valeria from Mexico. Yesterday, PBI-Colombia welcomed five new volunteers. The project noted: “From PBI-Colombia we receive with great enthusiasm the new brigade members, who from the Urabá-Bogotá and Barrancabermeja teams will accompany Colombian human rights organizations in their work
- [“As a collective, we want to turn our pain into rights” - Yanette Bautista of the “Nydia Erika Bautista” Foundation](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/23/as-a-collective-we-want-to-turn-our-pain-into-rights-yanette-bautista-of-the-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation/) - Today, October 23, the National Day of Recognition of Women Searchers of Victims of Forced Disappearance is commemorated in Colombia. On this day, Amnesty International has amplified the voice of Yanette Bautista, whose sister Nydia was forcibly disappeared in 1987. A key excerpt from Yanette’s testimony in Rolling Stone magazine notes: “When I finally returned
- [PBI-Canada calls on Minister Ng to support environmental defenders criminalized for protesting Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/23/pbi-canada-calls-on-minister-ng-to-support-environmental-defenders-criminalized-for-protesting-canadian-mining-company/) - Photo from November 2023 by EFE from Observatory of Mining Conflicts in Latin America (OCMAL) website. Peace Brigades International-Canada is one of 122 organizations to have signed a letter to Mary Ng, the Canadian Minister of International Commerce and Economic Development, to withdraw her support for First Quantum Minerals. Photo: Mary Ng. Thirty-nine days of
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomán People in Chinautla in struggle against sand mines](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/22/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-the-poqoman-people-in-chinautla-in-struggle-against-sand-mines/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Tuesday [October 15], #PBIacompanies the women at the #Chinautla Poqomam Village Peaceful Resistance. At their meeting, they updated us about their upcoming activities and expressed their concerns regarding the safety situation of the community and defenders. They also shared with us their struggle for the recovery and recognition of communal lands,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA as communities analyze and evaluate their self-protection measures](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/22/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cahucopana-as-communities-analyze-and-evaluate-their-self-protection-measures/) - The Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (Cahucopana) has posted: “Resistance and denunciation, when the bullets sound, our voices more! On the 15th of October, Cahucopana Nordeste and social organizations Guardias campesinas [Peasant Guard] @Gacena, #AMATNASB, (ancestral and traditional agro-mining association of Northeast Antioquia and South Bolivar) #AMUSUNASB (the Association of
- [PBI-Kenya expresses concern about the abduction of four Turkish asylum seekers and their forcible return to Turkey](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/22/pbi-kenya-expresses-concern-about-the-abduction-of-four-turkish-asylum-seekers-and-their-forcible-return-to-turkey/) - Photo from Velev news. This statement from the Police Reforms Working Group says: “The principle of non-refoulement is a cornerstone of refugee protection. It has been recognised in international humanitarian law for more than seventy years.” Refoulement refers to the forcible return of refugees or asylum seekers to a country where they are liable to
- [Can the UN COP16 conference in Colombia help save the lives of frontline environmental defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/21/can-the-un-cop16-conference-in-colombia-help-save-the-lives-of-frontline-environmental-defenders/) - Webinar speakers: Michel Forst, Yannick Wild, Berenice Celeita, Javier Garate. In his opening message today to the United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia, UN Secretary General António Guterres said: “Our task at this COP is to move from words to deeds." Those words, to be further negotiated at COP16, have included the pledge of
- [PBI-Mexico condemns the murder of Indigenous Maya Tzotzil Padre Marcelo Pérez Pérez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/21/pbi-mexico-condemns-the-murder-of-indigenous-maya-tzotzil-padre-marcelo-perez-perez-in-chiapas/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “We are deeply shocked by the murder of Father Marcelo. We condemn his murder, call for a thorough investigation into this crime, and recall the Mexican State's obligation to protect human rights defenders.” In July 2022, PBI-Mexico joined with other organizations to “urge the federal government to protect and guarantee the personal
- [PBI-Canada remembers Digna Ochoa, the human rights lawyer murdered 23 years ago in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/20/pbi-canada-remembers-digna-ochoa-the-human-rights-lawyer-murdered-23-years-ago-in-mexico/) - In its 2001 annual review, Peace Brigades International noted: “The situation of human rights defenders [in Mexico] worsened significantly after the 19 October assassination of internationally known human rights defender Digna Ochoa and death threats against other human rights defenders.” That PBI report further noted: “One of the cases that Digna Ochoa had been working on
- [UN human rights representative Juliette De Rivero says COP16 is “an opportunity to improve the protection of environmental defenders”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/18/un-high-commissioner-juliette-de-rivero-says-cop16-is-an-opportunity-to-improve-the-protection-of-environmental-defenders/) - Video: Juliette De Rivero presents the main concerns about the situation of environmental defenders in Colombia ahead of COP16. The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “The COP16 [biodiversity summit] in Colombia [taking place October 21 to November 1] is ‘an opportunity to improve the protection of environmental defenders’, says the representative in the country of
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at #IxilGenocide trial](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/18/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-association-for-justice-and-reconciliation-ajr-at-ixilgenocide-trial/) - On October 16, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Board of Directors of the Association for Justice and Reconciliation -AJR- to the continuation of the oral and public debate of the #GenocidioIxil case. Today's hearing consisted of the presentation by the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) of the first part of the technical-military expert report by
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace Commission at “Skateboard Bridge” youth gathering](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/18/pbi-colombia-accompanies-justice-and-peace-commission-at-skateboard-bridge-youth-gathering/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission (CIJP) in the ‘Meeting of Art, Sport, Peacebuilding, Territory and Youth’ in Ciudad Bolivar on 12 October. During the cultural day, the participants redefined the public space and planned a music and skateboarding exhibition as a way to build peace in the
- [PBI-Honduras observes CMDBCPT press conference that demands justice for murdered Guapinol River defender Juan López](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/18/pbi-honduras-observes-cmdbcpt-press-conference-that-demands-justice-for-murdered-guapinol-river-defender-juan-lopez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today [October 17], we observed the press conference of Guapinol Despierta [Guapinol Wake Up] in front of the Organized Crime, Environment and Corruption Court in Tegucigalpa. 27 years after the murder of Carlos Escaleras, the Municipal Committee in Defence of the Commons and Public Goods [of Tocoa/CMDBCPT] continues to demand justice for
- [Agnès Callamard: COP16 should discuss legal protections for environmental rights defenders and land protectors](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/17/agnes-callamard-cop16-should-discuss-legal-protections-for-environmental-rights-defenders-and-land-protectors/) - Photo: Agnès Callamard In advance of the COP16 Biodiversity conference that will take place this coming October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's Secretary General, has commented: “Environmental rights defenders and land protectors often risk their lives to protect our planet and its biodiversity. Delegations should keep this harsh reality
- [Peace Brigades International co-hosts Women Human Rights Advocacy Week in Geneva, September 16-21](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/17/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 16-21 in Geneva. The ISHR
- [Canada’s COP16 plan fails to ensure the full protection of environmental human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/15/canadas-cop16-plan-fails-to-ensure-the-full-protection-of-environmental-human-rights-defenders/) - Video by Michael Toledano of RCMP C-IRG arresting environmental human rights defenders, November 2021. The Guardian now reports: “More than 80% of countries have failed to submit plans to meet a UN agreement to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, new analysis has found. …Countries committed to submit their plans for meeting the agreement before
- [Mountain Valley Pipeline, financed by Canadian banks and co-owned by a Canadian company, sues water protectors](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/14/mountain-valley-pipeline-financed-by-canadian-banks-and-co-owned-by-canadian-company-sues-water-protectors/) - Photo: Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska, locked to machinery at a Mountain Valley Pipeline worksite, October 16, 2023. In response to a tweet that says: “For Indigenous People’s Day [a holiday in the United States observed this year on October 14] how about we drop all charges on Indigenous Land and Water protectors instead of
- [New “Fairy Creek” documentary revisits the blockades on Pacheedaht territory that experienced RCMP C-IRG violence](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/13/new-fairy-creek-film-documents-the-blockades-pacheedaht-territory-that-experienced-rcmp-c-irg-violence/) - Photo from Cinema Politica. The frontline documentary FAIRY CREEK will premiere in Toronto at the Planet in Focus Film Festival on October 17. Details about that screening can be found here. That web-page notes there will be “a post screening live Q&A with the Director Jen Muranetz and Director of Photography/Co-Producer Sepehr Samimi.” Muranetz’s website
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the CNTC in Yoro and reiterates concern about the criminalization of land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/12/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-cntc-in-yoro-and-reiterates-concern-about-the-criminalization-of-land-defenders/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday we accompanied the CNTC Tegucigalpa in a meeting with the peasant base Brisas del Humuya (El Progreso, Yoro), to hear about their advocacy work in the community. From PBI we applaud the work of the CNTC to ensure food security and reiterate our concern about the criminalization of land defenders in
- [COPINH rallies outside the Embassy of El Salvador calling for the release of the Santa Marta 5 water defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/11/copinh-rallies-outside-the-embassy-of-el-salvador-calling-for-the-release-of-the-santa-marta-5-water-defenders/) - On October 9, the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) posted: “COPINH present at the Embassy of El Salvador in Honduras, demanding the release of the 5 ADES/Santa Marta defenders. COPINH joins the demand for freedom for the defenders of Santa Marta, who have tirelessly defended the ban on metal mining in
- [PBI-Kenya accompanies march to Governor’s office to present petition against proposed nuclear power plant](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/11/pbi-kenya-accompanies-march-to-governors-office-to-present-petition-against-proposed-nuclear-power-plant/) - PBI-Kenya has posted: “PBI Kenya is accompanying land and environmental activists from Kilifi County today as they march to the Governor's office to present a petition. The activists are protesting the selection of Uyombo Village as the preferred site for a Nuclear Power Plant- citing the area's UNESCO biosphere and critical environmental sites, including Arabuko
- [District of Squamish Council asks local RCMP detachment to appear before council to address concerns about the C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/10/district-of-squamish-council-asks-local-rcmp-detachment-to-appear-before-council-to-speak-about-the-c-irg/) - Video of presentation and debate (starting at 8:04). The Squamish Reporter reports: “Spencer Fitschen and Maryam Adrangi of the Rising Tide Squamish appeared before the council [on September 24] to present a motion to the Squamish council, calling for a formal rejection of the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police/RCMP] Critical Response Unit-British Columbia (CRU-BC), formerly known
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Commission for Justice and Peace at Young Peacebuilders gathering in Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/10/pbi-colombia-accompanies-commission-for-justice-and-peace-at-young-peacebuilders-gathering-in-buenaventura/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompany the Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace together with ACT Swedish Church at the II Meeting of Young Peacebuilders in Buenaventura. More than 200 people gathered in the El Ruiz neighborhood in Comuna 12 to build cultural alternatives with young people from the territories.” FICONPAZ has also posted: “Ten collectives,
- [COFADEH warns of the dangers to the family and companeros of murdered Guapinol River defender Juan Lopez in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/10/cofadeh-warns-of-the-dangers-to-the-family-and-companeros-of-murdered-guapinol-river-defender-juan-lopez-in-honduras/) - Photo: Cofadeh coordinator Bertha Oliva speaks at media conference, October 9, 2024. Photo by Orlando Sierra/AFP. The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (Cofadeh) warned on Wednesday [October 9] that the lives of the relatives of environmentalist Juan López, murdered on September 14, may be
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the Municipal Committee at initial hearing for three men accused of killing Guapinol River defender Juan Lopez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/09/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-municipal-committee-at-hearing-for-three-accused-of-killing-environmental-defender-juan-lopez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today in San Pedro Sula we accompany the Municipal Committee for Defense of Common and Public Property in the initial hearing against the defendants in the case of the murder of #defender Juan Lopez. To achieve #justice for Juan, it is essential that there is an impartial, independent and thorough investigation into
- [Investigative report details connections between U.S.-based steel producer Nucor and Los Pinares mine in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/09/investigative-report-details-connections-between-u-s-based-steel-producer-nucor-and-los-pinares-mine-in-honduras/) - Photo: “Protest of the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Common and Public Goods (CMDBCP) against the Ecotek thermoelectric project in Tocoa, during an open town hall to socialize the plant. Tocoa, Colón, December 2023. Photo: CC / Fernando Destephen.” An investigative report by Contra Corriente and Drilled reveals that U.S.-based Nucor maintained a relationship
- [Municipal Committee demands the arrest of the intellectual authors of the murder of Guapinol River defender Juan Lopez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/06/municipal-committee-demands-the-arrest-of-the-intellectual-authors-of-the-murder-of-guapinol-river-defender-juan-lopez/) - Video still: A “Great Diocesan Walk” in Tocoa on Sunday October 6 to honour the life of environmental defender Juan Lopez. As the Walk took place, Guapinol Exige Justicia tweeted: “True justice for our comrade and coordinator Juan Lopez will come once the murderous megaproject of Emco Holding is cancelled in its entirety and the
- [Report says threat of free trade agreement lawsuits may have impeded action against Los Pinares and Aura Minerals mines in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/05/report-says-threat-of-fta-lawsuits-may-have-impeded-action-against-los-pinares-and-aura-minerals-mines-in-honduras/) - On October 3, a 136-page report was released titled The Corporate Assault on Honduras: How mafia-style investments undermine the Honduran people’s struggle for democracy and dignity (available in Spanish here). The exploitation of the hill has not stopped, and with it the dispossession of the land, the displacement of its inhabitants, exhumations and environmental pollution.
- [Indigenous land defenders from Ecuador face the risk of reprisal after speaking against Canadian mining companies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/04/indigenous-land-defenders-from-ecuador-face-the-risk-of-reprisal-after-speaking-against-canadian-mining-companies/) - Photo: Ivonne Ramos, Hortencia Zhagüi, Rachel Lim (Amnesty International), Louise Casselman (Public Service Alliance of Canada/PSAC), Zenaida Yasacama and Fanny Kaekat at public forum in Ottawa, October 3, 2024. Photo by Laura Avalos (PSAC). CBC News reports: “Indigenous women from Ecuador are in Ottawa this week raising concerns a proposed free trade agreement could enable
- [100+ organizations call for rigorous investigation into the masterminds behind the murder of Juan López](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/03/100-organizations-call-for-rigorous-investigation-into-the-masterminds-behind-the-murder-of-juan-lopez/) - Photo of Juan Lopez from Criterio.hn. Criterio.hn now reports: “More than 100 civil society organizations have raised their voices in an urgent appeal to the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, following the murder of environmental defender Juan López on September 14 in Tocoa.” That letter (dated September 27 and posted September 30), signed by the
- [PBI-Canada to host webinar on COP16, COP29, the Binding Treaty and the language needed to protect environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/03/pbi-canada-to-host-webinar-on-cop16-cop29-the-binding-treaty-and-the-language-needed-to-protect-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: Yannick Wild, Berenice Celeita, Javier Garate. Join us on Thursday October 24 at 12 pm (Colombia) / 1 pm (Ottawa) / 7 pm (Geneva) for a webinar that will link the protection needs of environmental defenders and the upcoming United Nations COP16 Biodiversity, COP29 Climate and Binding Treaty talks. To register, please click here.
- [PBI-Canada extends 30th anniversary greetings to PBI-Colombia with appreciation for all their work](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/03/pbi-canada-extends-30th-anniversary-greetings-to-pbi-colombia-with-appreciation-for-all-their-work/) - Photo: PBI-Colombia with Carlos Morales of the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA). Luis Enrique Eguren, a founding member of the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project, has written that several PBI members conducted an exploratory mission in May-June 1993 to evaluate if PBI’s experience in Guatemala, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous authorities at meeting with Governor on the Trifinio plan that lacks consent](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/02/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-authorities-at-meeting-with-governor-on-the-trifinio-plan/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Monday [September 30] #PBIaccompanied the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula and the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque to a meeting in the governor's office of Chiquimula in relation to the Trifinio plan. The meeting was also attended by community members from the municipalities of San Juan Ermita, Jocotán
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CAJAR notes trial of ESMAD violence against Leidy Cadena will be heard by ordinary criminal justice system](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/02/pbi-colombia-accompanied-cajar-notes-trial-of-esmad-violence-against-leidy-cadena-will-be-heard-by-ordinary-criminal-justice-system/) - The PBI-Colombia accompanied José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CAJAR) has tweeted: “#TheLatest @CConstitutional [Constitutional Court] determines that the case of eye injuries caused by ESMAD [Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron] agents to young Leidy Cadena will be taken up by the ordinary criminal justice system and not by the military, as the defence had intended.” The fuller
- [Where do the provincial parties in British Columbia stand on disbanding the RCMP C-IRG?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/02/where-do-the-provincial-parties-in-british-columbia-stand-on-disbanding-the-rcmp-c-irg/) - Photo: B.C. NDP Leader David Eby, B.C. Conservative Party Leader John Rustad, B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The provincial election in British Columbia will take place on October 19, 2024. CBC News has just posted an article How do British Columbia's three main parties compare on these election issues? Those three main
- [NS Voice of Women for Peace protest the DEFSEC arms show in Halifax, October 1-3](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/02/ns-voice-of-women-for-peace-protest-against-the-defsec-arms-show-in-halifax-october-1-3/) - Photo: Peace activists protest DEFSEC on October 1. The Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace are protesting against the DEFSEC arms show from 12 pm to 1 pm October 1 to 3 in Halifax. As can be seen in the photo below reposted by DEFSEC Atlantic, its sponsors include Lockheed Martin, Leonardo DRS and
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the 10th anniversary march in Mexico City seeking truth and justice for the Ayotzinapa 43](https://pbicanada.org/2024/10/01/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-10th-anniversary-march-in-mexico-city-seeking-justice-for-the-ayotzinapa-43/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: "#Ayotzinapa10 years September 26th marked 10 years since the disappearance of the 43 students from #Ayotzinapa. PBI accompanies the march for truth, justice, and an end to widespread impunity in cases of enforced disappearance in Mexico #JusticeForThe43." Thousands marched The Associated Press also explains: “Families of the 43 students from a rural
- [Gitanyow post video with images of RCMP "mercenaries" as land defenders maintain checkpoint against PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/30/gitanyow-post-video-with-images-of-rcmp-mercenaries-as-land-defenders-maintain-checkpoint-against-prgt-pipeline/) - The Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs have posted on Instagram and Facebook: “We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors! This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the generations who fought for our lands, waters, and people — and we carry their fight forward. This is our Laxyip. This is our truth. Special thanks to
- [PBI-Canada to monitor 10th session of Binding Treaty that aims to protect the safety of human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/29/pbi-canada-to-monitor-10th-session-of-binding-treaty-that-aims-to-protect-the-safety-of-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, the general coordinator of the PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), is part of the campaign supporting the creation of a Binding Treaty. The 10th session of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG)
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at meeting prior to COP16 that could strengthen protection for defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/27/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cahucopana-at-meeting-prior-to-cop16-that-could-strengthen-protection-for-defenders/) - The PBI-Colombia accompanied Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia (CAHUCOPANA) has posted: “Now in Bogota. Cahucopana Nordeste participates in the capital of Colombia in the meeting prior to #COP16 #PeaceWithNature, highlighting the importance of biodiversity in the territories #SerraniaSanLucas to advance towards #Peace.” The United Nations COP16 Biodiversity conference will take
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies UVOC at swearing in of Ancestral Q'eqchi‘ and Poqomchi’ councils](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/27/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-uvoc-at-swearing-in-of-ancestral-qeqchi-and-poqomchi-councils/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “The day before yesterday [meaning on September 23], #PBIacompanies UVOC [Verapaz Union of Peasant Organizations] in the swearing in of the Ancestral Councils of the Maya Q'eqchi‘ and Poqomchi’ peoples of Purulhá, Baja Verapaz. The event took place in the Municipality of Purulhá. The creation of these Councils is a very important
- [Complaints Commission finds RCMP C-IRG “has repeatedly acted in a way that is contrary to the jurisprudence and to the rule of law”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/26/complaints-commission-finds-rcmp-c-irg-has-repeatedly-acted-in-a-way-that-is-contrary-to-the-jurisprudence-and-to-the-rule-of-law/) - Photo of Brian Smallshaw prior to his arrest by the RCMP C-IRG in 2021. Photo by Tom Mitchell from CBC News report. Two weeks ago, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) published a 16-page summary of its final report on a public complaint about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG)
- [Colombian trade union seeks investigation of police killing of Buenaventura activist Vanessa Renteria Valencia in Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/25/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 of September 19 in Surrey,
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the Agrarian Platform at “mega-mobilization” at the Supreme Court of Justice](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/25/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-agrarian-platform-at-mega-mobilization-at-the-supreme-court-of-justice/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “From PBI we accompany the Agrarian Platform and the peasant, indigenous and Garifuna communities in the exercise of peaceful citizen mobilization, where they demand the vindication of their rights for the protection of the environment.” The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) has also posted: “COPINH present at
- [PBI-Mexico comments on the structural challenges of the Protection Mechanism following the release of Working Group report](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/25/pbi-mexico-comments-on-the-structural-challenges-of-the-protection-mechanism-following-the-release-of-working-group-report/) - The full civil society statement on the Working Group report can be read here. PBI-Mexico has posted: “Today the two-year report of the Working Group to strengthen the @Mecanismo_MX [Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists operated by the Ministry of the Interior] was delivered, promoted by @ONUDHmexico [Office in Mexico of the High
- [Statements on horse-mounted police units and the human right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/23/statements-on-horse-mounted-police-units-and-the-right-to-freedom-of-peaceful-assembly/) - Photo: Victoria Police at the Land Forces arms show in Naarm/Melbourne, September 2024. Photo by Alex Bainbridge/Green Left. CBC reports: “Ottawa police plan to introduce horse-mounted patrols to the ByWard Market, in response to concerns over crime and public safety in the historic neighbourhood, Chief Eric Stubbs told a public meeting Friday [September 20].” That
- [Does DEFSEC Atlantic have human rights obligations following the ICJ ruling on plausible genocide?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/23/does-defsec-atlantic-have-international-human-rights-obligations-following-the-icj-ruling-on-plausible-genocide/) - Photo: Protest against DEFSEC Atlantic 2023. The Canadian Defence Security & Aerospace Exhibition Atlantic, or DEFSEC Atlantic, will take place this coming October 1-3 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. DEFSEC Atlantic says: “[It is] now the second largest event of its kind in Canada.” In 2023, it had 168 exhibiting organizations, 16 countries represented, and 40,000
- [PBI-Canada and CFSC (Quakers) hold webinar on Canadian arms exports to Israel and the call for an arms embargo](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/19/pbi-canada-and-cfsc-quakers-hold-webinar-on-arms-exports-to-israel-and-the-call-for-an-arms-embargo/) - On September 18, the Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) and PBI-Canada jointly organized a webinar, moderated by Sandra Wiens, to coincide with the six-month anniversary of the House of Commons vote (on March 18, 2024) to “cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel.” To watch the video of the webinar, click
- [Racist comments by RCMP officers in Coquitlam condemned, while C-IRG actions remain unresolved](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/22/racist-comments-by-rcmp-officers-in-coquitlam-condemned-while-c-irg-actions-remain-unresolved/) - Video still of Sleydo’ being arrested by the C-IRG, November 2021. CBC reports: “B.C.'s public safety minister [Mike Farnworth] has condemned the alleged conduct of Coquitlam RCMP officers accused of making racist, homophobic and sexist comments in a private online chat group.” That article adds: “CBC News revealed details Friday [September 20] of the allegations contained
- [European Parliament debate denounces the criminalization of Canadian environmental defender Paul Watson](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/21/european-parliament-debates-criminalization-of-canadian-environmental-defender-paul-watson/) - Video still: French MEP Emma Fourreau. On September 19, the European Parliament held a plenary session on the “Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU.” This past summer, the Associated Press reported: “Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental
- [Canadian environmental defender Paul Watson remains in Nuuk Prison as Japanese whaling ship heads to the North Pacific](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/18/canadian-environmental-defender-paul-watson-remains-in-nuuk-prison-as-japanese-whaling-ship-heads-to-the-north-pacific/) - Photo: Trucks with digital billboards displaying a photo of Paul Watson and calling for his release in New York. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters. This past summer, the Associated Press reported: “Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan.” Toronto-born Watson, who is
- [PBI-Colombia expresses deep concern about the security situation of ADISPA president Jani Silva](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/20/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 shares this article (dated September
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community at hearing of criminalized ancestral authority](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/20/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-indigenous-community-at-hearing-of-criminalized-ancestral-authority/) - On September 13, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanies the San Francisco Quezaltepeque Indigenous Community to the third public and oral debate hearing of an ancestral authority of San José Cubiletas criminalised for his work in defence of the territory. The prosecuted facts occurred on 27 August 2021 when personnel linked to the municipality of Quezaltepeque
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community as impunity continues six months after the murder of two members](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/20/pbi-colombia-accompanies-peace-community-as-impunity-continues-six-months-after-the-murder-of-two-members/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We continue to accompany the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó who, continue to defend the territory and build alternatives from food sovereignty for peace. 6 months after the murder of Nallely Sepúlveda and Edinson David, we continue to share the concern for clarifying facts and access to justice.” The Peace
- [PBI-Canada looks to PBI-UK joint pre-election statement on what politicians can do to support human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/19/pbi-canada-looks-to-pbi-uk-joint-pre-election-statement-on-what-politicians-can-do-to-support-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: The Palace of Westminster in London, England that houses the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The next federal election in Canada will take place on or before October 20, 2025. While it is perhaps unlikely that the Trudeau government will fall next week, his minority government will face a non-confidence vote
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies CMDBCP as it demands independent investigation into the murder of Guapinol River defender Juan López](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/19/pbi-honduras-accompanies-cmdbcp-as-it-demands-independent-investigation-into-the-murder-of-guapinol-river-defender-juan-lopez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today we are accompanying the press conference of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods. The Committee demands that justice be done and that those responsible for the vile murder of the defender Juan Lopez be punished. From PBI we make an urgent call for justice to be done.”
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied María Eugenia Gabriel Ruiz meets with UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/18/pbi-mexico-accompanied-maria-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, who is part of the
- [This Wednesday](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/17/this-wednesday-2/) - We hope that you will be able to join us tomorrow – Wednesday September 18 at 2:30 pm ET – to hear an expert panel provide an informed and clear update on the current situation six months to the day after the House of Commons voted to "cease the further authorization and transfer of arms
- [Ambassadors of the EU, Spain, Germany and France condemn the assassination of Honduran environmental defender Juan Lopez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/17/ambassadors-of-the-eu-spain-germany-and-france-condemn-the-assassination-of-honduran-environmental-defender-juan-lopez/) - The following is our English translation of the text in Spanish (also included above) of the statement that was tweeted by the European Union in Honduras and reposted by the embassies of Spain, Germany and France in Honduras: #TeamEurope The ambassadors of the European Union, Spain, Germany and France in Honduras condemn in the strongest
- [UN Special Rapporteur calls for a stop to the criminalization of water defenders opposed to megaprojects in Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/16/un-special-rapporteur-calls-for-a-stop-to-the-criminalization-of-water-defenders-opposed-to-megaprojects-in-canada/) - Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva this morning. He speaks about his visit to Canada here (starting at 2:09:54). While in Canada this past April 8 to 19, Arrojo-Agudo journeyed to Wet'suwet'en territory. Among his recommendations to the Canadian
- [Guapinol River water protector and CMDBCPT leader Juan López killed by gunmen in Tocoa, Colón, Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/15/guapinol-river-water-protector-and-cmdbcpt-leader-juan-lopez-killed-by-gunmen-in-tocoa-colon-honduras/) - Late last night (September 14), Guapinol Exige Justicia posted on social media: "OUR COMRADE JUAN LOPEZ HAS BEEN MURDERED. Our great friend, colleague and coordinator was murdered as he was leaving the church by men on motorcycles just days after he asked for the resignation of the mayor of Libre Adan Funez for his links
- [Ottawa-based Gastops provides engine sensors for F-35 warplanes now being used to bomb Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/15/ottawa-based-gastops-provides-engine-sensors-for-f-35-warplanes-now-being-used-to-bomb-gaza/) - The Breach reports: “According to a Breach investigation, Gastops is the only company in the world that produces engine sensors that go into U.S.-made F-35 combat jets—including the ones dropping 2,000 pound bombs in Gaza.” That article adds: “ To make the F-35 warplanes sold to Israel, Lockheed Martin has relied on a global supply
- [Documentary about Indigenous land defenders resisting Canadian pipeline to be shown in the US and UK](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/14/documentary-about-indigenous-land-defenders-resisting-canadian-pipeline-to-be-shown-in-the-us-and-uk/) - Still from documentary: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) on Wet'suwet'en territory, November 2021. Variety reports: “Netflix has acquired feature documentary Yintah for U.S., U.K. and Canadian distribution. Yintah will open in select theaters in the U.S. and U.K. and will stream on Netflix starting Oct. 18.” The film was co-directed
- [Global Witness “Missing Voices” report identifies mining as the biggest industry driver of defenders killed in 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/12/global-witness-missing-voices-report-identifies-mining-as-the-biggest-industry-driver-of-defenders-killed-in-2023/) - Video: Laura Furones: “The question around who is responsible really is one of the key questions.” The Global Witness report -- Missing Voices: The violent erasure of land and environment defenders – released this week says: “Establishing a direct relationship between the murder of a defender and specific corporate interests remains difficult. However, we were
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Peoples’ Front endorses Continental Meeting to build resistance to gas pipelines, October 10-12](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/12/pbi-mexico-accompanied-peoples-front-endorses-continental-meeting-to-build-resistance-to-gas-pipelines-october-10-12/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanied the National Meeting of Struggles against Gas Pipelines and Death Projects, January 2022. As noted in this statement signed by multiple organizations, the People's Front in Defence of Land and Water of Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala (FPDTA-PMT) has endorsed the call for a Continental Meeting building an alliance against gas pipelines and
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Poqomam sit-in experiencing threats as they defend the Las Vacas River](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/12/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-poqomam-sit-in-experiencing-threats-as-they-defend-the-las-vacas-river/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today, #PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of the Poqomam People in their sit-in. We were informed about the threats and verbal aggression that members of the resistance frequently suffer. While we were at the encampment, many trucks passed by, contributing to noise and air pollution. We observed how several trucks threw rubbish
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies workshop on a gender policy in the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC)](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/12/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 Rural Workers (CNTC), created in
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission at ZRCPA meeting for campesina women](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/12/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 the challenges that this implies.”
- [Former RCMP C-IRG Bronze Commander Ken Floyd testifies at hearing on abuse of process application](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/11/former-rcmp-c-irg-bronze-commander-ken-floyd-testifies-at-hearing-on-abuse-of-process-application/) - Video still: RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd. The second hearing of the abuse of process application at B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers, British Columbia brought forward by Indigenous land defenders Sleydo' Molly Wickham (Wet’suwet’en Cas Yikh house), Shaylynn Sampson (Gitxsan), and Corey Jocko (Kanien’kehá:ka Mohawk) concluded today. The application alleges excessive force and mistreatment by the
- [Complaints Commission finds RCMP C-IRG exclusion zones and checkpoints at Fairy Creek were unreasonable](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/11/complaints-commission-finds-rcmp-c-irg-exclusion-zones-and-checkpoints-at-fairy-creek-were-unreasonable/) - Photo from EJ Atlas by Mike Graeme www.mikegraeme.ca. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC) has issued a statement today that highlights it has “published a summary of its final report on the RCMP’s handling of a public complaint regarding enforcement of a civil injunction covering the Fairy Creek area in British
- [Thousands protest Elbit Systems, Lockheed Martin and other weapons companies at Land Forces in Melbourne, Australia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/11/thousands-protest-elbit-systems-lockheed-martin-and-other-weapons-companies-at-land-forces-in-melbourne-australia/) - Photo: The protest at Land Forces expo in Melbourne. Photo by Aveline Cayir. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports: “Thousands of protesters gathered outside Melbourne's Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), where the biennial Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition is being held.” The Land Forces expo is being held September 11-13. ABC further explains: “The
- [Join us on September 18 to examine the issue of Canadian weapons and weapon components being used in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/11/join-us-on-september-18-to-examine-issue-of-canadian-weapons-and-weapon-components-being-used-in-gaza/) - Photo: A protest in downtown Ottawa on the evening of September 10 calling for a full arms embargo now. Photo by Brent Patterson. Yesterday, Tuesday September 10, Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly said: “Our goal is to ensure that there are no Canadian weapons or weapon components sent to Gaza.” Video: Joly speaking yesterday about
- [Global Witness documents 196 land and environmental defenders killed in 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/10/global-witness-documents-196-land-and-environmental-defenders-killed-in-2023/) - Key excerpts from Missing voices: The violent erasure of land and environment defenders includes: “196 defenders were murdered in 2023 after exercising their right to protect their lands and the environment from harm. The actual number is likely to be higher. This tips the total number of killings to over 2,000 globally since Global Witness
- [After eighteen months, no deadline in sight for CRCC systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/09/after-eighteen-months-no-deadline-in-sight-for-crcc-systemic-investigation-of-the-rcmp-c-irg/) - Photo: Michelaine Lahaie, CRCC chairperson. On March 9, 2023, this news release announced that Michelaine Lahaie, the Chairperson of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC), had initiated a systemic investigation into the activities and operations of the RCMP "E" Division Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG). That was 18 months ago. The investigation
- [Gitxsan and Gitanyow land defenders anticipate RCMP CRU-BC violence as they peacefully resist the PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/09/gitxsan-and-gitanyow-land-defenders-anticipate-rcmp-cru-bc-violence-as-they-peacefully-resist-the-prgt-pipeline/) - Photo: Luutkuziiwus member Aspin’m nax’nox on Madii Lii territory. Photo by Amy Romer. In Another pipeline battle brews in northern B.C., journalist Brandi Morin writes about the police violence that the Gitanyow and Gitxsan anticipate as they peacefully resist the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline. Morin writes: “We saw years and years of fighting
- [International Solidarity Movement volunteer Ayşenur Eygi, 26, killed by the Israeli military in Beita, Palestine](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/07/international-solidarity-movement-volunteer-aysenur-eygi-26-killed-by-the-israeli-military-in-beita-palestine/) - Twenty-six year old International Solidarity Movement (ISM) activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi has been killed in the West Bank. The International Solidarity Movement has issued a statement that says: “During the weekly demonstration in Beita, Palestine, on the morning of [Friday] September 6th, 2024, the Israeli army intentionally shot and killed an International Solidarity Movement (ISM)
- [Criminalized Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’ testifies about RCMP C-IRG violence at abuse of process hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/criminalized-wetsuweten-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 wing chief of Cas Yikh,
- [Criminalized Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’ testifies about RCMP C-IRG violence at abuse of process hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/criminalized-wetsuweten-land-defender-sleydo-testifies-about-rcmp-c-irg-violence-at-abuse-of-process-hearing-2/) - 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 wing chief of Cas Yikh, a
- [PBI-Mexico speaks at the release of the “Defending Human Rights in Mexico: Silence and Impunity” report](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-mexico-speaks-at-the-release-of-the-defending-human-rights-in-mexico-silence-and-impunity-report/) - Key excerpts from the Executive Summary of the report “Defending Human Rights in Mexico: Silence and Impunity” include: “THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED collectively by the organizations Urgent Action for Human Rights Defenders AC. (ACUDDEH), the Cerezo Committee Mexico and the National Campaign Against Forced Disappearance. The figures we present correspond to human rights violations committed
- [PBI-Mexico speaks at the release of the “Defending Human Rights in Mexico: Silence and Impunity” report](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-mexico-speaks-at-the-release-of-the-defending-human-rights-in-mexico-silence-and-impunity-report-2/) - Key excerpts from the Executive Summary of the report “Defending Human Rights in Mexico: Silence and Impunity” include: “THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED collectively by the organizations Urgent Action for Human Rights Defenders AC. (ACUDDEH), the Cerezo Committee Mexico and the National Campaign Against Forced Disappearance. The figures we present correspond to human rights violations committed
- [Webinar: Six months after the House of Commons vote, what is the status of Canadian arms exports to Israel?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/webinar-six-months-after-the-house-of-commons-vote-what-is-the-status-of-canadian-arms-exports-to-israel/) - To register for this one-hour webinar, click here. The Canadian Friends Service Committee and Peace Brigades International-Canada invite you to attend a webinar on the export of Canadian military goods to Israel on Wednesday September 18 at 2:30 pm ET. September 18 is the 6-month anniversary of the House of Commons vote to “cease the further authorization
- [PBI-Canada visits Big Rideau Lake in eastern Ontario where PBI was founded 43 years ago](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-canada-visits-big-rideau-lake-in-eastern-ontario-where-pbi-was-founded-43-years-ago-2/) - Peace Brigades International (PBI) was founded on Grindstone Island, a small 11-acre island on Big Rideau Lake about 500 metres from shore, at a meeting that took place from August 31 to September 4, 1981. The island is situated on unceded Algonquin territory and the nearest town of Portland is about 100 kilometres south-west of
- [PBI-Canada participates in the VIII International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-canada-participates-in-the-viii-international-caravana-of-jurists-to-colombia-2/) - Photo by Justicia y Dignidad. PBI-Canada Board member Heather Neun participated in the VIII International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia from August 19 to 28. Neun was also there representing Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC). You can find her article about this delegation on their website here. The Colombian Caravana-UK Group website notes that: “In partnership with Colombian
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the struggle of the Guapinol River defenders against the Los Pinares megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-struggle-of-the-guapinol-river-defenders-against-the-los-pinares-megaproject/) - Guapinol Resiste photo: Water defenders face “arbitrary detentions, murders, forced displacements, breakdown of the social fabric, surveillance, state violence, threats, and online and face-to-face defamation campaigns.” Community members and water defenders in Guapinol in the municipality of Tocoa in the department (state) of Colón in northern Honduras are peacefully resisting a megaproject upstream of the
- [PBI-Colombia meets with UN Working Group that raises concerns about the exploitation of natural resources, corporate transparency](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-colombia-meets-with-un-working-group-that-raises-concerns-about-the-exploitation-of-natural-resources-corporate-transparency-2/) - Photo by Indepaz. The Bogota-based Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) highlights in this feature article in El Espectador the recent visit to Colombia of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights. The visit was led by UN Working Group Chairperson Fernanda Hopenhaym and member Pichamon Yeophantong. The article notes that the
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque in opposition to Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-in-opposition-to-canadian-mining-company-2/) - The Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque has posted on Facebook: “Today, August 9, we celebrate the international day of indigenous peoples from our Mayan Ch’orti’ territory in the sacred place 11 aj y cruz de la ermita, in the indigenous community of Quezaltepeque. With the participation of the ancestral authorities of Olopa, San Juan Hermitage,
- [Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs close road to LNG trucks in resistance to the planned PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/05/gitanyow-hereditary-chiefs-close-road-to-lng-trucks-in-resistance-to-the-planned-prgt-pipeline-2/) - Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Watakhayetsxw (Deborah Good) says: “As of tonight, I am closing the Cranberry Connector from 11 kilometers to 31 kilometres. …I am closing the road and I will keep it closed. There will be no trucks permitted through the territory. No LNG equipment will be permitted through the territory.” Map: Cranberry connector and Highway
- [PBI-Canada visits Big Rideau Lake in eastern Ontario where PBI was founded 43 years ago](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/04/pbi-canada-visits-big-rideau-lake-in-eastern-ontario-where-pbi-was-founded-43-years-ago/) - Peace Brigades International (PBI) was founded on Grindstone Island, a small 11-acre island on Big Rideau Lake about 500 metres from shore, at a meeting that took place from August 31 to September 4, 1981. The island is situated on unceded Algonquin territory and the nearest town of Portland is about 100 kilometres south-west of
- [The struggle of the Guapinol River defenders against the Los Pinares megaproject continues in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/03/the-struggle-of-the-guapinol-river-defenders-against-the-los-pinares-emco-megaproject-continues-in-honduras/) - Guapinol Resiste photo: Water defenders face “arbitrary detentions, murders, forced displacements, breakdown of the social fabric, surveillance, state violence, threats, and online and face-to-face defamation campaigns.” Community members and water defenders in Guapinol in the municipality of Tocoa in the department (state) of Colón in northern Honduras are peacefully resisting a megaproject upstream of the
- [Front Line Defenders and Amnesty International to observe abuse of process hearing against the RCMP C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/02/front-line-defenders-and-amnesty-international-to-observe-abuse-of-process-hearing-against-the-rcmp-c-irg/) - Click here: The Yintah Access link to donate to help support the legal costs of the land defenders challenging RCMP C-IRG violence. On August 29, a media statement from Amnesty International notes: “A delegation with representatives from Amnesty International Canada, Amnesty International Germany and Front Line Defenders will attend next week’s hearings, which could find
- [PBI-Canada participates in the VIII International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/29/pbi-canada-participates-in-the-viii-international-caravana-of-jurists-to-colombia/) - Photo by Justicia y Dignidad. PBI-Canada Board member Heather Neun participated in the VIII International Caravana of Jurists to Colombia from August 19 to 28. Neun was also there representing Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC). You can find her article about this delegation on their website here. The Colombian Caravana-UK Group website notes that: “In
- [Webinar: Six months after the House of Commons vote, what is the status of Canadian arms exports to Israel?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/29/webinar-six-months-after-the-house-of-commons-vote-what-is-the-status-of-canadian-arms-exports-to-israel-september-18/) - Photo: Noam Perry and Kelsey Gallagher will be speaking on Canada continuing to export arms to Israel. Register here. The Canadian Friends Service Committee and Peace Brigades International-Canada invite you to attend a webinar on the export of Canadian military goods to Israel on Wednesday September 18 at 2:30 pm ET. September 18 is the
- [PBI-Honduras observes live broadcast of trial of campesina Nolvia Obando, highlights the right to a public hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/30/pbi-honduras-observes-live-broadcast-of-trial-of-campesina-nolvia-obando-highlights-the-right-to-a-public-hearing/) - On August 28, PBI-Honduras posted: “PBI observes the trial against defender Nolvia Obando through the live broadcast of the @PJdeHonduras [Judicial Branch of Honduras]. It is important that the public nature of the trial is respected. We applaud the work on behalf of #humanrights of the @RedDefensoras [the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders
- [Land defenders continue their abuse of process claim against the RCMP C-IRG, September 3-11](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/28/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 of process application was heard
- [RCMP C-IRG/CRU could be linked to British Columbia’s “Civil Disobedience Work Plan” to counter land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/28/rcmp-c-irg-cru-could-be-linked-to-british-columbias-civil-disobedience-work-plan-to-counter-land-defenders/) - Image from BC’s Secretive Plan to Tighten Protest Response (Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee, August 28, 2024). Amanda Follett Hosgood of The Tyee reports: “On the heels of the last significant police action on Wet’suwet’en territory [against Indigenous land defenders opposing the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline], [the provincial government of British
- [The RCMP C-IRG and the Site C dam flooding Indigenous heritage sites and burial grounds in British Columbia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/27/the-rcmp-c-irg-and-the-site-c-dam-flooding-indigenous-heritage-sites-and-burial-grounds-in-british-columbia/) - CBC photo (March 1, 2016): “Tuesday, RCMP flew in to a remote Site C protest camp and stood in a snowy, forest clearing to read protesters Monday's BC Supreme Court order requiring them to leave or face arrest. (Christy Jordan-Fenton)” The Canadian Press reports: “BC Hydro says it has begun filling the reservoir created by
- [Nisga’a land defenders establish highway blockade in opposition to construction of PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/26/nisgaa-land-defenders-establish-highway-blockade-in-opposition-to-construction-of-prgt-pipeline/) - We are following social media posts on X/Twitter and Instagram about the blockade established by Nisga’a land defenders in opposition to the construction of the PRGT gas pipeline on their territory. A media release issued this morning also highlights: "Now is a crucial time to stop this pipeline. They've brought equipment to make a 1000-person
- [PBI-Colombia meets with UN Working Group that raises concerns about the exploitation of natural resources, corporate transparency](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/23/pbi-colombia-meets-with-un-working-group-that-raises-concerns-about-the-exploitation-of-natural-resources-corporate-transparency/) - Photo by Indepaz. The Bogota-based Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) highlights in this feature article in El Espectador the recent visit to Colombia of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights. The visit was led by UN Working Group Chairperson Fernanda Hopenhaym and member Pichamon Yeophantong. The
- [Addameer, Amnesty International, UN Special Rapporteur note concerns about arbitrary detention of Palestinian HRDs](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/23/addameer-amnesty-international-un-special-rapporteur-note-concerns-about-arbitrary-detention-of-palestinian-hrds/) - Photo by PYM. The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) held an information session in Ottawa on August 22 featuring a representative of the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association who joined the forum virtually from the West Bank. The Addameer website notes: “ADDAMEER (Arabic for conscience) Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association is a Palestinian
- [Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs close road to LNG trucks in resistance to the planned PRGT pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/23/gitanyow-hereditary-chiefs-close-road-to-lng-trucks-in-resistance-to-the-planned-prgt-pipeline/) - Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Watakhayetsxw (Deborah Good) says: “As of tonight, I am closing the Cranberry Connector from 11 kilometers to 31 kilometres. ...I am closing the road and I will keep it closed. There will be no trucks permitted through the territory. No LNG equipment will be permitted through the territory." Map: Cranberry connector and
- [Vancouver Island University calls on RCMP to remove Palestinian Solidarity Encampment after August 18 deadline](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/17/vancouver-island-university-calls-on-rcmp-to-remove-palestinian-solidarity-encampment-after-august-18th/) - Photo from PSE on Instagram. On Thursday August 15, the Canadian Press reported: “Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., have been told to pack up within 72 hours. The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says a judge in Vancouver granted an injunction ordering the encampment removed on Thursday,
- [1,358 Palestinian human rights defenders may have been killed over the last 10 months](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/17/1358-palestinian-human-rights-defenders-may-have-been-killed-over-the-last-10-months/) - Photo: Journalists holding placards protest the killing of journalist Mohamed Abu Saadeh in an Israeli attack on August 7, 2024. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu Agency. Front Line Defenders has noted: “People considered to be human rights defenders in the OPT [Occupied Palestinian Territory] include journalists, lawyers, medical workers, fieldworkers, international volunteers who act as independent
- [“PBI taught me the value of solidarity”: field volunteer Scott Pearce reflects on his time with PBI in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2020/10/08/pbi-taught-me-the-value-of-solidarity-scott-pearce-reflects-on-his-time-with-pbi-in-colombia/) - 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. Scott Pearce, who now lives in Toronto, accompanied defenders through the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project in 2000. Scott tells us: "PBI taught me
- [PBI-Mexico salutes Indigenous communities working in defence of territory, water and their self-determination](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/13/pbi-mexico-salutes-indigenous-communities-working-in-defence-of-territory-water-and-their-self-determination/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanies the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at the first Assembly of Cholultec Peoples convened by the Union of Peoples and Subdivisions against the Sanitary Landfill and in Defense of Life to reaffirm their rights to self-determination and autonomy; May 14, 2024. On August 10, PBI-Mexico posted on Facebook: “For
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS screening of “The Wounds of the River” documentary](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-screening-of-the-wounds-of-the-river-documentary/) - CREDHOS has posted on Facebook: “With much excitement and mixed feelings, we launched our mini-series documentary; ‘The Wounds of the River’, an audiovisual piece that highlights the voices of victims, artisanal fishermen, women, defenders and human rights defenders, who narrate the victimization against the region and our most important river artery: the Magdalena River. This
- [PBI-Honduras sends condolences on the murder of CNTC campesino leader and land defender Olman Garcia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/13/pbi-honduras-sends-condolences-on-the-murder-of-cntc-campesino-leader-and-land-defender-olman-garcia/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “From PBI Honduras, we send our deepest condolences to the @CntcTegucigalpa [National Union of Rural Workers] and to the family of peasant leader and land defender Olman García, who was murdered on August 4 in Ceibita Way (Esparta, Atlántida).” The image below states: “In memory of land defender Olman Garcia From PBI
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque in opposition to Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/12/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-in-opposition-to-canadian-mining-company/) - The Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque has posted on Facebook: “Today, August 9, we celebrate the international day of indigenous peoples from our Mayan Ch'orti' territory in the sacred place 11 aj y cruz de la ermita, in the indigenous community of Quezaltepeque. With the participation of the ancestral authorities of Olopa, San Juan
- [Bechtel, implicated in the Water War in Bolivia, will “oversee and manage the execution” of the PRGT pipeline on Gitxsan and Gitanyow territories](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/12/bechtel-implicated-in-the-water-war-in-bolivia-will-oversee-and-manage-the-execution-of-the-prgt-pipeline-on-gitxsan-territory/) - Photo: The writing on the wall says: "The water is the people's, dammit!" Next to it are Dalmatas, "el Grupo Especial de Seguridad" special forces brought in by the Bolivian government to suppress demonstrations, February 2000. Bechtel, the Virginia-based engineering transnational corporation at the center of the Water War in Bolivia, will oversee the construction
- [Gitxsan to rally against the RCMP C-IRG/CRU trespassing on their territory at the Pacific National Exhibition, August 27](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/11/gitxsan-to-rally-against-the-rcmp-c-irg-cru-trespassing-on-their-territory-at-the-pacific-national-exhibition-august-27/) - Poster for the rally. The Gitxsan Huwilp Government has posted: Rally with the Gitxsan August 27th at 9am PNE entrance in Vancouver We continue to seek justice through civil action against the BC Supreme Court injunctions and the RCMP C-IRG ... rebranded to RCMP CRU... who are sent as a military wing to enforce illegal
- [RCMP C-IRG hired Vancouver-based intelligence company to spy on the online activities of Fairy Creek land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/10/rcmp-c-irg-hired-vancouver-based-intelligence-company-to-spy-on-the-online-activities-of-fairy-creek-land-defenders/) - Photo: “RCMP officers block the road leading to the Fairy Creek encampment on the day arrests began, May 17, 2021. Photo by Jimmy Thomson / Canada's National Observer” Canada’s National Observer reports: “The RCMP’s controversial C-IRG unit hired a third-party intelligence company to spy on the online activities of Fairy Creek activists, newly available documents
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanied Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR) highlights need for water legislation](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/09/pbi-guatemala-accompanied-council-of-communities-of-retalhuleu-ccr-highlights-need-for-water-legislation/) - Photo: The CCR observes water being taken from a river for a water-intensive sugar plantation; May 3, 2023. In this article published by Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom, former PBI-Guatemala field volunteer Lorna Ní Shúilleabháin contrasts the theory versus the reality of Indigenous rights in Guatemala. She highlights: “Approximately 43.75% of Guatemala’s population belong to Indigenous
- [Maya K’iche’ defender Lucía Ixchíu on extractivism in Guatemala; notes the support of PBI in Berlin and Hamburg](https://pbicanada.org/2024/08/09/maya-kiche-defender-lucia-ixchiu-on-extractivism-in-guatemala-notes-the-support-of-pbi-in-berlin-and-hamburg/) - Photo of Lucía Ixchíu from Latin America Bureau by Eliana Lafone. Lucía Ixchíu describes herself as: “K'iche, tree of the Forest, anti-patriarchal, cultural manager, journalist and indigenous storyteller, architect (Mayan in exile).” In this interview with Linda Etchart for Latin America Bureau, “Lucía explains that Guatemalan Indigenous peoples continue to be intimidated, threatened, and attacked
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the CSPP at Roundtable meeting visibilizing the criminalization of social leaders who opposed Frontera Energy](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/31/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-cspp-at-roundtable-visibilizing-the-criminalization-of-social-leaders-who-opposed-frontera-energy/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project accompanied the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) at the recent meeting of the Roundtable for Human Rights in the face of corporate power (la Mesa por los DDHH frente al poder empresarial) and the United Nations Business and Human Rights Working Group. Agencia de Prensa IPC has tweeted:
- [EDC loans up to $200 million to Coastal GasLink after hearing Wet’suwet’en speak about RCMP C-IRG violence](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/25/edc-loans-up-to-200-million-to-coastal-gaslink-after-hearing-wetsuweten-speak-about-rcmp-c-irg-violence/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks and land defender Eve Saint meet with EDC in Ottawa, October 16, 2023. The National Observer reports: “Canada provided up to $200 million to pipeline company Coastal Gaslink, recently updated financial data reveals — an apparent violation of a commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.” “According to Export Development
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa in court, hearing postponed to February 2025](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/24/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-in-court-hearing-postponed-to-february-2025/) - Photo by Prensa Comunitaria. On July 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Today members of the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa face a hearing in a process of criminalizing their right to defend their territory Ch’orti’.” That evening, the Consejo Indígena Maya Ch'orti' de Olopa Chiquimula posted on their Facebook page an update on that hearing: “Suspension
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH at protest, 12 Lenca communities win titles for ancestral territories](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/24/pbi-honduras-accompanies-copinh-at-protest-12-lenca-communities-win-titles-for-ancestral-territories/) - On July 17, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday and today, we accompanied Copinh Honduras [the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras] at a demonstration inside the facilities of the National Agrarian Institute (INA). COPINH demands advancement for the community title processes of several indigenous territories, specifically in the communities of Montaña Verde, El Achiotal, Rio
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community on the 24th anniversary of July 8 massacre as paramilitary threats against community continue](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/24/pbi-colombia-accompanies-peace-community-on-anniversary-of-july-8-massacre-as-threats-against-community-continue/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompany the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, @sanjoapartadó in the commemoration of the massacre of July 8, 2000, in which 6 of its members were murdered in the village of La Unión by paramilitaries in collusion with the security forces. To remember is an act of resistance.” In the
- [PBI-Kenya says peaceful protesters exercising their rights as police hurl teargas at them on Mombasa Road in Nairobi](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/23/pbi-kenya-says-peaceful-protesters-exercising-their-rights-as-police-hurl-teargas-at-them-on-mombasa-road-in-nairobi/) - PBI-Kenya has posted: “The peaceful protesters in Nairobi CBD [Central Business District], Mombasa road and all across the country are simply exercising their rights.” With the headline "Tear gas as police battle protesters heading to Mombasa Road", the Kenya Star reports: “Police on Tuesday [July 23] engaged protesters in running battles as they tried to
- [Convictions of Just Stop Oil activists and Wet’suwet’en land defenders suggest “an international pattern to criminalize”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/20/convictions-of-just-stop-oil-activists-and-wetsuweten-land-defenders-suggest-an-international-pattern-to-criminalize/) - The BBC reports: “Five [Just Stop Oil] environmental activists who organized protests that brought part of the M25 [motorway] to a standstill over four days [in November 2022] have been jailed. …[Roger] Hallam was sentenced to five years' imprisonment while the other defendants each received four-year jail terms.” Michel Forst, the United Nations Special Special
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies reconnaissance activities in Oaxaca in the continuing search for EPR members Edmundo Reyes Amaya and Gabriel Alberto Cruz Sánchez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/20/pbi-mexico-accompanies-reconnaissance-activities-in-oaxaca-in-the-search-for-edmundo-reyes-amaya-and-gabriel-alberto-cruz-sanchez/) - Photo by Noticias Oaxaca NVI. This media release highlights: “The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared Until They Are Found, together with their legal representation and the accompaniment of the Cerezo Mexico Committee and Peace Brigades International, carried out this week reconnaissance activities in different spaces of the city of Oaxaca with the
- [Rita, a film based on the Hogar Seguro fire, to premiere at Montreal film festival, July 25](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/18/rita-a-film-based-on-the-hogar-seguro-fire-to-premiere-at-montreal-film-festival-july-25/) - The film “Rita” will be shown at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal on July 25 starting at 6:50 pm (18:50). The screening will be hosted by Jayro Bustamante, a Guatemalan film director and screenwriter. On the film festival website, Kat Ellinger writes: “[The] story [is] based on a harrowing real-life event, where 41
- [Read the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project Annual Report 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/18/read-the-peace-brigades-international-colombia-project-annual-report-2023/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has just released its Annual Report 2023. You can read that in English here. Their annual report highlights: “Our mission is to protect action spaces for human rights defenders who are targeted by violent acts because of their work in defending and promoting human rights and social justice.” It further
- [Peace Brigades International shares Annual Review 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/18/peace-brigades-international-shares-annual-review-2023/) - Photo: Our just-released Annual Review opens with a quote from Indigenous Maya Poqomchi’ rights defender Sandra Calel (on the left) of the PBI-Guatemala accompanied Verapaz Union of Campesina Organizations (UVOC). Peace Brigades International has released its Annual Review 2023. It notes: “Peace Brigades International (PBI) protects and empowers human rights and environmental defenders so that
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC highlights Canada’s recommendation on the protection of journalists and human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/18/pbi-mexico-accompanied-espacio-osc-highlights-canadas-recommendation-on-the-protection-of-journalists-and-human-rights-defenders/) - The Civil Society Organization (OSC) Space (Espacio) for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists has highlighted Canada’s recommendation to Mexico on the protection of human rights defenders and journalists during the Universal Periodic Review (examen periódico universal) at the United Nations earlier this year. They have tweeted: “In the recent #UPR2024,#México accepted the
- [Prime Minister Trudeau speaks with Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum amidst human rights concerns](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/04/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-speaks-with-mexican-president-elect-claudia-sheinbaum-amidst-human-rights-concerns/) - Photo: Claudia Sheinbaum. On Monday June 3, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Claudia Sheinbaum, the President-elect of Mexico. The read-out from the conversation between Trudeau and Sheinbaum notes: “They underscored the importance of growing our economies and delivering fairness for every generation through the Canada-United States-Mexico ["free trade"] Agreement. They also discussed key
- [PBI-Kenya supports call for police accountability following the deaths of more than 40 people at recent protests](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/17/pbi-kenya-supports-call-for-police-accountability-following-the-deaths-of-more-than-40-people-at-recent-protests/) - Video still: Reuters news report, July 16, 2024. The BBC reports: “Kenya's police chief [Inspector General] Japhet Koome has resigned [on Friday July 12], following weeks of violent protests against proposed tax hikes in which more than 40 people died. Human rights groups have accused police of shooting dozens of protestors, some of them fatally,
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Jennifer Harbury and FAMDEGUA at hearing in the case of Efrain Everardo Bámaca](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/16/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-jennifer-harbury-and-famdegua-at-hearing-in-the-case-of-efrain-everardo-bamaca/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBI accompanies Jennifer Harbury and [the Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala – FAMDEGUA] to a deposition hearing in Jennifer's #BámacaCase. Jennifer initiated a search for the whereabouts of her husband, guerrilla leader Efrain Everardo Bámaca, beginning with his disappearance alive in 1992. At today's hearing she
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies FAMDEGUA and Jennifer Harbury at hearing on death of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/16/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-famdegua-and-jennifer-harbury-at-hearing-on-death-of-efrain-bamaca-velasquez/) - On July 15, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Tomorrow #PBIaccompanies Jennifer Harbury and [the Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala] FAMDEGUA Guatemala in the #Bámaca case.” The Bámaca case refers to Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, an Indigenous Maya-Mam man. In 1990, Bámaca had risen to the rank of commander of the "Luis Ixmata" front of
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies CEHPRODEC on a visit to communities in the municipality of San Esteban in Olancho](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/15/pbi-honduras-accompanies-cehprodec-on-a-visit-to-the-communities-of-san-esteban-in-olancho/) - On July 12, PBI-Honduras posted: “In recent days, we accompanied @Cehprodechn on a visit to communities in the municipality of San Esteban (Olancho). We highlight the tireless work of CEHPRODEC to promote food sovereignty and #agroecology in the communities of the department of #Olancho.” In October 2019, Defensores en linea reported: “The department of Olancho is
- [RCMP C-IRG violence not reported in Canada’s voluntary national review on the SDGs to the United Nations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/15/rcmp-c-irg-violence-not-reported-in-canadas-voluntary-national-review-on-the-sdgs-to-the-united-nations/) - Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). United Nations member states, including Canada, adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 with the target of accomplishing them by 2030. Sustainable Development Goal 16 promises to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to
- [PBI-Kenya accompanied Kayole Community Justice Centre calls for ratification of International Convention on enforced disappearances](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/13/pbi-kenya-accompanied-kayole-community-justice-centre-calls-for-ratification-of-international-convention-on-enforced-disappearances/) - In its most recent e-newsletter, PBI-Kenya notes: “Perpetua Kariuki, human rights defender from Kayole Community Justice Centre, and Bernard Gachie of PBI Kenya embarked on an advocacy tour across Europe to highlight the state of human rights in Kenya. Their journey took them through Switzerland, The Netherlands and Germany, where they engaged in crucial discussions
- [States not reporting on attacks against human rights defenders undermines Sustainable Development Goal 16](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/13/states-not-reporting-on-attacks-against-human-rights-defenders-undermines-sustainable-development-goal-16/) - Photo: SDG Goal 16 is to be reviewed at the 2024 SDG High Level Political Forum taking place from July 8-17 at the UN in New York City. United Nations member states adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 with the target of accomplishing them by 2030. Sustainable Development Goal 16 promises to
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation on verification mission after Ecuadorian army incursion into Indigenous reserve](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-on-verification-mission-after-ecuadoran-army-incursion-into-indigenous-reserve/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “We accompanied @fundacionnydiaerikabautista [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation] on the verification mission to the San Marcelino reserve in Putumayo following the incursion of the Ecuadorian army into the reserve in 2023. The Foundation reiterated the need to respect and safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples. Photos: communication team of Fundación
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH lawyer as Maya Q’eqchi’ resist appropriation of ancestral territory for tourist site](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/12/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-bdh-lawyer-as-maya-qeqchi-resist-appropriation-of-ancestral-territorial-for-tourist-sites/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today #PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) in Cobán, for a delivery of memorials to the Sixth Room of the Court of Appeals. They are presented on behalf of the seven criminalized people, for their peaceful resistance against the appropriation of their lands in Semuc Champey. After the submission of
- [Gitanyow and Gitxsan concerned about RCMP C-IRG violence, construction of PRGT pipeline to begin on August 24](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/08/gitanyow-and-gitxsan-concerned-about-rcmp-c-irg-violence-construction-of-prgt-pipeline-to-begin-on-august-24/) - APTN Video: The C-IRG on Gitxsan territory, November 2021. Construction on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is now scheduled to begin on Saturday August 24. The 800-kilometre pipeline would carry fracked gas from Hudson's Hope in northeastern British Columbia across Gitanyow and Gitxsan territory to the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal near the Nass
- [TC Energy may have launched “geo-fenced” ad campaign to counter visit of Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders to Toronto and Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/03/tc-energy-may-have-launched-geo-fenced-ad-campaign-to-counter-visit-of-wetsuweten-and-otomi-land-defenders-to-toronto-and-ottawa/) - Image from The Narwhal of British Columbia attorney general Niki Sharma, former TC Energy director Liam Iliffe, and premier David Eby. At an internal company presentation on February 22, 2024, TC Energy’s B.C. director of operations Liam Iliffe appeared to discuss “case studies” of the tactics the company uses to influence public opinion. That meeting,
- [Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief Dtsa’hyl sentenced to 60-days of house arrest for defending territory from megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/04/wetsuweten-hereditary-chief-dtsahyl-sentenced-to-60-days-of-house-arrest-for-defending-territory-from-megaproject/) - Video: Chief Dtsa’hyl comments after his sentencing. The CBC reports: “A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief will serve a 60-day jail sentence under house arrest for disrupting pipeline construction through Wet'suwet'en traditional territory in northern British Columbia in October 2021.” The article continues: “During the sentencing hearing [in Smithers, British Columbia] this week, defence lawyer Rebecca McConchie
- [PBI-Geneva notes violence related to business investments, calls for a Binding Treaty at UN Human Rights Council](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/28/pbi-geneva-notes-violence-related-to-business-investments-calls-for-a-binding-treaty-at-un-human-rights-council/) - During the Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations at the United Nations Human Rights Council session on June 6 in Geneva, Switzerland, Peace Brigades International expressed “its concerns about violence in business investment contexts in Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.” The full statement is as follows: “In Colombia, we continue to observe serious human rights violations, such
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in Guayabo as AGROPEGU and JAPROLASAN recognized in Case 08](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/03/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-in-guayabo-as-agropegu-and-japrolasan-recognized-in-case-08/) - Photo by CREDHOS. PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in the Community of Guayabo, Puerto Wilches, Santander, in workshops with victims on Restorative Justice in the framework of the JEP [Special Jurisdiction for Peace]. The JEP accredits the associations AGROPEGU [Agricultural and Fisheries Association – Guayabo
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the CCR as it meets with ASOGRIPEZDICH fishers to defend together the right to water](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/04/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-ccr-as-it-meets-with-asogripezdich-fishers-to-defend-together-the-right-to-water/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Yesterday [June 30], #PBIaccompanies the Board of Directors of the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR) to the meeting with the Association of Farmers and Fishermen Integral of Champerico (Asogripezdich), a new association that since a few months ago joined the Council to defend together the right to water.” The right to
- [PBI-Honduras marks June 28, Pride Day and the 15th anniversary of the coup and the murder of trans rights defender Vicky Hernandez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/04/pbi-honduras-marks-june-28-pride-day-and-the-15th-anniversary-of-the-coup-and-the-murder-of-trans-rights-defender-vicky-hernandez/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today [June 28], we celebrate International LGTBI+ Pride Day and commemorate the 2009 coup d'état. We also commemorate the life of trans advocate Vicky Hernandez: she was assassinated exactly 15 years ago, on the same day of the coup. Since the coup, LGTBI+ organizations have registered a worrying increase in the murders
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied relatives of Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz demand progress at 12th meeting of search commission in Mexico City](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/07/pbi-mexico-accompanied-relatives-of-edmundo-reyes-and-gabriel-cruz-demand-progress-at-12th-meeting-of-search-commission/) - On July 3, the Cerezo Committee posted: “Nadin Reyes Amaya, family member of Edmundo Reyes Amaya, announces the upcoming arrival of family members, human rights organizations, lawyers, social and political organizations, OHCHR [Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights], Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project for the 12th meeting of the Special Search Commission
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the 4th Consultation Forum in Sonora for the Strengthening of Protection for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/08/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-4th-consultation-forum-in-sonora-for-the-strengthening-of-protection-for-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Last Saturday [July 6] we were accompanying the 4th Consultation Forum in Sonora for the Strengthening of the Protection of Defenders of #HumanRights and Journalists organized by the @IniSinaloa [Initiative Sinaloa, a non-profit civil organization that works in defence of human rights].” Iniciativa Sinaloa also posted:”4th Consultation Forum for Strengthening the Protection
- [PBI-Honduras meets with Women’s Movement for Peace ‘Visitación Padilla’ to discuss Purple Alert Law on missing women](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/09/pbi-honduras-meets-with-womens-movement-for-peace-visitacion-padilla-to-discuss-purple-alert-law-on-missing-women/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We recently met with the Women's Movement for Peace ‘Visitación Padilla’ (Las Chonas HN). They shared with us about the proposed ‘Purple Alert Law for Disappeared Women’, submitted to the National Congress for approval. This has been worked on by different feminist organizations, including Visitación Padilla, and seeks to prevent the disappearances
- [PBI-Kenya expresses solidarity with Uyombo village brutalized by police for opposing a nuclear power plant](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/10/pbi-kenya-expresses-solidarity-with-uyombo-village-brutalized-by-police-for-opposing-a-nuclear-power-plant/) - PBI-Kenya has posted two short video clips along with this text: “We are in Kilifi County in solidarity with the residents of Uyombo village who were brutalized by @NPSOfficial_KE [National Police Service-Kenya] while fighting against the proposed building of a nuclear power plant in their village.” On July 3, PBI-Kenya also posted: “We met survivors
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS in humanitarian search for missing persons in Sur de Bolivar](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/10/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-in-humanitarian-search-for-missing-persons-in-santa-rosa-del-sur/) - CREDHOS has posted: “The humanitarian search has an intrinsic value: solidarity. Many people accompany and support the search, feeling empathy for people living with uncertainty about the whereabouts of their loved one. From there is fundamental for the community, in which the different actors in the territory contribute to the search for people reported missing.
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies ceremony with land titles of the Maya Poqomam people of Santa Cruz Chinautla](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/11/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-ceremony-with-land-titles-of-the-maya-poqomam-people-of-santa-cruz-chinautla/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Sunday [July 7], #PBI accompanied in the act of ‘presentation of the historical titles of the communal lands of the Maya Poqomam people of Santa Cruz Chinautla’. This research, initiated in 2018 with the expert lawyer Juan Carlos Pelaez, includes certificates of title dated in the years 1753 and 1899 that
- [Mexican megaproject implicated in 226 attacks against community defenders promoted in Spain, Germany, Belgium and the US](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/10/mexican-megaproject-implicated-in-226-attacks-against-community-defenders-promoted-in-spain-germany-belgium-and-the-us/) - Video: Margherita Forni of PBI-Mexico (in green vest) speaks (starting at 35:26) at the observation mission media conference, July 27, 2023. On June 27, El Universal Oaxaca reported: “The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project has been developed in Oaxaca through authoritarian methods that include cases of disappearance and forced displacement of
- [Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners raises concerns about UNDMO eviction in Barranquilla](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/09/committee-for-solidarity-with-political-prisoners-raises-concerns-about-undmo-eviction-in-barranquilla/) - The Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP) has posted a series of tweets that begins with: “ALERT #Now we denounce eviction in Altos de Pinar del Río #Barranquilla by @alcaldiabquilla [Mayor's Office of Barranquilla] led by @SecGobiernoBaq [the District Secretariat of Government of Barranquilla] and @PoliciaBquilla [Barranquilla Metropolitan Police] (UNDMO and other law enforcement
- [21 Canadian companies implicated in 88 attacks against human rights defenders over the past nine years](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/09/21-canadian-companies-implicated-in-88-attacks-against-human-rights-defenders-over-the-past-nine-years/) - Photo: Several land and territory defenders in the community of Azacualpa, Honduras, were arbitrarily detained on May 11, 2019, when protesting the mining company Minerales de Occidente, a subsidiary of Aura Minerals. A preliminary review of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRCC) database finds that 21 Canadian companies are implicated in 88 attacks
- [Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor Virginia Laparra sentenced to five years in prison](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/08/guatemalan-anti-corruption-prosecutor-virginia-laparra-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison/) - LaHora now reports: “The former head of the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity (FECI) in Quetzaltenango, Virginia Laparra, was convicted of the crime of disclosure of confidential or reserved information to a sentence of 5 years in prison commutable at the rate of Q5 per day and a fine of Q50 thousand in addition to
- [The Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa file complaint against Mayor and councillors](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/07/the-municipal-committee-in-defense-of-common-and-public-goods-of-tocoa-file-complaint-against-mayor-and-councillors/) - Image from Guapinol Resiste website. On July 1, Criterio.hn reported: “Due to indications of crimes linked to corruption in the public administration of Tocoa [a city of 63,320 people in the department of Colón] during the convocation and development of the town hall on June 13, members of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common
- [PBI-Guatemala demands justice for Virginia Laparra who could be sentenced to 6 years in prison on July 8](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/06/pbi-guatemala-demands-justice-for-anti-corruption-prosecutor-virginia-laparra-who-could-be-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-on-july-8/) - “The case is a revenge to guarantee impunity” PBI-Guatemala has posted: #VirginiaLaparra’s fight for a fairer Guatemala is a light in the midst of darkness and corruption. We demand #JusticeForVirginia #NoMoreCrime Prensa Libre reports: “Next Monday, July 8, Judge Moisés de León will issue the resolution against the former head of the Special Prosecutor's Office
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAHUCOPANA at #DefendamosLaVida meetings with the European Union in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/05/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cahucopana-at-meetings-with-the-european-union-in-colombia/) - Photo: Carlos Arturo Morales Mallorga of CAHUCOPANA with members of the PBI-Colombia team and others in Bogota, July 2. On July 1, Peace Brigades International-Colombia, Race and Equality, Protection international, the International Office of Human Rights Action Colombia (OIDHACO), and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) expressed appreciation that the European Union’s External Action Service
- [PBI co-founders Murray Thomson and Hans Sinn on NATO, nuclear weapons and disarmament](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/04/pbi-co-founders-murray-thomson-and-hans-sinn-on-nato-nuclear-weapons-disarmament/) - Photo: Murray Thomson, who co-founded Peace Brigades International in 1981, took part in the ‘Say No to NATO’ protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa on March 30, 2019. Thomson passed away on May 2, 2019. The 32 member-countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will collectively spend “USD 430 billion in defence”
- [PBI-Kenya meets with survivors of National Police Service violence at protest against proposed nuclear power plant in Uyombo](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/04/pbi-kenya-meets-with-survivors-of-national-police-service-violence-at-protest-against-proposed-nuclear-power-plant-in-uyombo/) - The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project has posted: “We met survivors of police brutality from the anti-nuclear plant protest in Uyombo. They shared heartbreaking stories of how @NPSOfficial_KE [National Police Service-Kenya] metre’s violence against them as they sought to be heard. We urge the govt to heed their calls and @IPOA_KE [Independent Policing Oversight Authority] to
- [PBI-Kenya amplifies concerns about a proposed nuclear power plant in the coastal village of Uyombo, Kilifi](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/03/pbi-kenya-amplifies-concerns-about-a-proposed-nuclear-power-plant-in-the-village-of-uyombo-kilifi/) - Photo: Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI). PBI-Kenya has posted: “The proposed nuclear power plant in Uyombo, Kilifi County has sparked significant concerns from many including @CJGEA [Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action-Kenya] & @RepInitiative [Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples]. Uyombo, a small village, is seen as an ideal site due to its proximity
- [UN Special Rapporteur says Canada fails to protect human rights defenders who raise concerns about Canadian companies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/07/02/un-special-rapporteur-says-canada-fails-to-protect-human-rights-defenders-who-raise-concerns-about-canadian-companies/) - The Globe and Mail reports: “The federal government’s failure to protect human-rights advocates who raise concerns over the activity of Canadian corporations abroad is tarnishing the country’s global reputation, a United Nations official said in an interview.” “Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human-rights defenders, said Canada should strengthen legislation and bolster oversight of
- [Dutch court to rule on indirect export of F-35 parts to Israel via the United States, July 12](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/29/dutch-court-to-rule-on-indirect-export-of-f-35-parts-to-israel-via-the-united-states-july-12/) - Video still: How Canada helps build Israel’s fighter jets (The Breach, April 11, 2024) The Associated Press reports: “Human rights groups returned to a Dutch court Friday [June 29] seeking stricter enforcement of a court order to halt Dutch exports to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets used in the Gaza war, saying that
- [PBI-Mexico concerned by 226 attacks against community defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/28/pbi-mexico-concerned-by-226-attacks-against-community-defenders-opposed-to-interoceanic-corridor-megaproject/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico was part of the Civilian Observation Mission (MCO) in July 2023 documenting concerns about this megaproject. El Universal Oaxaca reports: “The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) project has been developed in Oaxaca through authoritarian methods that include cases of disappearance and forced displacement of indigenous communities, as well as a
- [PBI-Honduras attends National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) assembly amid threats against the organization](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/28/pbi-honduras-attends-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-assembly-amid-threats-against-the-organization/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday [June 24], we attended the Assembly of the @CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] El Progreso. The organization has been defending the rights of the peasantry for more than 30 years, claiming their access to land and supporting the development of agricultural production and small livestock projects. Farm workers are essential
- [PBI-Canada meets with UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor during her visit to Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/27/pbi-canada-meets-with-un-special-rapporteur-on-human-rights-defenders-mary-lawlor-during-her-visit-to-ottawa/) - On June 26, PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson took part in a civil society meeting with Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, and Michael Phoenix, Head of Research and Campaigns. We raised our concerns related to Frontera Energy, TC Energy and Enbridge and the criminalization of frontline environmental
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC denounces Civil Force violence and water takings by Carroll Farms pig farms](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/26/pbi-mexico-accompanied-espacio-osc-denounces-civil-force-violence-and-water-takings-by-carroll-farms-pig-farms/) - Photo: The Civil Force in Veracruz. The Associated Press has reported: “Two people were killed Thursday [June 20] when locals protesting alleged water contamination by a pork processing plant clashed with police in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz." "Residents of the community of San Antonio Limon had been blocking a road demanding government
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community touring villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/26/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-peace-community-touring-villages-of-mulatos-resbalosa-and-calzon-rojo/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied the Peace Community @sanjoapartado, touring the villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo in #Urabá. Their community work strengthens the defense of the territory from food sovereignty. We recognize this political project, which persists in search of peace and respect for life. #WeArePBI” Moira Birss, formerly of PBI-Colombia, has recently
- [PBI-Kenya calls for the release of activists arbitrarily detained before protest against vote on finance bill](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/25/pbi-kenya-calls-for-the-release-of-activists-arbitrarily-detained-before-protest-against-parliamentary-vote-on-finance-bill/) - PBI-Kenya has posted: ‘We express our grave concern about the reports of disappearances of Oguda, Osama, Drey, TemperCR7, Harriet, Shad, Franje, Worldsmith and Hilla254. Before this, Billy, Dr Omondi and Leslie Muturi had also been disappeared and later returned. Billy and Dr Omondi were found at Nairobi police stations. There are indications of a pattern
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies National Day Against Enforced Disappearances at media conference and former military base](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/25/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-national-day-against-enforced-disappearances-at-media-conference-and-former-military-base/) - Photo: PBI-Guatemala at the commemoration ceremony at the Memorial of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, Landscapes of Memory that is located at the former San Juan Comalapa military base. On June 22, PBI-Guatemala posted: “On the National Day Against #Forced Disappearance, #PBI accompanies Famdegua Guatemala [the Association of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala] in
- [Indigenous Yaqui community resist RBC-financed Guyamas-El Oro gas pipeline in Sonora, Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/24/indigenous-yaqui-community-resist-rbc-financed-guyamas-el-oro-gas-pipeline-in-sonora-mexico/) - Video still: “The conflict continues: Yaqui members started to dismantle the pipeline” Meganoticias reports: “After 8 years of struggle to prevent the passage of the gas pipeline through Loma de Bácum [in the state of Sonora], the resistance by the traditional guard continues…” “The Guyamas-El Oro gas pipeline would pass through Yaqui territory and would
- [PBI-Mexico calls for respect for the Communal Guard of the Indigenous Nahua community of Santa María Ostula following CJNG attack](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/21/pbi-mexico-calls-for-respect-for-the-communal-guard-of-the-indigenous-nahua-community-of-santa-maria-ostula-following-attack/) - Photo by Comunicación Ostula. PBI-Mexico has posted: “These latest aggressions on Thursday, June 13 in the Michoacán community of Santa María Ostula add to a context of high levels of insecurity caused by organized crime, in which the community member Antonio Regis Nicolás was murdered on Friday, May 17. In the context of our accompaniment
- [Peace Brigades International supports Declaration +25 with new provisions to protect human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/20/peace-brigades-international-supports-declaration-25-with-new-provisions-to-protect-human-rights-defenders/) - Peace Brigades International (PBI) supports Declaration +25, “a landmark document systematising relevant developments in regional and international human rights law and standards of the last 25 years.” Declaration +25 addresses key issues that were not fully addressed by the Declaration on human rights defenders that was adopted by consensus by the United Nations General Assembly
- [PBI-Colombia joins MOCAO for a screening of the documentary ‘The Eyes That Are Reborn’ about police violence](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/19/pbi-colombia-joins-mocoa-for-a-screening-of-the-documentary-the-eyes-that-are-reborn-about-police-violence/) - The Movement in Resistance against Ocular Aggressions (MOCAO) has posted on Instagram: “We met with PBI Colombia for the screening of our documentary ‘The Eyes That Are Reborn’. #FightAgainstImpunity and stop police violence.” The Southampton, United Kingdom-based National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) has previously posted: “Lucía Guerrero Rivière harnessed the skills she learnt in
- [TC Energy shareholders vote against Wet’suwet’en and Otomi request for independent assessment of its projects](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/19/tc-energy-shareholders-vote-against-wetsuweten-and-otomi-request-for-independent-assessment-of-its-projects/) - Photo: On October 14, 2023, Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders marched together in Toronto in opposition to the construction of TC Energy pipelines on their territories. On June 10, Forbes Mexico reported: “Indigenous communities in Mexico and Canada demanded that the Canadian firm TC Energy carry out an external assessment of the impacts caused by
- [PBI-Honduras concerned that court delays sentencing in the Fraud on the Gualcarque case until August 2](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/19/pbi-honduras-concerned-that-court-delays-sentencing-in-the-fraud-on-the-gualcarque-case-until-august-2/) - On June 14, PBI-Honduras posted: “We express concern about the rescheduling of the hearing to individualize the sentence in the Gualcarque Fraud case. Río Blanco and @COPINHHONDURAS [the Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras] have the right to access a full #justice. We show solidarity with those who were at the sit-in
- [PBI-Kenya demands release of at least 210 peaceful protestors arrested at the Occupy Parliament protest](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/18/pbi-kenya-demands-release-of-at-least-210-peaceful-protestors-arrested-at-the-occupy-parliament-protest/) - Africa Uncensored video: Wanjira Wanjiru, co-founder of the PBI-Kenya partner Mathare Social Justice Centre, explains today's protests. PBI-Kenya has posted: VOCAL Africa has also tweeted: The Kenya Star reports: “Human Rights groups have called on the government to release protesters, observers and journalists arrested on Tuesday during demonstrations. According to the lobby groups, at least
- [Court ruling against Chiquita and the possible prosecution of other transnationals with alleged ties to paramilitaries in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/18/court-ruling-against-chiquita-and-the-possible-prosecution-of-other-transnationals-with-alleged-ties-to-paramilitaries-in-colombia/) - Photo: The paramilitary AUC. Image by Image: EFE/dpa/picture alliance. On June 11, The Guardian reported: “A Florida court has ordered Chiquita Brands International to pay $38m to the families of eight Colombian men murdered by a paramilitary death squad [the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia/AUC], after the American banana giant was shown to have financed
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti’ communities in Olopa Chiquimula and San Francisco Quezaltepeque at meetings](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/17/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-communities-in-olopa-chiquimula-and-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-at-meetings/) - On June 13, PBI-Guatemala posted: "#PBI accompanies the Indigenous Council of Maya Ch'orti' de Olopa Chiquimula and the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at a meeting in the San Francisco Conquistador community, where they updated us on the latest news, which despite the various threats, have been positive: They have opened spaces with the
- [PBI-Guatemala visits Maya Q’eqchi’ community of Lajeb Kej and hears about life under the threat of forced eviction](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/15/pbi-guatemala-visits-maya-qeqchi-community-of-lajeb-kej-and-hears-about-life-under-the-threat-of-forced-eviction/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: In early April we visited the Lajeb Kej community in Tucuru, Alta Verapaz. The inhabitants of the Q'eqchi' Peoples shared their experiences with us. "We lived here before, our grandparents died here, but the bosses came to take us out. Four years ago, we returned because there was nothing here and the
- [Constitutional Chamber accepts admission of appeal from the Committee in Defense of the Common and Public Goods](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/15/constitutional-chamber-accepts-admission-of-appeal-from-the-committee-in-defense-of-the-common-and-public-goods/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “On Tuesday [June 11] we accompanied the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods to the Supreme Court of Justice where they filed a writ of amparo [injunction] against the open town meeting called for today [June 13].” Now, Crtierio.hn reports: “The effects of the resolution of the questioned open
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies Municipal Committee filing injunction against town hall meeting for thermoelectric plant](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/14/pbi-honduras-accompanies-municipal-committee-filing-injunction-against-town-hall-meeting-for-thermoelectric-plant/) - The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted: “On Tuesday [June 11] we accompanied the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods to the Supreme Court of Justice where they filed a writ of amparo [injunction] against the open town meeting called for today [June 13]. On repeated occasions, the Municipal Committee in Defense
- [PBI-Honduras aware of security situation as protests take place against controversial thermoelectric plant](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/13/pbi-honduras-aware-of-security-situation-as-protests-take-place-against-controversial-thermoelectric-plant/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “On Tuesday [June 11] we accompanied @guapinolre [Guapinol Resists - Municipal Committee in Defense of the Common and Public Goods] to the Supreme Court of Justice where they filed an appeal for protection against the open town meeting convened for today [Thursday June 13]. On several occasions, the Municipal Committee in Defense
- [PBI-Honduras visits with National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) that sees little change in unequal land ownership](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/13/pbi-honduras-visits-with-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-that-sees-little-change-in-unequal-land-ownership/) - The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted: “[On June 3] we met with Melany Chavarria, general secretary of the CNTC [National Union of Rural Workers] in La Paz. From the CNTC they shared their concerns with us about the little progress regarding land titling and obtaining legal status for peasant bases.” Unequal land ownership In
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó as paramilitary threat intensifies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/13/pbi-colombia-accompanies-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado-as-paramilitary-threat-intensifies/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: "We will continue to seek development that respects life and rights" - Germán Graciano, Legal Representative of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. Last June 5, we accompanied @sanjoapartado in a meeting with diplomatic body and government to follow up on their social and environmental justice processes. On
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies media conference denouncing attacks and evictions of Maya Q’eqchi’ communities](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/13/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-media-conference-denouncing-attacks-and-evictions-of-maya-qeqchi-communities/) - On June 11, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies UVOC and the Campesino/Peasant Council, formed by CCDA, CUC, New Day and UVOC, at their press conference in which they denounced the complicity of the authorities of Alta Verapaz with the farmers to evict Indigenous and peasant communities.” Factor 4 further explains: “The Peasant Council – the Verapaz
- [Wet’suwet’en land defenders continue their abuse of process claim against the RCMP in Smithers court](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/12/wetsuweten-land-defenders-continue-their-abuse-of-process-claim-in-smithers-court-june-17-21/) - Gidimt’en Checkpoint has posted: “We have another week coming up in the colonial courts attempting to criminalize us. This week will be part of our Abuse of Process claim. Please join us in Smithers at the court house from June 17-21 9-4 each day. On June 17th there will be a rally at noon with
- [Ottawa activist threatened with arrest for asking Members of Parliament their position on arms sales to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/12/ottawa-activist-threatened-with-arrest-for-asking-members-of-parliament-their-position-on-arms-sales-to-israel/) - Ottawa-based activist Jonathan Machado has posted on his Instagram account: “The Canadian Parliament Hill Parliamentary Protective Service threatens to arrest me for asking Canadian politicians to stop Canadian weapons manufacturers’ from selling weapons to war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.” In the video, the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) officer says: “I’ve been informed that you are harassing
- [PBI-Kenya stands in solidarity with the families of victims of police killings at trial of officer Ahmed Rashid](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/12/pbi-kenya-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-families-of-victims-of-police-killings-at-trial-of-ahmed-rashid/) - On June 12, PBI-Kenya posted: “Today, we stand in solidarity with families of victims of police killings. The #TrialOfAhmedRashid, formerly of Pangani 9, continues before Justice Kavedza at Kibera Law Court. Rashid was charged with the 2017 murders of Jamal Mohammed and Mohammed Dhair Kheri in Eastleigh.” Yesterday, the Mathare Social Justice Centre posted: “Join
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies communities at protest in Mexico City demanding closure of Cholula garbage dump](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/12/pbi-mexico-accompanies-communities-at-protest-in-mexico-city-demanding-closure-of-cholula-garbage-dump/) - On June 11, PBI-Mexico posted: “Today we were accompanying the communities that are asking for the definitive closure of the Cholula landfill due to the environmental impacts in their concentration in front of the PROFEPA headquarters in Mexico City.” Voices in Movement has also tweeted: Municipios Puebla reports: “Residents of Puebla demonstrated this Tuesday outside
- [Stand.earth report implicates banks in destroying the Amazon rainforest where land defenders are killed](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/11/stand-earth-report-implicates-banks-in-destroying-the-amazon-rainforest-where-land-defenders-are-killed/) - Stand.earth and the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) have released a new report titled GREENWASHING THE AMAZON: How Banks Are Destroying the Amazon Rainforest While Pretending to be Green. The report highlights: “Major banks are claiming to protect the Amazon rainforest, Indigenous rights, and our climate, while they are simultaneously
- [Na-Cho Nyak Dun win court challenge against proposed Metallic Minerals quartz mine on their territory in the Yukon](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/11/na-cho-nyak-dun-win-court-challenge-against-proposed-metallic-minerals-quartz-mine-on-their-territory-in-the-yukon/) - Photo: “A group of demonstrators, comprised of First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun (FNNND) citizens and allies, rally outside the Yukon Territorial Court ahead of the hearing [in November 2023] for the Yukon government’s appeal of a decision earlier this year to reverse approval of mine exploration work on the First Nation’s traditional territory. (Matthew
- [CREDHOS: “We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine"](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/11/credhos-we-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-palestine/) - Photo: Iván Madero Vergel is the president of CREDHOS. On June 8, the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) posted: “We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine. In the midst of a rally in Munich, Germany, we express our solidarity with the People of Palestine who resist with dignity. And
- [Yuli Velasquez of FEDEPESAN receives Amnesty International Human Rights Award in Berlin, Germany](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/10/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 for selfless commitment to human
- [PBI-Mexico amplifies RSDH call for the release of Indigenous Ocumicho environmental defender María de la Cruz](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/10/pbi-mexico-amplifies-rsdh-call-for-the-release-of-indigenous-ocumicho-environmental-defender-maria-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 Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria
- [PBI-Honduras visits Museum Against Forgetting/Oblivion in Amarateca used as torture centre in the 1980s](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/07/pbi-honduras-visits-museum-against-forgetting-oblivion-in-amarateca-used-as-torture-centre-in-the-1980s/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday [June 5] we visited the Museum Against Forgetting in Amarateca, located in a property used as a torture center during the National Security Doctrine in the 1980s, redefining it as a space for memory and reflection. From PBI, we highlight the work of the Committee of Relatives of the Detained and
- [UNESCO report: At least 749 environmental journalists have been attacked between 2009 and 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/03/unesco-report-at-least-749-environmental-journalists-have-been-attacked-between-2009-and-2023/) - Photo: At least 210 environmental journalists have experienced legal attacks between 2009 and 2023. That was the experience of Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc in Guatemala. The Guardian reports: “More than 70% of environmental journalists have been attacked for their work since 2009, according to a Unesco report, which warns of rising threats against
- [BHRRC: “630 instances of attacks against people raising concerns about business-related harms” in 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/07/bhrrc-630-instances-of-attacks-against-people-raising-concerns-about-business-related-harms-in-2023/) - The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) has released its report titled: People power under pressure: Human rights defenders & business in 2023. A key finding of the report is: “Between January 2015 and December 2023, the Resource Centre documented over 5,300 attacks globally against HRDs challenging corporate harm. In 2023 alone, we identified
- [Will COP16 in Colombia strengthen Target 22 and spark text at COP30 in Brazil to protect environmental defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/will-cop16-in-colombia-strengthen-target-22-and-spark-new-text-at-cop30-in-brazil-to-protect-environmental-defenders/) - The United Nations COP16 Biodiversity conference will take place this coming October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia. Shortly afterwards, the UN COP29 Climate conference will take place November 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan. A year after that, COP30 will take place November 10-21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil. Global Witness notes: “Around the world, those
- [At least 300 human rights defenders killed in 2023: Front Line Defenders report](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/at-least-300-human-rights-defenders-killed-in-2023-front-line-defenders-report/) - Image from video for the report. Front Line Defenders reports: “In 2023, the HRD Memorial documented the killings of 300 HRDs in 28 countries” including 142 in Colombia, 30 in Mexico, 19 in Honduras and 6 in Guatemala where Peace Brigades International accompanies defenders. Among their findings: - “Indigenous peoples’ rights defenders were the most
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies LGTBI+ march on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-honduras-accompanies-lgtbi-march-on-the-international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Last Friday [May 17] we accompanied the LGTBI+ march in the framework of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. From PBI we show concern for the violence and discrimination that affect the day to day life of LGTBI+ people and we remember the importance of complying with the measures
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the Forum on the Situation of Environmental Defenders on World Environment Day](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-forum-on-the-situation-of-environmental-defenders-on-world-environment-day/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “#WorldEnvironmentDay Today [June 5] we accompany the Forum on the Situation of Environmental Defenders: Challenges in the framework of World Environment Day together with @CEMDA [Mexican Centre for Environmental Law], @CDHZL [the “Zeferino Ladrillero” Human Rights Center] and @EspacioOSC [Space of Civil Society Organizations for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation at ceremony returning body of Silvio Tulio Romo to his family](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-at-ceremony-returning-body-of-silvio-tulio-romo-to-his-family/) - On May 17, PBI-Colombia posted: “After 32 years of #enforceddisappearance, we accompany @nydia_erika [the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation] in Villavicencio in the handover of victim Silvio Tulio Romo to his family.” In 2018, Verdad Abierta reported: “Carmen Mora, since she was a child, learned to defend herself. She left home at the age of eight
- [PBI-Canada: Canada exported military goods and technology to countries where 232 HRDs were killed in 2023/24](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-canada-canada-exported-military-goods-and-technology-to-countries-where-232-hrds-were-killed-in-2023-24/) - On May 31, Global Affairs Canada released its 2023 Exports of Military goods and technology report. If one looks at the list on pages 22-24 of that report of the non-US countries that Canada exported these goods and technology to and then compares that with the list of countries where Front Line Defenders documented the killing of
- [PBI-Guatemala seeks new field volunteers, deadline to apply is June 28](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-guatemala-seeks-new-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-june-28/) - Photo: PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Mayan Indigenous Council Ch'orti' of Olopa Chiquimula in activities to socialize the findings of a research work carried out in conjunction with the Observatory of Extractive Industries (OIE). The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking new field volunteers. Key dates in this process include: June 28 – deadline to apply November
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula to socialize Observatory of Extractive Industries research](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-to-socialize-oie-research/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Saturday [May 18], #PBI accompanied the Maya Ch'orti' Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula in activities to socialize the findings of a research work conducted in conjunction with the OIE - Observatory of Extractive Industries (OIE). A video was projected about the impacts of antimony mining exploitation in the Los Manantiales Quarry,
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Chinautla and Retalhuleu communities at anti-Monsanto Law food festival](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/06/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-chinautla-and-retalhuleu-communities-at-anti-monsanto-law-food-festival/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Yesterday [May 29] #PBIacompanies the Multisectoral of Chinautla and the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR) in a gastronomic festival for the second anniversary of the delivery of the initiative 6086 (law of Biodiversity and Ancestral Knowledge) and against the so-called Monsanto law, all celebrated at the door of the Congress of
- [IN PHOTOS: May 29th protest against the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/04/in-photos-may-29th-protest-against-the-cansec-weapons-show-in-ottawa/) - Video.
- [Global Affairs Canada report on military exports deepens concerns about the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa and human rights violations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/03/global-affairs-canada-report-on-military-exports-deepens-concerns-about-cansec-arms-show-and-human-rights-violations/) - While hundreds of people protesting the companies at CANSEC that sell weapons and technology that enable genocide, war crimes and repression encountered Ottawa Police Service officers with batons and truncheons, a cursory review of the countries that Canada sells “military goods and technology” to reveals substantial reason for concern on the basis of their publicly-documented
- [While France and Chile ban Israeli companies from arms shows, Canadian government supports CANSEC](https://pbicanada.org/2024/06/02/while-france-and-chile-ban-israeli-companies-from-arms-shows-canadian-government-supports-cansec/) - Photo: Riot police responded to the protest at the CANSEC arms show on May 29 in Ottawa against the Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems and other companies profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza. While the Trudeau government provided unqualified support to the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa this past week, the Boric government in
- [Canada exported $30,641,495.83 in “military goods and technology” to Israel in 2023](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/31/canada-exported-30641495-83-in-military-goods-to-israel-in-2023/) - Photo: Protest against the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 29, 2024. The 2023 Exports of Military goods and technology report released by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) on May 31 notes that Canada exported $30,641,495.83 in “military goods” to Israel through 348 “utilized permits”. Of the twelve Export Control List (ECL) categories of “military goods
- [People’s University UBC rejects RCMP C-IRG/CRU-BC at student Palestine solidarity encampment](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/28/peoples-university-ubc-rejects-rcmp-c-irg-cru-bc-at-student-palestine-solidarity-encampment/) - The People’s University UBC [University of British Columbia] has posted on Instagram: “The administration would rather bring paramilitary police to surveillance and intimidate students- putting Indigenous and marginalized students, faculty, staff, and community members at risk- rather than meeting our demands.” Their post adds: “WE CALL ON THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TO DISBAND
- [UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights to visit Colombia, July 29 to August 9](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/united-nations-working-group-on-business-and-human-rights-to-visit-colombia-july-29-to-august-9/) - Photo: Members of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights will be visiting Colombia this coming July 29 to August 9. Their announcement notes: “During its visit to Colombia, the Working Group will examine business and human rights issues and identify current initiatives, practices,
- [PBI-Canada supports civil society call to suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/pbi-canada-supports-call-to-suspend-all-trade-in-arms-and-military-technology-with-israel/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada has signed this statement calling for an arms embargo on Israel that, in part, says: “As the catastrophe wrought by Israel’s continued assault on Gaza grows, Canadian civil society organizations across multiple sectors are calling on the Canadian government to immediately suspend all trade in arms and military technology with Israel. United
- [Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders to speak in Ottawa about their resistance to TC Energy pipelines](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/30/wetsuweten-and-otomi-land-defenders-to-speak-in-ottawa-about-their-resistance-to-tc-energy-pipelines/) - On Monday October 16, Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders will come together to speak about their experiences resisting Calgary-based TC Energy building gas pipelines on their territories within the countries of Canada and Mexico. To register for the in-person event in Ottawa, click here. Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks and land defender Eve Saint will speak
- [Obsidian Energy seeks arrest of Woodland Cree Nation Chief and removal of blockade of oil company drill site](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/15/obsidian-energy-seeks-arrest-of-woodland-cree-nation-chief-and-removal-of-blockade-of-oil-company-drill-site/) - Photo by Brandi Morin: “RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] liaison officers were at the traditional camp set up by the Woodland Cree Nation at an Obsidian Energy oil & gas lease road earlier today [May 11].” We have been following the social media posts and now this article in IndigiNews and Ricochet by journalist Brandi
- [PBI-Mexico seeking new field volunteers to accompany defenders, deadline to apply is June 3](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/14/pbi-mexico-seeking-new-field-volunteers-to-accompany-defenders-deadline-to-apply-is-june-3/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “#CALL | Are you interested in the international accompaniment of people defending #Human Rights? Be a part of our field team! We receive applications until June 3, 2024. See the call: here” Key dates in the application and selection process: Application and references: May 6-June 3 Interviews: July 3-24 Submission of self-training
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the CCR as it experiences threats for defending territory from shrimp industries](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/14/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-ccr-as-it-experiences-threats-for-defending-territory-from-shrimp-industries/) - On May 10, PBI-Guatemala posted: “On Monday #PBI accompanied a member of the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR) in the capital, in order to denounce before various protection institutions the threats they are suffering in relation to the defence of the territory and the struggle against large shrimp industries. The South Coast region continues
- [PBI-Honduras visits with ARCAH that continues to denounce company contaminating the Choluteca River](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/14/pbi-honduras-visits-with-arcah-who-continue-to-denounce-the-contamination-of-the-choluteca-river/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “Last week we visited @Arcah_hn [the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication] in Aldea Loarque. The community denounced the contamination of the Choluteca River that has affected their health. PBI is concerned about the health of the population and emphasises the organisation's defence of the environment.” On April 22, El Heraldo
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS on Humanitarian Mission in the municipality of Puerto Wilches](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/13/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-on-humanitarian-mission-in-the-municipality-of-puerto-wilches-santander/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “#PBI accompanies the community of Guayabo and @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights/ CREDHOS] who demand guarantees from the Governor’s Office for community leaders in compliance with decree 660. The community demands that the institutions provide the minimum conditions to maintain a dignified life in the communities: quality
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Mother’s Day mobilizations in Puebla and Mexico City as the search for disappeared continues](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/13/pbi-mexico-accompanies-mothers-day-mobilization-in-puebla-and-mexico-city-as-the-search-for-disappeared-continues/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Today on #Mother's Day in Mexico we accompany the mothers from Puebla and CDMX [Mexico City] who are demanding justice for the disappearance of their loved ones. From PBI we recognize the great work of the search collectives in the defence and promotion of #HumanRights.” Angulo 7 reports: “For the searching mothers
- [Gitxsan and UBCIC call for the abolition of the RCMP C-IRG as CRCC systemic investigation continues without definitive deadline](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/08/gitxsan-and-ubcic-call-for-the-abolition-of-the-rcmp-c-irg-as-crcc-systemic-investigation-continues-without-definitive-deadline/) - Photo: Gitxsan members and their allies block Highway 16 on November 21, 2023, in protest of the RCMP’s C-IRG program. (Morgan Powell/Interior News). The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC), an Ottawa-based independent federal agency, launched its investigation into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) nine months ago. Their media release
- [CAJAR lawyer Reinaldo Villalba: “We salute those who have accompanied us in this dream of a better world”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/09/cajar-lawyer-reinaldo-villalba-we-salute-those-who-have-accompanied-us-in-this-dream-of-a-better-world/) - Photo: PBI-Colombia with Reinaldo Villalba, February 2024. The International Observatory for Lawyers at Risk (OIAD) recently interviewed Reinaldo Villalba Vargas of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CAJAR). Are human rights lawyers still at risk in Colombia today? RVV: “Yes, defending human rights involves enormous risks for the integrity and lives of defenders and their
- [Defence Minister Bill Blair will be the keynote speaker at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa on Wednesday May 29](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/08/defence-minister-bill-blair-will-be-the-keynote-speaker-at-the-cansec-arms-show-in-ottawa-on-may-29/) - Photo: Defence Minister Bill Blair. Photo by Canadian Press/Justin Tang. The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) has announced via social media that Canada's Minister of National Defence Bill Blair will be the opening breakfast keynote speaker at the CANSEC arms show that is scheduled to take place at the EY Centre in
- [Independent inquiry into CADSI could look at the culpability of transnational arms companies in the genocide in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/07/independent-inquiry-into-cadsi-could-look-at-the-culpability-of-arms-companies-in-the-genocide-in-gaza/) - Video still: The Ottawa Police Service watches as arms dealers and officials enter the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) and affiliated groups, including the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), are demanding that the Government of Canada hold “an independent and in-depth inquiry into CADSI [the Canadian Association of Defence
- [PBI-Honduras observes COPINH sit-in following conviction of three in the 'Fraud on Gualcarque' case](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/03/pbi-honduras-observes-copinh-sit-in-following-conviction-of-three-in-the-fraud-on-gualcarque-case/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “The Corruption Sentencing Court has just convicted 3 of the 6 former public officials accused in the 'Fraud on Gualcarque' case. We are observing the @COPINHHONDURAS [Civic Council of Grassroots and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras] sit-in, which requested a conviction for the 6 accused people.” COPINH adds via social media: “3 persons
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the trial of General Benedicto Lucas accused of genocide against the Maya Ixil people](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/27/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-trial-of-general-benedicto-lucas-accused-of-genocide-against-the-ixil-people/) - Photo by PBI-Guatemala. PBI-Guatemala is accompanying the trial of General Manuel Benedicto Lucas Garcia who is accused of committing genocide against the Maya Ixil people between August 1981 and March 1982 during the Internal Armed Conflict. He stands accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, forced disappearances and sexual violence. Now 91 years old, Lucas Garcia
- [2,000+ students arrested at protests calling for divestment from companies implicated in human rights violations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/03/2000-students-arrested-at-protests-calling-for-divestment-from-companies-implicated-in-human-rights-violations/) - Video still of University of Ottawa encampment by CTV. Encampments are being organized on campuses across the United States and Canada in response to the Israeli military assault in which at least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 more injured. The encampments have highlighted divestment as a demand. The Columbia University Apartheid Divest group wrote
- [UN Special Rapporteur comments on the “repression and persecution” faced by Indigenous water protectors in Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/19/un-special-rapporteur-comments-on-the-repression-and-persecution-faced-by-indigenous-water-protectors-in-canada/) - Photo: Maria Jose Acosta Lazo and Pedro Arrojo Agudo at their media conference at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, April 19. Pedro Arrojo Agudo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, has concluded his official visit to Canada. In a media statement released today, he noted “there are
- [Educa Oaxaca video explains opposition from Indigenous communities to Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/23/educa-oaxaca-video-explains-opposition-from-indigenous-communities-to-vancouver-based-fortuna-silver-mines/) - Video still. Educa Oaxaca has posted: “Mining represents a serious threat to indigenous communities in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. In the Central Valleys, 12 communities have organized to confront this problem and to defend their territories and dignity. However, despite presenting evidence, testimonies, and records, and in violation of the communities' right to self-determination,
- [More than 800 human rights defenders killed in Palestine over the past six months](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/more-than-800-human-rights-defenders-killed-in-palestine-over-the-past-six-months/) - Photo: Nour Naser Abu al-Nour of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights was killed by an Israeli airstrike on her family home in Rafah on February 20. The airstrike also killed seven members of her family including her two-year-old daughter Kenzi Jumaa. The recently-released Amnesty International report The State of the World’s Human Rights notes:
- [Da’naxda’xw-Awaetlala land defender Rainbow Eyes sentenced to 60 days in jail](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/danaxdaxw-awaetlala-land-defender-rainbow-eyes-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail/) - Photo: Rainbow Eyes outside the Nanaimo courthouse with supporters just prior to sentencing on April 24. Photo by Jordan Davidson/Nanaimo News NOW. Da’naxda’xw-Awaetlala land defender Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, was sentenced this week to 60 days in jail for her participation in the peaceful blockades against Teal Cedar logging on the Fairy
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at march against San Pedro Cholula landfill](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/pbi-mexico-accompanies-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-at-march-against-san-pedro-cholula-landfill/) - On April 22, PBI-Mexico posted: “Today, on International Mother Earth Day, we are accompanying the FPDTA-MPT [Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water- Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala] in the March for Water and against the San Pedro Cholula landfill. At PBI Mexico we recognise the fundamental role that communities play in the non-violent resolution of
- [PBI-Canada visits University of Ottawa encampment that calls for divestment from weapons companies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/02/pbi-canada-visits-university-of-ottawa-encampment-that-calls-for-divestment-from-weapons-companies/) - Photo: PBI-Canada visits the encampment at the University of Ottawa, May 1, 2024. The Ottawa Citizen reports: “Protesters at the University of Ottawa [uOttawa] began their second day of pro-Palestinian sit-ins Tuesday [April 30] on the rain-soaked lawn outside Tabaret Hall. The goal is to get the university to ‘disclose and divest’, said co-organizer Ayham
- [PBI-Honduras concerned by arbitrary detention of CNTC El Progreso general secretary Lilian Borjas](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/02/pbi-honduras-concerned-by-arbitrary-detention-of-cntc-el-progreso-general-secretary-lilian-borjas/) - Photo: Lilian Borjas. PBI-Honduras has posted: “From PBI, we show concern about the arrest of Lilian Borjas, general secretary of the CNTC in El Progreso. We recommend that the international community speak out in solidarity with her. At PBI, we are very aware of your safety and well-being.” Criterio.hn
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS and ACVC on humanitarian mission in Cerro Azul and Alto San Juan](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/02/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-and-acvc-on-humanitarian-mission-in-cerro-azul-and-alto-san-juan/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @Credhos_Paz [Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] on a humanitarian mission with @ACVCRAN [Small-Scale Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River Valley] and government institutions to listen to the needs and stories of violations of their rights expressed by the community of Cerro Azul, San Pablo, in #South Bolivar.”
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Famdegua at #CasoDiarioMilitar hearing on alternative measures, next date set for May 7](https://pbicanada.org/2024/05/02/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-famdegua-at-casodiariomilitar-hearing-next-date-set-for-may-7/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: "Last Friday [April 26], #PBI accompanied Famdegua [the Association of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala] to the hearing of revocation of alternative measures of Jacobo Salán Sánchez and Malfred Pérez Lorenzo, both accused in the #MilitaryDiaryCase, for which they should return to pre-trial detention. Malfred Pérez Lorenzo's lawyer did not show
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Famdegua at hearing on Inter-American Court ruling and acquittal of three soldiers in Dos Erres massacre](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/27/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-famdegua-at-hearing-on-inter-american-court-ruling-and-acquittal-in-dos-erres-massacre/) - Update On May 4, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies relatives of Famdegua Guatemala and the Human Rights Law Firm [BDH] to the hearing on the appeal of the #CasoDosErres. Last November, three Kaibiles accused of crimes against the duties of humanity and murder in the 1982 massacre were acquitted. The hearing was adjourned without prior notice.
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies FAMDEGUA and survivors at commemoration of the Los Josefinos massacre](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-famdegua-and-survivors-at-commemoration-of-the-los-josefinos-massacre/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Today and tomorrow (April 29 and 30) #PBI accompanies the annual commemoration of the massacre that occurred in the village Los Josefinos, Petén, Guatemala on April 29 and 30, 1982 during the internal armed conflict (CAI). We accompanied the members of the Famdegua [the Association of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala]
- [Reflections on the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa and community organizing to stop global human rights violations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/29/reflections-on-the-cansec-arms-show-and-community-organizing-to-stop-human-rights-violations/) - News clipping from ARMX ’89. The international weapons trade has been implicated for many years in multiple violations of human rights and in aggressions against human rights defenders. Amnesty International recently highlighted their concern about Canadian arms exports and the implications on human rights in Saudi Arabia/Yemen, Peru and Israel/Palestine. With the CANSEC arms show
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies women’s group from Chinautla supporting Poqomam leader Armando Vazquez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-womens-group-from-chinautla-supporting-poqomam-leader-armando-vazquez/) - On April 23, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies this morning to the women's group from Chinautla, which accompanies the family of the defender Armando Vazquez whose son was killed last Thursday and while the other son survived the attack and is injured in the hospital. To local and national authorities, we express our concern for the
- [PBI-Colombia notes urgent concern about new attacks on the territory of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/pbi-colombia-notes-urgent-concern-about-new-attacks-on-the-territory-of-the-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado/) - Video: PBI-Colombia at the Peace Community on March 27, just days after the murder of two community members. PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “Urgent. After the murder of two members of @cdpsanjose [the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó], new attacks occur on the territory of the Community. Guarantees, research results and progress
- [ALERT: 16-year-old son of Maya-Poqomam leader opposed to sand extraction in Chinautla, Guatemala killed by gunmen](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/alert-16-year-old-son-of-maya-poqomam-leader-opposed-to-sand-extraction-in-chinautla-killed-by-gunmen/) - Prensa Comunitaria photo: “Poqomam people of Chinautla say goodbye to Enilson Vásquez Chacón ... who was murdered during an attack against his father on Thursday, April 18.” The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project has posted on Facebook: “We share our ALERT about the murder of Denilson Alberto Vázquez Chacón and attempted murder of Lester Moisés Armando
- [PBI-Mexico at forum on ‘Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists’ in Sonora](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/23/pbi-mexico-at-forum-on-strengthening-the-protection-of-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists-in-sonora/) - Diario del Yaqui reports: “The Forum ‘Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists’ seeks to socialize a law that protects them from threats, murders and forced disappearances of these actors in Sonora. This past Saturday [April 20], the event was held in Ciudad Obregon with members of the guilds at the facilities of
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the family of murdered Indigenous Náhuatl land defender Samir Flores Soberanes](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/23/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-family-of-murdered-indigenous-nahuatl-land-defender-samir-flores/) - PBI-Switzerland has posted on Instagram: “In March 2024, Swiss television SRF aired a moving reportage by Mitja Rietbrock on the work of PBI Mexico entitled ‘Mexico: Commitment against violence and arbitrariness’. The film highlights PBI’s escort for the family of Samir Flores, a human rights activist murdered for his resistance to the construction of a
- [United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) session focuses on the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/19/united-nations-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues-unpfii-session-focuses-on-the-criminalization-of-indigenous-land-defenders/) - The Mongabay web-news portal reports: “[The] rise in criminalization [was] the key focus of a report released this week at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, the largest gathering of Indigenous activists, policymakers, and leaders in the world. ‘It’s a very serious concern because the Indigenous people who have been resisting the
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nomadesc at meeting with Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/18/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nomadesc-at-meeting-with-inter-american-commission-on-human-rights-in-buenaventura/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @Nomadesc [the Association for Social Research and Action] in a meeting with @CIDH [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights] in Buenaventura, to follow up on the ‘civic strike’ agreements. It is urgent to overcome impunity, and provide guarantees to the territory and those who inhabit it.” The PBI-Colombia social media post
- [CAHUCOPANA meets with IACHR Commissioner Andrea Pochak, greets new PBI-Colombia field volunteers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/18/cahucopana-meets-with-iachr-commissioner-andrea-pochak-greets-new-pbi-colombia-field-volunteers/) - PBI-Colombia has tweeted: “The IACHR [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights] meets with @CAHUCOPANA [the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace in Northeast Antioquia] demanding guarantees in response to the prolonged humanitarian crisis suffered by campesino (peasant) communities in Northeast Antioquia.” This followed a CAHUCOPANA tweet that said: “#IACHRInColombia #MedellinAntioquia. Campesino leader @carlosnordeste [Carlos Morales]
- [Ottawa Police Service receives $50 million in federal budget, intends to create a “permanent Special Events Team”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/17/ottawa-police-service-receives-50-million-in-federal-budget-intends-to-create-a-permanent-special-events-team/) - CBC reports: “The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) will receive $50 million in federal funding over the next five years to enhance security near Parliament Hill. The proposed funding, to be dispensed in equal $10-million annual payments beginning in 2024-2025, will help ‘bolster the Ottawa Police Services' presence around the Parliamentary campus,’ according to the 2024
- [Alert: Death Threats Against Colombian Human Rights Lawyer Germán Romero](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/16/alert-death-threats-against-colombian-human-rights-lawyer-german-romero/) - Article by Yannick Wild, Advocacy Coordinator, Peace Brigades International-Switzerland. UN Human Rights Experts[1] sent a letter to the government of Colombia, expressing their concerns about the death threats and acts of intimidation committed against the lawyer and human rights defender Mr. Germán Romero Sánchez, a member of the Network of Human Rights Defenders (DHColombia). Over
- [PBI-Mexico works with the Observatory of Social and Gender Violence of Aguascalientes to strengthen their security strategies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/17/pbi-mexico-works-with-the-observatory-of-social-and-gender-violence-of-aguascalientes-to-strengthen-their-security-strategies/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “From @PBI_Mexico we recognize the work of the Social and Gender Violence Observatory of Aguascalientes [OVSG AGS] @FeministAgs in favor of the #DDHH [human rights] of all people and we appreciate your trust to be able to talk and strengthen your security strategies.” This followed a tweet from the Observatory that says:
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Chinautla Multi-Sector as they peacefully resist illegal sand extraction and river pollution](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/16/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-chinautla-multi-sector-as-they-peacefully-resist-illegal-sand-extraction-and-river-pollution/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: "#PBI accompanies Chinautla Multi-Sector. Today we visited members at their planton [protest site] and they updated us on their struggle, challenges, progress and upcoming activities." The situation in Chinautla This past January, Prensa Comunitaria reported: “Santa Cruz Chinautla and its authorities maintain a peaceful resistance against the La Primavera and Piedrinera San Luis
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS as FEDEPESAN shares their organizational experience with National University students](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/13/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-as-fedepesan-shares-their-organizational-experience-with-national-university-students/) - CREDHOS has posted on Facebook: “We accompanied FEDEPESAN [the Federation of Artisanal Fishermen of Santander] in their reception of students from the Faculty of Sociology of the National University. Together with them, we toured the Rosario and San Silvestre streams, and one of the areas impacted by the forest fires in March in the District
- [inews reports on Elbit at weapons show in London, will The Breach be able to cover CANSEC in Ottawa this year?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/13/inews-reports-on-elbit-at-weapons-show-in-london-will-the-breach-be-able-to-cover-cansec-this-year/) - Photo by Caolán Magee. inews.co.uk reports: “Companies selling weapons to Israel have been showcasing missiles at a three-day arms fair in London.” That article by London/Belfast-based journalist Caolán Magee adds: “The International Training Technology Exhibition (IT2EC) – an annual display of the latest advances in modern warfare – and accompanying Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) conference
- [Multiple groups say “Shut Down CANSEC” arms show, call for independent inquiry into CADSI lobby group](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/13/multiple-groups-say-shut-down-cansec-arms-show-call-for-independent-inquiry-into-cadsi-lobby-group/) - Instagram image. Labour for Palestine, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), the Palestinian Youth Movement, Anakbayan Ottawa and the Anti-Imperialist Alliance say: “Warmongers will not be allowed to gather in peace!” Their social media post adds: “Individuals and organizations will be gathering again at North America’s largest trade show CANSEC, held annually in Ottawa
- [PBI-Honduras attends PRO assembly as ASODEBICOQ defends environment from extractive projects in Santa Bárbara](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/11/pbi-honduras-attends-pro-assembly-as-asodebicoq-defends-environment-from-extractive-projects-in-santa-barbara/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We attended the Assembly of the Patronato Regional de Occidente (PRO) in Santa Barbara. #ASODEBICOQ along with other civil society representatives expressed concern about the different #needs of its inhabitants and proposed projects to solve them. We are concerned about the major problems associated with #deforestation, #water shortages and #persecution of leaders
- [Nehirowisiw land defenders establish blockade to stop clearcutting on unceded Nitaskinan territory in northern Quebec](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/12/nehirowisiw-land-defenders-establish-blockade-to-stop-clearcutting-on-unceded-nitaskinan-territory-in-quebec/) - Photo by Franklin Lopez. On April 9, Nehirowisiw (Atikamekw) land defenders set up a blockade in Opiticiwan to safeguard their ancestral lands of Nitaskinan from logging. Ricochet has previously noted: “The Atikamekw Nation, which represents close to 6,700 people spread over three reserves — Opitciwan, Wemotaci and Manawan — occupies a vast territory of 80,000
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission at Amazon Pearl Campesino Reserve Zone youth meeting](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-justice-and-peace-commission-at-amazon-pearl-campesino-reserve-zone-youth-meeting/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @justiciapazcolombia [Justice and Peace Commission] to the first Youth Meeting of the year organized by @perlaamazonica_zrcpa [Amazon Pearl Campesino Reserve Zone] in #Putumayo. In the event children and young people from the different communities that make up the Amazon Pearl participate to reflect on the peasant identity and the possibilities
- [Indigenous communities present to UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water about the threat of Ring of Fire mining](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/09/indigenous-communities-present-to-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-to-water-about-the-threat-of-ring-of-fire-mining/) - Last night we heard powerful testimony from Indigenous communities who would be affected by the Ring of Fire mining development. Representatives from the Neskantaga and Attawapiskat nations made presentations to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water, at a gathering at Carleton University in Ottawa. Neskantaga is just south-west of the
- [PBI-Canada presentation to UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water Pedro Arrojo-Agudo](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/09/pbi-canada-presentation-to-un-special-rapporteur-pedro-arrojo-agudo/) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, is visiting Canada from April 8-19. He will share the preliminary findings of his visit on April 19 at 11:30 am ET at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa. He will then present his final report, with findings
- [PBI-Honduras visits OFRANEH in Vallecito where the Garifuna have reclaimed their ancestral lands](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/19/pbi-honduras-visits-ofraneh-in-vallecito-where-the-garifuna-have-reclaimed-their-ancestral-lands/) - PBI-Honduras has posted on Facebook: “Last week we visited OFRANEH-Garifuna/Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras and the community of Vallecito. The Garifuna people have waged a peaceful struggle to reclaim these ancestral lands that had fallen into the hands of drug trafficking. Currently, Vallecito is a recovered territory, under the control and sovereignty of the Garifuna
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu at World Water Day commemoration](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/30/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-council-of-communities-of-retalhuleu-at-world-water-day-commemoration/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On March 16 #PBI accompanies the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu in the commemoration of #WorldWaterDay in the communities of Champerico. In this meeting, members of the Council exchanged on the challenges faced by the communities, such as the lack of water in the territories due to the extension of sugar cane
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as Comprehensive Law on the Rights of Women Searchers receives Senate approval](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/05/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-as-law-for-women-searchers-receives-senate-approval/) - On April 4 (at 12:05 pm ET), PBI-Colombia posted: “#Rights For Women Seekers At this moment accompanying the @nydia_erika Foundation in the last Senate debate on the draft Law for the Protection of Women Searchers of the #Disappeared.” Later (at 4:14 pm ET), PBI-Colombia posted: “We celebrate the approval of the Comprehensive Law for the
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Cerezo Committee and families in the call to find Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/06/pbi-mexico-accompanies-cerezo-committee-and-families-in-the-call-to-find-edmundo-reyes-and-gabriel-cruz/) - 4-minute read. PBI-Mexico has posted: “Yesterday [April 4], we accompanied the families of Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz together with the @comitecerezo [Cerezo Committee]. We are also working with the Special Search Commission ruled by the SCJN [Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation] in 2022. #PBIaccompanies #Until We Find Them” Video: A member of
- [PBI-Canada talks about the CORE with University of Minnesota law school class](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/10/pbi-canada-talks-about-the-core-with-university-of-minnesota-law-school-class/) - On April 4, PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson shared an overview of concerns about the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) with students at the University of Minnesota Law School. We began with a timeline: the civil society call for an Ombudsperson began in 2007; the Liberal Party promised an ombudsperson during the October 2015 election
- [Texas-based Western LNG intention to proceed with PRGT pipeline raises concerns about the C-IRG on Gitxsan territory](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/15/texas-based-western-lng-intention-to-proceed-with-prgt-pipeline-raises-concerns-about-the-c-irg-on-gitxsan-territory/) - Photo: On March 6, Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs called for the government to disband C-IRG. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood. The Narwhal reports: “The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project would connect Montney gas to Ksi Lisims, a proposed liquefaction and export facility on Nisga’a territory. Approved by the B.C. government around the same time
- [International Court of Justice to make provisional ruling on arms exports to Israel within weeks](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/09/international-court-of-justice-to-make-provisional-ruling-on-arms-exports-to-israel-within-weeks/) - Video still: The ICJ hears case on weapons exports to Israel. Foreign Policy reports: “Nicaragua asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday [April 8] to order Germany to stop all arms exports to Israel. …Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms provider after Washington, with the former having sent $353.7 million in military equipment to
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque as it protects Cerro del Quetzal ancestral lands](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/09/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-as-it-protects-cerro-del-quetzal/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “The day before yesterday [on April 6] #PBI accompanied the indigenous community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque in an investigation carried out by the Public Prosecutor's Office in the Quezaltepeque volcano. Last month the Maya Ch'orti' authorities and neighbours of the community filed a complaint about attempts by private individuals to appropriate communal
- [General Dynamics has “no comment” on Canadian House of Commons vote to cease arms exports to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/08/general-dynamics-has-no-comment-on-canadian-house-of-commons-vote-to-cease-arms-exports-to-israel/) - Photo: A protest outside the General Dynamics arms factory in Hastings, United Kingdom; March 13, 2024. Despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on January 26th that Israel’s acts in Gaza could amount to genocide, General Dynamics in Canada has “no comment to provide” on the motion passed in the House of Commons to
- [Canadian banks continue to hold shares in the weapons companies profiting from Israel's ongoing assault against Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/07/canadian-banks-continue-to-hold-shares-in-weapons-companies-profiting-from-the-attack-on-gaza/) - Photo: Sarah Abdul-Karim, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, spoke about RBC investments in weapons companies at this rally in Ottawa on April 6. Six months after Israel’s assault on Palestine began, Canadian banks continue to invest in the weapons companies arming the Israeli military. The numbers are staggering: 33,137 Palestinians have been killed
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Comité Cerezo report documents the extrajudicial killing of 14 human rights defenders in 2020](https://pbicanada.org/2021/01/13/pbi-mexico-accompanied-comite-cerezo-report-documents-the-extrajudicial-killing-of-14-human-rights-defenders-in-2020/) - On January 13, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “We share the report made by the Comité Cerezo México.” PBI-Mexico then highlights a key finding of the report: “14 human rights defenders were extrajudicially executed in 2020.” One of those listed in the Comité Cerezo report is Oscar Ontiveros Martinez who was killed in May
- [Eleven Zapotec communities in Mexico win injunction against Canadian mining company, say court order should be respected and the mine closed](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/05/eleven-zapotec-communities-in-mexico-win-injunction-against-canadian-mining-company-say-court-order-should-be-respected/) - Photo: The No to Mining Front for a Future of All media conference; April 3, 2024. An injunction/court order granted by a Mexican judge should protect eleven Zapotec communities in the Ocotlán Valley of Oaxaca state from Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver and its subsidiary the Cuzcatlán mining company. A statement from the communities says: “Faced with
- [Three former UK Supreme Court Justices call for a suspension of arms sales to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/04/three-former-uk-supreme-court-justices-call-for-a-suspension-of-arms-sales-to-israel/) - Photo: Former UK Supreme Court justices Lady Hale, Lord Wilson and Lord Sumption have signed a letter calling for the suspension of arms sales to Israel. The Guardian reports: “Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady [Brenda] Hale [and Lord Nicholas Wilson and Lord Jonathan Sumption], are among more than 600
- [OXEC dams on Maya Q’eqchi’ territory in Guatemala linked to Spanish, French and Canadian companies](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/04/oxec-dams-on-maya-qeqchi-territory-in-guatemala-linked-to-spanish-french-and-canadian-companies/) - On April 3, during a webinar organized by PBI-UK and Amnesty International, Maya Q’eqchi’ defender Bernardo Caal Xol spoke about a march by the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón to the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City. That march took place on May 10, 2023. PBI-Canada was there and compiled Bernardo’s tweets that day to help share
- [CRCC review of RCMP C-IRG actions at logging protest near Argenta continues more than a year after it began](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/03/crcc-review-of-rcmp-c-irg-actions-at-logging-protest-near-argenta-continues-more-than-a-year-after-it-began/) - Photo: “RCMP arrest and remove the protester’s designated police liaison representative shortly after arriving to enforce the injunction and break up the camp on the Salisbury Forest Service Road at the north end of Kootenay Lake.” Photo by Louis Bockner. The Trail Times reports: “An independent review of RCMP actions in shutting down a 2022
- [Treatment of Mi’kmaw fishers by federal DFO officers compared to Starlight Tour violence by Saskatoon police](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/03/treatment-of-mikmaw-fishers-by-federal-dfo-officers-compared-to-starlight-tour-violence-by-saskatoon-police/) - Photo: Mi’kmaw protest at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; April 2, 2024. CBC reports: “Two Mi'kmaw elver fishermen say they were forced to walk in sock feet for hours along a rural Nova Scotia highway in the middle of the night last week after they were detained by federal
- [Is Canada exporting already-authorized military goods to Israel to uphold “the supply chain” over human rights conventions?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/04/01/is-canada-exporting-already-authorized-military-goods-to-israel-to-uphold-the-supply-chain-over-human-rights-conventions/) - Photo: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly. Is Canada choosing to export “military goods” to Israel approved prior to January 8, 2024, based on commercial “implications” while disregarding human rights commitments in the Genocide Convention and the Arms Trade Treaty? On March 19, the House of Commons passed a motion -- in a 204 to
- [U.S. authorizes the transfer to Israel of bombs and fighter jets made by companies financed by the Royal Bank of Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/30/u-s-authorizes-the-transfer-to-israel-of-bombs-and-fighter-jets-made-by-companies-financed-by-the-royal-bank-of-canada/) - Photo: An Israeli F-35I with four GBU-31 bombs in the foreground. The Boeing-developed Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance tail kit converts an unguided MK-84 bomb into a “smart” guided bomb unit (GBU). Today, on the 176th day of the Israeli assault on Gaza in which 82 people were killed over the last 24 hours,
- [Ontario companies export armoured vehicles to police forces implicated in human rights violations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/29/ontario-companies-export-armoured-vehicles-to-police-forces-implicated-in-human-rights-violations/) - Photo: Roshel Inc., an Ontario-based company trying to export its armoured vehicles to Israel, will be an exhibitor at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 29-30. There are human rights concerns about how some armoured vehicles manufactured in Ontario are used by security forces around the world. The human rights considerations can also include
- [As the US moves ahead with $3 billion sale of F-35s to Israel, Canada continues to supply key parts for these bombers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/28/as-the-us-moves-ahead-with-3-billion-sale-of-f-35s-to-israel-canada-continues-to-supply-key-parts-for-these-bombers/) - Photo: An IAF F-35 Adir. On March 19, Middle East Eye reported: “The US plans to move ahead with a $2.5bn [also reported as $3 billion] sale of F-35 fighter jets, Josh Paul, the former director of congressional and public affairs for the State Department’s bureau of political-military affairs, said.” The Times of Israel has
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó as the Ministry of Interior visits](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/28/pbi-colombia-accompanies-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado-as-the-ministry-of-interior-visits/) - On March 24, Franklin Castañeda tweeted: “From the Human Rights Directorate of the @MinInterior [Ministry of the Interior] we support the historic and genuine defense of the territory and peace of the @cdpsanjose [Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado]. What is expressed by [Colombian president] @petrogustavo and @Pontifex_es [Pope Francis]. honors the fight for
- [More than 130 Parliamentarians in the UK sign letter citing Canada in call to stop arms exports to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/27/130-parliamentarians-in-the-uk-sign-letter-citing-canada-in-call-to-stop-arms-exports-to-israel/) - The Guardian reports: “A letter signed by more than 130 parliamentarians to the foreign secretary, David Cameron, highlights action taken by other countries, most recently Canada, which last week announced it would halt all arms exports to Israel.” The article adds: “The letter, coordinated by the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Zarah Sultana, was signed
- [Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks speaks at the People’s Summit in Vienna about RCMP C-IRG violence](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/26/wetsuweten-hereditary-chief-namoks-speaks-cirg-violence-at-peoples-summit-vienna/) - Video: Chief Na’Moks at the People’s Summit in Vienna along with Hup-Wil-Lax-A and Gwii Lok’im Gibuu of the Gitxsan Nation. Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks writes in Ricochet Media: “This month marks one year since the RCMP’s civilian watchdog, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, launched an investigation into C-IRG.” “Last month, audio recordings of C-IRG
- [Could the German Air Force resume low-level flight training over Indigenous lands in Newfoundland and Labrador?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/25/could-the-german-air-force-resume-low-level-flight-training-over-indigenous-lands-in-newfoundland-and-labrador/) - Video: Hunters and Bombers (1990). CBC reports the German air force has requested that low-level flight training resume at 5 Wing Goose Bay, a Canadian Forces Base situated on the traditional territory of the Innu in Newfoundland and Labrador. In an emailed statement to CBC/Radio Canada, Department of National Defence (DND) spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin says:
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the 27th anniversary of the Peace Community days after two members were murdered](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/26/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-27th-anniversary-of-the-peace-community-days-after-two-members-were-murdered/) - PBI-Colombia has tweeted: “We accompanied the peaceful march and the commemorative events of the anniversary #27AñosCdP [27 years of the Community of Peace] organized by the @cdpsanjose [Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado] who claims their legitimate right to the protection of nature. We regret that the sky of commemoration has been clouded due
- [Could Canadian-made Colt M4 and MK18 assault rifles be exported for Israeli “civilian security squads”?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/24/could-canadian-made-colt-m4-and-mk18-assault-rifles-be-exported-for-israeli-civilian-security-squads/) - Photo: Protest at Colt Canada Corporation plant in Kitchener, Ontario; February 28, 2024. Photo by World Beyond War Canada. On March 18, the House of Commons passed a motion that included an amendment from a Liberal Member of Parliament so that it would read Canada will “cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH law firm at sentencing of Poqomchí land defender Sofia Tot Ac for “usurpation”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/25/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-bdh-lawyer-at-sentencing-of-poqomchi-land-defender-sofia-tot-ac-for-usurpation/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “On Tuesday and Wednesday [March 19-20] PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) to the hearing of the resolution of the accusation in the Sofía Case, in Cabón (Alta Verapaz). The judge in his sentence resolved that the Poqomchí defender has been an accomplice in the usurpation of protected
- [PBI-Guatemala observes evicted communities and BDH lawyers deliver alternative to Protected Areas Law](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/25/pbi-guatemala-observes-evicted-communities-and-bdh-lawyers-deliver-alternative-to-protected-areas-law/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Tuesday [March 19] PBI observes delegations from various territories of evicted communities accompanying communities of the Laguna del Tigre and Sierra de Lacandón Protected Areas that have lived decades criminalized and threatened with eviction by the current Protected Areas Law. Together with their lawyers from the Human Rights Law Firm [BDH]
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS on Humanitarian Mission to hear from people in La Esperanza, Cantagallo](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/23/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-on-humanitarian-mission-to-hear-from-people-in-la-esperanza-cantagallo/) - CREDHOS has posted on Facebook: “From the territories, listening to the human rights situation of the civilian population, we build peace. To the district/administrative subdivision of La Esperanza, in the municipality of Cantagallo, Bolivar, the Credhos corporation accompanied the Humanitarian Mission organized by the Ombudsman's Office and the Mayor's Office of Cantagallo, in conjunction with
- [Global Affairs Canada Trade Commissioner Service withdraws from CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, but why?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/23/global-affairs-canada-trade-commissioner-service-withdraws-from-cansec-arms-show-but-why/) - The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) has withdrawn from this year’s CANSEC arms show. It’s not yet known why. The TCS still notes on its website: “Canada’s export-intensive defence and security sector is of critical importance to the country.” The website for the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) organized
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at media conference on IACHR request](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/22/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-chiquimula-at-media-conference-on-iachr-request/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “PBI accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula at their press conference in which they report to the CIDH [Inter-American Commission on Human Rights] that their opposition to the mining project in their region is ignored by the State. ‘We as Ch'orti' people have the right to protect
- [PBI-Colombia expresses its indignation over the murder of two members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/20/pbi-colombia-expresses-its-indignation-over-the-murder-of-two-members-of-the-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado/) - UPDATE (March 22): “From our Peace Community we accompany our brothers and companions murdering by the criminal hands of the paramilitaries, clearly tolerated by the institutions. Goodbye Nallely and Edinson. They will forever be in our memory.” --- PBI-Colombia has posted: “We express our deep pain, rejection and indignation at the murder of Nallely and
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) at hearing of two former state intelligence agents](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/22/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-human-rights-law-firm-bdh-at-hearing-of-two-former-state-intelligence-agents/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Friday [March 15] PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm in the hearing of the Military Diary case. The judge decided to accept the substitute measures of liberty requested by the defense of the two accused, José Daniel Monterroso and Edgar Virginio de León Sigüenza, consisting of: Unattended house arrest. Ban
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at highway blockade at Cholula garbage dump](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/22/pbi-mexico-accompanies-peoples-front-in-defence-of-land-and-water-at-highway-blockade-at-cholula-garbage-dump/) - On March 21st, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “Today PBI accompanies the @fpdtampt [Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water] at a protest against the landfill in San Pedro Cholula. We urge state and federal agencies, such as @Segob_Puebla [the Secretary of the Interior of the State of Puebla] and @AmbientePuebla [Environment Secretary of Puebla], to sit
- [Canada helps 50+ countries access Elbit's "battle-tested" weapons at CANSEC arms show in Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/20/despite-house-vote-on-future-arms-sales-canada-helps-50-countries-access-elbit-at-cansec-arms-show/) - Photo: Elbit Systems at CANSEC in 2019. On May 29-30 they will be at Booth 1421/M10 in the EY Centre in Ottawa. The Guardian reports: “Canada will halt future arms sales to Israel following a non-binding vote in the house of commons. The foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told the Toronto Star her government would
- [Trans Mountain pipeline to be operational by Canada Day; cost should include RCMP repression of Indigenous resistance to the megaproject](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/21/trans-mountain-pipeline-to-be-operational-by-canada-day-cost-should-include-rcmp-repression-of-indigenous-resistance/) - Photo: On March 19, 2018, Dan Wallace, of the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation was tackled by RCMP officers at a protest against the Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby on the lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Kwikwetlem peoples. By May 2018, the Canadian government had bought the pipeline. The CBC reports: “The odyssey of developing and
- [PBI-Mexico to observe protest demanding closure of Cholula Landfill given concerns about air and water pollution](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/21/pbi-mexico-to-observe-protest-demanding-closure-of-cholula-landfill-given-concerns-about-air-and-water-pollution/) - Photo: “Demonstration. Out landfill! We demand total cancellation and abandonment plan.” PBI-Mexico has posted on Facebook: “In the framework of our accompaniment of the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water - Puebla, Tlaxcala, Morelos, brigadistas of PBI Mexico will be present in San Pedro Cholula as international observers this Thursday, March 21. The
- [Will the House of Commons vote on arms exports to Israel have implications for Elbit Systems at the CANSEC arms show?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/19/will-the-house-of-commons-vote-on-arms-exports-to-israel-have-implications-for-the-cansec-arms-show-this-may-29-30/) - Video still: Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly rises to vote in favour of the motion to "cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel". Last night, the House of Commons voted 204-118 in favour of a motion that includes a provision on the export of arms to Israel. The original wording of
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CAJAR lawyers’ collective welcomes Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling on systemic persecution](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/19/pbi-colombia-accompanied-cajar-lawyers-collective-welcomes-inter-american-court-ruling-on-systemic-persecution/) - Photo: Yessika Hoyos and Danilo Rueda in Bogota yesterday. PBI-Colombia has posted on Twitter: “After years of systematic persecution and complaints, the @CorteIDH condemns the Colombian State in a historic sentence. We applaud the courage and commitment of all the members of @Ccajar and we deeply regret all the violence against them.” El Pais further
- [First Nations Land Defence Alliance opposes proposed nuclear waste dump, Ring of Fire mining in Ontario](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/19/first-nations-land-defence-alliance-opposes-proposed-nuclear-waste-dump-ring-of-fire-mining-in-ontario/) - Photo: Land Defence Alliance march, September 27, 2023. The CBC reports: “By the end of this year, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is expected to decide on its preferred site for the country's first deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.” It adds: “The potential locations are: The Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation-Ignace area, about
- [TODAY: Canadian House of Commons to vote on a ceasefire and an arms embargo on the Israeli military](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/18/today-canadian-house-of-commons-to-vote-on-a-ceasefire-and-an-arms-embargo-on-the-israeli-military/) - With thousands of emails generated and public opinion solidly on side with a ceasefire, how will Members of Parliament vote today? This motion will be voted on today (Monday March 18 at around 4 pm ET). It calls on the Government of Canada to demand an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages; suspend
- [Israel reportedly seeks to import about 30 armoured vehicles made by Brampton, Ontario-based Roshel Inc.](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/16/israel-seeks-to-import-about-30-armoured-patrol-vehicles-made-by-brampton-ontario-based-roshel-inc/) - Photo: An Israeli police armoured vehicle drives by as Palestinian Muslim worshipers who were prevented from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque pray outside Jerusalem's Old City, November 11, 2023. Photo by AP. The CBC reports: “The federal government is deliberately slow-walking a request from Israel for permission to import Canadian-made armoured patrol vehicles, two sources tell
- [Suspending the export of Canadian "military goods" to Israel should also include addressing their transfer via the United States](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/17/suspending-the-export-of-canadian-military-goods-to-israel-should-include-stopping-their-transfer-via-the-united-states/) - Photo: The House of Commons. On Monday March 18th, the House of Commons will be voting on this motion that includes the call for Canada to “suspend all trade in military goods and technology with Israel and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to Hamas.” The Global Affairs Canada report on
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace as the Naya River Community Council holds 12th Memories Festival](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/18/pbi-colombia-accompanies-justice-and-peace-as-the-naya-river-community-council-holds-12th-memories-festival/) - PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram: “Yesterday, March 16, @justiciapazcolombia [Commission of Justice and Peace] and the Naya Community Council organized the event ‘Transforming Memories and Walking Towards Peace’. PBI has witnessed the work of building peace and collective memory that is done from the territories.” Justice and Peace has also posted on Twitter: “The 12th
- [PBI-Mexico present at International Women’s Day march in Cuernavaca, Morelos where femicides continue](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/16/pbi-mexico-present-at-international-womens-day-march-in-cuernavaca-morelos-where-femicides-continue/) - On March 15, PBI-Mexico posted on Instagram and Facebook: “A week ago, we were present as international observers at #M8 [International Women’s Day] in #Cuernavaca. From PBI, we accompany women demanding an end to impunity in cases of rape, disappearances and violence against them. We demand guarantees for their #HumanRIghts.” Cuernavaca is the capital and
- [PBI-Canada hosts webinar on Gitxsan and Gitanyow resistance to colonial mega-projects](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/07/pbi-canada-hosts-webinar-on-indigenous-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-resistance-to-colonial-mega-projects/) - On Tuesday March 5, Peace Brigades International-Canada convened a webinar hosted by Board member Seb Bonet, who is based on Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ territories, that featured Kai Nagata, Tara Marsden, Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and Maryam Adrangi speaking about Gitxsan and Gitanyow resistance to colonial mega-projects. Kai Nagata Kai Nagata, the communications director for Dogwood, a British
- [Could the Israeli warplanes bombing Gaza be fueled by petroleum exports to the United States from Canada?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/15/could-the-israeli-warplanes-bombing-gaza-be-fueled-by-petroleum-exports-to-the-united-states-from-canada/) - Photo: An Israeli Air Force member prepares an F-35I Adir for takeoff from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 16, 2023. The Guardian reports: “Israeli jets and tanks bombarding Palestinians are being fueled by some of the world’s most profitable fossil fuel companies [according to research by Data Desk commissioned by Oil Change International]. Israel
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanied river defender Bernardo Caal Xol marks the International Day of the fight against Dams](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/14/pbi-guatemala-accompanied-river-defender-bernardo-caal-xol-marks-the-international-day-of-the-fight-against-dams/) - Photo: On May 10, 2023, Caal Xol marched to the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City to demand sanctions against those who have violated the rights of Q’eqchi’ peoples including Spanish businessman Florentino Perez and his company Cobra SA, a subsidiary of the Madrid-based Grupo ACS. PBI-Guatemala accompanied Maya Q’eqchi’ water defender Bernardo Caal Xol has
- [RCMP C-IRG assisted North Vancouver detachment after injunction prohibits protests on highway overpass](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/13/rcmp-c-irg-assisted-north-vancouver-detachment-after-injunction-prohibits-protests-on-highway-overpass/) - Photo: The RCMP C-IRG assisted the North Vancouver RCMP detachment when pro-2SLGBTQIA+ activists counter-protested anti-SOGI demonstrators in July 2023. Photo by Nick Laba / North Shore News. Following Amanda Follett Hosgood reporting in The Tyee that RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) officers supported local police at rallies in southern British Columbia, most likely in October
- [PBI highlights situation of human rights defenders in Kenya, Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia at UN Human Rights Council session](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/13/pbi-highlights-situation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-kenya-honduras-guatemala-and-colombia-at-un-human-rights-council-session/) - On March 12, Peace Brigades International (PBI) Advocacy Coordinator Yannick Wild presented to the 55th Human Rights Council Session at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor. In his presentation, he noted: “In Kenya, grassroots human rights groups raised multiple alerts, reporting
- [PBI asks the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing to visit Guatemala, see the situation of forced evictions](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/12/pbi-invites-the-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-right-to-housing-to-visit-guatemala-see-the-situation-of-forced-evictions/) - On March 4, Peace Brigades International (PBI) Advocacy Coordinator Yannick Wild presented to the 55th Human Rights Council Session at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal. His presentation noted: “In Guatemala, in recent years, dozens of forced evictions have
- [Militarization, megaprojects and the June 2nd presidential election in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/12/militarization-megaprojects-and-the-june-2nd-presidential-election-in-mexico/) - Photo: Demonstrators confronting armed military officials patrolling the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus megaproject. Photo by Carlos Beas. As Mexico heads towards general elections to be held on June 2nd this year, we recall concerns raised by Peace Brigades International prior to the July 1, 2018 election. In June 2018, PBI-United Kingdom commented in The
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Mayan Poqomam resistance to sand mining in Chinautla](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/12/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-mayan-poqomam-resistance-to-ongoing-sand-mining-in-chinautla/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Wednesday [March 6], #PBI accompanied the Multisectoral of Chinautla. We were present at their encampment where they meet every day to discuss the situation in the territory caused by the presence of sand mining companies. We took the opportunity to meet with various local state entities to discuss the security situation
- [PBI-Canada co-organizes webinar encouraging applications to be a PBI-Colombia field volunteer](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/27/pbi-canada-co-organizes-webinar-encouraging-applications-to-be-a-pbi-colombia-field-volunteer/) - On February 27, PBI-Colombia, PBI-UK and PBI-Canada collaborated on a webinar to help encourage people to be a field volunteer with PBI-Colombia. They are currently seeking new volunteers with an application deadline of March 2. For more about that, click here. This webinar featured former PBI-Colombia field volunteers Marie Zeller (there from 2019 to 2023)
- [PBI-Honduras with COPINH on the 8th anniversary of the murder of Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/03/pbi-honduras-with-copinh-on-the-8th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-indigenous-lenca-water-protector-berta-caceres/) - Near midnight on March 2, 2016, assassins hired by DESA, a company seeking to build a hydroelectric dam opposed by the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), broke into the home of COPINH’s general coordinator, Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Caceres, shot her, and escaped. She died minutes later in the arms
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies dhColombia at trial of police officer accused of murdering Angie Baquero at protest](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/05/pbi-colombia-accompanies-dhcolombia-at-trial-of-police-officer-accused-of-murdering-angie-baquero-at-protest/) - On March 4, dhColombia tweeted: “Today in the judicial complex of Paloquemao, a public hearing is being held for the murder of Angie Paola Baquero Rojas on September 9, 2020, against Mr. Jorge Andrés Lasso Valencia, who served as a patrolman of the National Police.... And he would have fired his firearm against the population
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Red Solidaria DH, recognizes the collective rights of the Indigenous Nahua peoples of Santa Maria Ostula](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/08/pbi-mexico-accompanies-red-solidaria-dh-recognizes-the-collective-rights-of-the-nahua-peoples-of-santa-maria-ostula/) - Photo: “In Ostula, the people rule and the government obeys” PBI-Mexico has posted: “The work carried out by the Indigenous government of the community of Santa María Ostula is an extremely important reference not only for the inhabitants of the Nahua community, but also for the Human Rights Solidarity Network [Red Solidaria DH], a civil
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies 12th anniversary of La Puya resistance that began against a Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/08/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-12th-anniversary-of-la-puya-resistance-that-began-against-a-canadian-mining-company/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Last Sunday [March 3], #PBI accompanied the anniversary of the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya, who celebrated with a mass and a party the twelve years of its resistance to the mining project El Tambor, Progreso VII derivative (gold and silver) and its defense of territory, water and life.” Vancouver-based Radius Gold
- [PBI accompanies International Women’s Day in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Kenya, Costa Rica, the UK and Canada](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/10/pbi-accompanies-international-womens-day-in-colombia-honduras-guatemala-kenya-the-uk-and-canada/) - Photo: PBI-Colombia on IWD. Peace Brigades International entities around the world marked International Women's Day on Friday March 8. PBI-Honduras posted on Instagram: “We accompany @redefensorashn [Women Defenders Network-Honduras] and all the #women who mobilized today #8M at the Palace of Justice in the Honduran capital, where they expressed their demands about the hundreds of unresolved
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAJAR lawyers’ collective at meeting with Embassies following threats against its members](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/11/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cajar-lawyers-collective-at-meeting-with-embassies-following-threats-against-its-members/) - The José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CAJAR) has posted: “Attention. Today we met, in the company of @PBIColombia, with representatives of the [Embassies of] Belgium, Chile, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, as well as with the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, the European Union, and the Office of the United Nations High
- [PBI-Canada noted in Canadian Dimension article that links Safran to the RCMP C-IRG and Israeli military](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/11/pbi-canada-noted-in-canadian-dimension-article-that-links-safran-to-the-rcmp-c-irg-and-israeli-military/) - Photo: Blockade of Safran Electronics in Peterborough, February 26. Photo by Irene Suvillaga. Canadian Dimension magazine recently published Direct action confronts Canada-Israel arms trade by Kirsten Francescone and Irene Suvillaga. Their article highlights: “Safran Electronics & Defense Canada Inc. [whose] facility located in the south-end of Peterborough [is] a subsidiary of the Safran Group, a
- [PBI-Guatemala highlights intervention by US Embassy in support of controversial Canadian Cerro Blanco mine](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/11/pbi-guatemala-highlights-intervention-by-us-embassy-in-support-of-controversial-canadian-cerro-blanco-mine/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted on Facebook: “The US Embassy advocated for the mining company and the Cerro Blanco project, while environmental groups and settlers of Jutiapa have on several occasions expressed concern because the reactivation of the project is a risk to the environment, water and health of the communities villages in Guatemala and El Salvador.”
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS and CCAJAR on 25th anniversary of massacre in Barrancabermeja](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/10/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-and-ccajar-at-the-25th-anniversary-remembrance-of-a-massacre-in-barrancabermeja/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: "The truth must be worked on." We accompanied @Credhos_Paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defense of Human Rights] and @Ccajar [the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective] in the commemoration of the collective of victims of #MasacreOfFebruary28 and in the hearing of macro-case 008 before the JEP [Special Jurisdiction for Peace].” Massacre in
- [RCMP defence of C-IRG ignores testimony and audio recordings from recent abuse of process court hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/09/rcmp-defence-of-c-irg-unit-ignores-testimony-from-recent-abuse-of-process-hearing/) - Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) launching a “systemic investigation” into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG). The Ottawa-based CRCC began the investigation after receiving nearly 500 complaints about the C-IRG. The CBC has reported: “More than 100 grievances accepted for investigation contain allegations
- [Elbit Systems barred from Chilean FIDAE arms show, scheduled to be at CANSEC in Ottawa, May 29-30](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/09/elbit-systems-barred-from-chilean-arms-show-scheduled-to-be-at-cansec-in-ottawa-may-29-30/) - Photo: The Elbit Systems Hermes 900 drone at FIDAE. The Chilean government has barred Israeli weapons companies from the upcoming International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE). This prohibition includes Elbit Systems, the largest Israeli military manufacturer that produces 85% of its land-based equipment and 85% of the drones used by the Israeli Air Force. The announcement
- [RCMP use helicopters, airplanes and drones to surveil and arrest Wet’suwet’en land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/05/21/rcmp-use-helicopters-airplanes-and-drones-to-surveil-wetsuweten-land-defenders/) - Photo: A security check-point at Mile Marker 27, near Houston, B.C., on Jan. 8, 2019. Photo by Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail. This helicopter appears similar in appearance to a Eurocopter EC-120 Colibri. The RCMP community-industry response group (C-IRG) has used helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and drones to surveil and arrest Indigenous land defenders. As of
- [Crown seeks 60-90 day jail sentence for Likhts’amisyu Clan Wing Chief Dsta’hyl for defending Wet’suwet’en territory](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/07/crown-seeks-60-90-day-jail-sentence-for-likhtsamisyu-clan-wing-chief-dstahyl-for-defending-wetsuweten-territory/) - Photo: Dsta’hyl on Likhts’amisyu territory. Photo by Mark West/Briarpatch Magazine. The Terrace Standard reports: “The crown is seeking a 60-90 day jail sentence for Dsta’hyl’s interference in the [TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas] pipeline’s construction. Dsta’hyl’s defence said they will ask for a non-custodial sentence.” Amanda Follett Hosgood of The Tyee has also tweeted:
- [PBI-Mexico visits with Comite Cerezo as they highlight “the issue of the genocide against the Palestinian people”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/06/pbi-mexico-visits-with-comite-cerezo-as-they-highlight-the-issue-of-the-genocide-against-the-palestinian-people/) - The PBI-Mexico Project has tweeted: “Thank you very much @comitecerezo for always opening the doors to us to discuss the context of #human rights in Mexico and sharing these moments of exchange.” This followed the Comite Cerezo tweeting: “Grateful for the visit of the volunteers of the Peace Brigades International @PBI_Mexico have a good stay
- [Gitxsan Huwilp to rally in Smithers against the C-IRG and sentencing of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Wing Chief Dsta’hyl, March 6](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/05/gitxsan-huwilp-to-rally-in-smithers-against-the-c-irg-and-sentencing-of-wetsuweten-hereditary-wing-chief-dstahyl-march-6/) - The Gitxsan Huwilp Government will be rallying against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) and the sentencing of Hereditary Wing Chief in Smithers on Wednesday March 6. They have posted on Facebook: “RCMP C-IRG - as you are aware - is under investigation for corruption by their federal oversight agency –
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH at Crawfish Rock meeting as Honduras exits World Bank investment dispute body](https://pbicanada.org/2024/03/02/pbi-honduras-accompanies-arcah-at-crawfish-rock-meeting-as-honduras-exits-world-bank-investment-dispute-body/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We accompany ARCAH [the Honduran Alternative for Community and Environmental Vindication] in the second meeting of the National Movement Against ZEDE [Zone for Employment and Economic Development] and in Defense of Sovereignty in the community of Crawfish Rock (Roatan, Bay Islands). We stand in solidarity with the Crawfish Rock community, OFRANEH [the
- [PBI calls for respect for international law, protection of human rights defenders and an immediate cease-fire](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/29/pbi-calls-for-respect-for-international-law-protection-of-human-rights-defenders-and-an-immediate-cease-fire/) - Contact: governance@peacebrigades.org PBI calls for respect for international law, protection of human rights defenders and an immediate cease-fire Peace Brigades International (PBI), an organization that seeks to create space for peace and participate in the protection of human rights, shares the words of the UN Secretary General that "only a negotiated peace that satisfies the
- [PBI-Canada webinar on Gitxsan and Gitanyow Resistance to Colonial Mega Projects, March 5](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/29/pbi-canada-webinar-on-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-resistance-to-colonial-mega-projects-march-5-2/) - We know that settler colonialism aims to eliminate Indigeneity, either through incorporating Indigenous people into colonial structures, or forcing access to territory through injunctions and RCMP CIRG-sponsored terror. And at the same time, Indigenous people continue to live their laws, practice collective governance structures that entwine communities with each other and the land, and renew
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Alaska Summit Massacre trial of soldiers who killed six Mayan K'iche' men](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/29/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-alaska-summit-massacre-trial-of-soldiers-who-killed-six-mayan-kiche-men/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “An hour after the reading of the sentence on Caso de la Masacre de la Cumbre de Alaska the room was filled with the plaintiffs, relatives and authorities of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán and the Ixil people.” Reuters reports: “A Guatemalan court on Wednesday [February 28] convicted seven soldiers for their
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies walk by Q'eqchi' communities who demand OXEC be removed as member of COMUDE](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/29/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-walk-by-qeqchi-communities-who-demand-oxec-be-removed-as-member-of-comude/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “[On February 26], #PBI accompanies the peaceful walk carried out by the Q'eqchi' communities of Santa María Cahabón. Around 300 people mobilized towards the municipality to demand the removal of the accreditation of the hydroelectric company OXEC as a member of the Municipal Development Council (COMUDE), and that no more licenses continue
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula as it peacefully resists Canadian mining company](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/28/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-maya-chorti-indigenous-council-of-olopa-chiquimula-as-it-peacefully-resists-canadian-mining/) - The PBI-Guatemala Project has posted: “Yesterday [February 25], #PBI accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa Chiquimula in its eighth anniversary, which took place in a natural water birth. During the act, claims were made in defense of water and land through indigenous authorities and through their spirituality.” Poster: Consejo Indígena Maya Ch'orti' de
- [MLA Olsen asks the BC Minister of Public Safety if he still has confidence in the controversial RCMP C-IRG unit](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/28/mla-olsen-asks-the-bc-minister-of-public-safety-if-he-still-has-confidence-in-the-controversial-rcmp-c-irg-unit/) - On Thursday February 22, there was this exchange in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria between Green Party MLA Adam Olsen and Mike Farnworth, the Minister of Public Safety. Olsen refers to testimony that emerged last month at an ongoing abuse of process court hearing in Smithers, BC that highlighted C-IRG officers could
- [CEHPRODEC executive director Donald Hernández: “We go to the territories accompanied by organizations such as PBI”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/27/cehprodec-executive-director-donald-hernandez-we-go-to-the-territories-accompanied-by-organizations-such-as-pbi/) - PBI-Honduras has accompanied the Honduran Center for the Promotion of Community Development (CEHPRODEC) since May 2014. Spanish RTVE radio-television recently interviewed Donald Hernández, the executive director of CEHPRODEC. Below is an excerpt from that full interview. QUESTION: Have you ever suffered threats? ANSWER: Yes, many. The activism in which we develop leads us to be
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó at the commemoration of the Massacre of Mulatos and La Resbalosa](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/25/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-peace-community-of-san-jose-de-apartado-at-the-commemoration-of-the-massacre-of-mulatos-and-la-resbalosa/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “PBI Colombia accompanied the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the community work and the commemoration of the Massacre of Mulatos and La Resbalosa, perpetrated on February 21, 2005, by the Army. Hearings on this event are currently underway at the JEP with case 04.” The Massacre PBI-Colombia has previously
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Conavigua at commemoration of Indigenous Maya victims of the internal armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/25/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-conavigua-at-commemoration-of-indigenous-maya-victims-of-the-internal-armed-conflict/) - On February 24, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies in the framework of the Day of the Dignification of the Victims of the IAC [internal armed conflict] commemorated every February 25 by the delivery of the Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) in the year 1999, Conavigua Guatemala invited to a forum and presentation of
- [Meet German Romero on Monday!](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/25/meet-german-romero-on-monday/) - German Romero Sánchez is a Bogotá-based lawyer with the Associated Network of Human Rights Defenders (dhColombia) that PBI-Colombia has accompanied since 2016. To meet him this Monday February 26, register here. His organization is made up of an interdisciplinary group of professionals, who assume the defence of victims of human rights violations, either individually or
- [Global Affairs Canada provides $450,352.00 to CADSI, UN Special Rapporteurs note arms companies have human rights obligations](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/25/global-affairs-canada-provides-450352-to-cadsi-lobby-group-un-special-rapporteur-note-arms-companies-have-human-rights-obligations/) - Photo: Protest outside the CADSI office in Ottawa on February 13, 2024. The website of the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada shows that the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) has received $450,352.00 from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) over the past two years. That same Lobbying Commissioner website notes that
- [UN Special Rapporteurs say any transfer of weapons to Israel is likely to violate international humanitarian law](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/23/un-special-rapporteurs-say-any-transfer-of-weapons-to-israel-is-likely-to-violate-international-humanitarian-law/) - Photo: Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Thirteen United Nations Special Rapporteurs, including Francesca Albanese, along with several Independent Experts and Working Group members, have stated that “any transfer of weapons or ammunition to Israel that would be used in Gaza is likely to
- [Will COP16 in Colombia help to protect environmental defenders or be a “colonial conservation rebrand”?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/23/will-cop16-in-colombia-help-to-protect-environmental-defenders-or-be-a-colonial-conservation-rebrand/) - Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister who is expected to be the COP16 Biodiversity Conference president, tells The Guardian: “Although the climate is affecting biodiversity, nature is an answer to the climate crisis." She adds: "It is not the only answer, but it is a very important pillar, and we want to position it very strongly
- [PBI-Canada concerned by threats against CREDHOS, FEDEPESAN and ACVC in the Magdalena Medio region of Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/09/pbi-canada-concerned-by-threats-against-credhos-fedepesan-acvc/) - Still from Enlace Noticias news report. From Canada we express our concern that the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS), the Federation of Santander Fishers for Tourism and Environment (FEDEPESAN), the Small-Scale Farmer Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC), and other social organizations have been threatened. Peace Brigades International accompanies CREDHOS
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Q'eqchi’ defender Lesbia Artola of the CCDA-Verapaces to the Public Ministry](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/18/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-maya-qeqchi-defender-lesbia-artola-of-the-ccda-verapaces-to-the-public-ministry/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “On Thursday [February 15], PBI accompanied the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA) of the Verapaces, to a summons issued by the MP [Public Ministry] to the Cobán District Prosecutor's Office, in relation to a complaint against one of its members. Concern continues over the alarming increase in criminalizations of women human
- [PBI-Honduras observes protest by Lenca community of Tierras del Padre criminalized for “usurpation” of ancestral lands](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/21/pbi-honduras-observes-protest-by-lenca-community-of-tierras-del-padre-criminalized-for-usurpation-of-ancestral-lands/) - On February 20, PBI-Honduras posted: “We celebrate the closing of the process against the 11 people from the Lenca community of Tierras del Padre criminalized for the crime of usurpation. On February 16, when the final letters of freedom were granted to the defenders in the Criminal Court in Tegucigalpa, from PBI we observed the
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CAJAR lawyer Reynaldo Villalba during the fraud and bribery trial of former president's lawyer Diego Cadena](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/17/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cajar-lawyer-reynaldo-villalba-during-the-trial-of-former-presidents-lawyer-diego-cadena/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompanied @ReynaldVillalba of @Ccajar [the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective] in the framework of the proceedings related to the trial being carried out against lawyer Cadena. Guarantees are urgently needed in the climate of defamation and threats.” Diego Javier Cadena Ramírez was Álvaro Uribe's lawyer. Uribe was the President of Colombia
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies family of Náhuatl land defender Samir Flores on the fifth anniversary of his murder](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/21/pbi-mexico-accompanies-family-of-nahuatl-land-defender-samir-flores-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-his-murder/) - On February 20, PBI-Mexico posted: “It has been 5 years since the murder of Samir Flores. We remember Samir as one of the referents of the work in defense of #human rights and indigenous peoples in Mexico. From @PBI_Mexico we accompany his family today in the community of Amilcingo.” Latinus has noted: “On February 20,
- [PBI-Canada webinar on Gitxsan and Gitanyow Resistance to Colonial Mega Projects, March 5](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/22/pbi-canada-webinar-on-gitxsan-and-gitanyow-resistance-to-colonial-mega-projects-march-5/) - On March 5th at 5.30PM PT join us to get an hour-long update on Gitxsan and Gitanyow resistance to heavy industry. Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, Tara Marsden, Kai Nagata and Maryam Adrangi will share leadership, analysis and movement-building perspective as three new pipelines are proposed, RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) funding expands, and the post-Truth and Reconciliation
- [PBI-Canada co-organizing webinar seeking field volunteers for PBI-Colombia, February 26](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/22/pbi-canada-co-organizing-webinar-seeking-field-volunteers-for-pbi-colombia-february-26/) - PBI-Colombia is seeking new field volunteers! We are working with them and PBI-United Kingdom on a webinar to encourage applications. The deadline to apply is Saturday March 2. To learn more about this, join us on Monday February 26 to hear Marie Zeller, a former field volunteer, and German Romero, an accompanied human rights lawyer!
- [PBI-Colombia seeks new field volunteers, deadline to apply is March 2](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/08/pbi-colombia-seeks-new-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-march-2/) - The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has posted this call for field volunteers to accompany organizations, defenders and communities for a period of 18 months. Key dates include: March 2 – deadline to apply March 4-30 – 90-minute personal interviews with applicants May 8-12 – five-day virtual training/selection meeting June-July – first grouping of new volunteers
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at trial of Mayan Poqomchi defender Sofia Tot accused of “usurpation”](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/21/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-human-rights-law-firm-at-trial-of-mayan-poqomchi-defender-sofia-tot-accused-of-usurpation/) - On February 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm at the Cobán Courts Tower, Alta Verapaz, at the beginning of the conclusions of the Sofia Case. Sofia, Mayan Poqomchi woman, is criminalized and accused of usurpation of private property in protected areas and exploiting its resources. The Public Office and adhesive
- [Canadian court finds Likhts’amisyu Clan Wing Chief Dsta’hyl guilty of criminal contempt for upholding Wet’suwet’en law](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/20/canadian-court-finds-likhtsamisyu-clan-wing-chief-dstahyl-guilty-of-criminal-contempt-for-upholding-wetsuweten-law/) - Photo: Chief Dsta’hyl disables a Coastal Gaslink bulldozer. Photo by Michael Toledano. Abolish CIRG has just posted: “Justice Tammen rules Dsta'hyl is guilty of criminal contempt. Referring to the Wet'suwet'en law of trespass vs the injunction: ‘The two legal orders cannot comfortably co-exist in the circumstances.’” It adds: “Dinï ze’ Dsta’hyl is the highest ranking
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies acquittal of Nahuatl water protector Miguel López Vega criminalized for defending the Metlapanapa River](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/20/pbi-mexico-accompanies-acquittal-of-nahuatl-water-protector-miguel-lopez-vega-criminalized-for-defending-the-metlapanapa-river/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “PBI also accompanies the victory. We remember this long road and we feel very happy because Miguel López Vega was acquitted of all charges against him, he defeated the criminalization of his legitimate work in defense of the Metlapanapa River and the right of the Nahua peoples to self-determination. Miguel, his community
- [PBI-Mexico celebrates Federal Court ruling that recognizes Indigenous Rarámuri community’s ancestral rights, annuls forestry permits](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/18/pbi-mexico-celebrates-federal-court-ruling-that-recognizes-raramuri-communitys-ancestral-rights-annuls-forestry-permits/) - Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanied the Indigenous forest community supported by CONTEC when they blocked the Creel-San Rafael highway for five hours on November 19, 2022, in a protest demanding legal recognition of their territory. PBI-Mexico has posted: “PBI-Mexico celebrates the recognition of the ancestral lands of the Indigenous Rarámuri forest community of San Elías Repechike, in
- [Canada calls for an immediate ceasefire, warns against offensive in Rafah, but exports "military goods" to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/17/canada-calls-for-a-ceasefire-warns-against-offensive-in-rafah-but-exports-military-goods-to-israel/) - Photo: In response to the Israeli military bombing of Rafah, an emergency rally was held outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa on February 12. On February 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated: “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is urgently needed”, “a military operation into Rafah would be catastrophic”, “the International Court of Justice has been
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies San José de Apartadó Peace Community and dhColombia at meeting with Canadian Embassy](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/15/pbi-colombia-accompanies-the-san-jose-de-apartado-peace-community-and-dhcolombia-at-meeting-with-canadian-embassy/) - On February 14, PBI-Colombia posted: ""As peasants, our greatest strength is the land," says @cdpsanjose [the San José de Apartadó Peace Community] accompanied by @dhColombia [the Association of Human Rights Defenders Network] in a meeting with [the Embassy of] @CanadayColombia and @ONUHumanRights [United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]. Guarantees are urgently needed against the
- [PBI-Honduras laments a police officer has not been sentenced in the femicide of Keyla Martinez in February 2021](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/15/pbi-honduras-laments-a-police-officer-still-has-not-been-sentenced-in-the-femicide-of-keyla-martinez-in-february-2021/) - Photo: PBI-Honduras accompanied the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) at the trial of police officer Jarol Perdomo; October 1, 2022. On February 14, PBI-Honduras posted: “Three years after the death of Keyla Martinez inside a police station, a sentence is still awaiting. According to her mother, Norma Rodriguez, the Siguatepeque Sentencing
- [PBI-Mexico marks World Radio Day and celebrates the work of Indigenous communicators who defend territory](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/15/pbi-mexico-marks-world-radio-day-and-celebrates-the-work-of-indigenous-communicators-who-defend-territory/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “This February 13th from @PBI_Mexico we celebrate the world radio day that has allowed the right to information and free expression. We give a recognition to community radios Cholollan Radio, Mi Radio Zacatepec Tlaxcalancingo and Radio Comunitaria Amiltzinko 100.7Fm that use this medium to inform communities and defend their territory. From PBI,
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies trial of union member, students, professors who opposed fraudulent election of university rector](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/15/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-trial-of-union-members-students-professors-who-opposed-fraudulent-election-of-university-rector/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “Last week, PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm [BDH] to the hearing of first statement of 8 people criminalized in the case ‘USAC Takeover: Political Spoils’. The MP [Public Ministry] accuses students, unionists and professionals of depredation of cultural assets, aggravated usurpation, unlawful association and sedition for supporting the university resistance
- [South Africa lodges ‘urgent request’ with International Court of Justice to consider if Israeli attack on Rafah breaches provisional orders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/13/south-africa-lodges-urgent-request-with-international-court-of-justice-to-consider-if-israeli-attack-on-rafah-breaches-provisional-orders/) - Photo: PBI-Canada was present at an emergency rally in Ottawa on February 12 following the Israeli airstrikes against Rafah earlier that morning. The Associated Press reports: “South Africa’s government said Tuesday [February 13] it had lodged an ‘urgent request’ with the U.N.'s International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern
- [Dutch Appeals Court rules the Netherlands must stop within 7 days the export of parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/12/dutch-appeals-court-rules-the-netherlands-must-stop-within-7-days-the-export-of-parts-for-f-35-fighter-jets-to-israel/) - Photo: An Israeli Air Force F-35I with four GBU-31s in the foreground. This morning, the Associated Press reports: “Judges in the Netherlands on Monday [February 12] ordered the Dutch government to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violations of international law. A trio of human rights
- [Canada’s weapons sales may make it complicit of violations in international law, war crimes and genocide in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/12/canadas-weapons-sales-may-make-it-complicit-of-violations-in-international-law-war-crimes-and-genocide-in-gaza/) - Video still: At least 67 Palestinians were killed and many others wounded by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations on Monday morning (2 am local time) in Rafah. This morning, the Associated Press reports: “Judges in the Netherlands on Monday [February 12] ordered the Dutch government to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to
- [Spanish actors at Goya Awards say ‘Stop the arms trade’; what about the Junos and Canadian Screen Awards?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/11/spanish-actors-at-goya-awards-say-stop-the-arms-trade-what-will-happen-at-the-junos-and-canadian-screen-awards/) - Photo: Actors Alba Flores and Ana Belén. Photo by Cordon Press/Europa Press. The Goya Awards (Premios Goya) are Spain's annual film awards akin to the Canadian Screen Awards or the Academy Awards in the United States. This year the award ceremony was held on Saturday February 10 in Valladolid, a city situated about 210 kilometres
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS as it tests water in Sabana de Torres impacted by wastewater discharges](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/10/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-as-it-tests-water-in-sabana-de-torres-impacted-by-wastewater-discharges/) - On February 7, the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) posted: “We continued with our environmental agenda in the territory, this time from the municipality of Sabana de Torres, Santander, making a technical visit of ocular inspection and in situ measurement of physicochemical parameters of the San Isidro and La Gómez streams,
- [Concerns raised after Ottawa Police follow community members to underground parking lot after Gaza ceasefire protest](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/09/concerns-raised-after-ottawa-police-follow-community-members-to-underground-parking-lot-after-gaza-ceasefire-protest/) - Still from ottawa4.palestine video. For seventeen consecutive weeks, thousands of Ottawa residents have gathered either on Parliament Hill or at the Human Rights Monument to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and express their solidarity with Palestine. While the presence of the police has always seemed disproportionate, there was a noticeable shift around the
- [Find us on social media!](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/30/find-us-on-social-media/) - Apart from our bi-weekly e-newsletter - that you can subscribe to for free here - we post daily on social media. You can find us on X/Twitter here, Instagram here, and Facebook here. Thanks!
- [PBI-Mexico signs statement opposed to arrest of nine Indigenous Zapotec land defenders against industrial park in Oaxaca](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/30/pbi-mexico-signs-statement-opposed-to-arrest-of-nine-indigenous-zapotec-land-defenders-opposed-to-industrial-park-in-oaxaca/) - Photo: Pagina 3. PBI-Mexico has posted: "PBI joins the call by national and international CSOs [civil society organizations] for the release of 9 Indigenous defenders from Santa Maria Mixtequilla, detained in the context of the construction of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec." That joint statement says: “We, the undersigned organizations, strongly appeal
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Kaqchikel community journalist Noma Sancir at hearing on illegal detention by police](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/01/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-maya-kaqchikel-community-journalist-noma-sancir-at-hearing-on-illegal-detention-by-police/) - PBI-Guatemala has posted: “#PBI accompanies community journalist Maya Kaqchikel Norma Sancir in the closing hearing of findings of the oral and public debate and resolution reading. The judge of the Chiquimula Criminal Sentence Court sentenced a commissioner and two policemen to 3 years and 9 months in prison switchable to a commissar and two policemen
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies investigative journalist Claudia Julieta Duque at meeting with Swedish Embassy](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/06/pbi-colombia-accompanies-journalist-claudia-julieta-duque-at-meeting-with-swedish-embassy/) - PBI-Colombia has posted: “In meeting with human rights defender journalist @JulieDuque1 and Rickard Lunnerdal @SwedeninCOL. We share concerns about security incidents due to surveillance and monitoring. PBI continues to accompany some court cases that are close to statute of limitations. #FightAgainstImpunity” Duque then tweeted: “Many thanks to @PBIColombia for facilitating these spaces for advocacy and
- [PBI-Honduras welcomes acquittal of Henry Bonilla, opposes criminalization of the national strike](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/07/pbi-honduras-welcomes-acquittal-of-henry-bonilla-opposes-criminalization-of-the-national-strike/) - PBI-Honduras has posted: “We attended the trial of Henry Bonilla, accused of the burning of the US embassy, at a demonstration in 2019. He was acquitted and exonerated of all responsibility. We celebrate the work of the @defencofadeh for #HumanRights and against the criminalization of the national strike.” Defensoresenlinea.com further explains: “Sentencing Court acquits the
- [As the CANSEC arms show approaches, where does the CADSI lobby group stand on calls to stop arming the assault on Gaza?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/09/as-the-cansec-arms-show-approaches-where-does-the-cadsi-lobby-group-stand-on-calls-to-stop-arming-the-assault-on-gaza/) - Photo: Devastation in Gaza. Photo by AFP. The Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI) is “the national industry voice” representing its members that include some of the biggest arms companies in the world, notably Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Airbus and Thales among many others. Its membership
- [PBI-Honduras observes trial of student activist accused of arson at US Embassy during national strike protests](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/28/pbi-honduras-observes-trial-of-student-activist-accused-of-arson-at-us-embassy-during-anti-privatization-national-strike-protest/) - On January 26, PBI-Honduras posted: “We observe the trial of Henry Bonilla [Acevedo] for the burning of [tires in front of] the US embassy in a protest on [May 31st, 2019]. The @defencofadeh [Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras/COFADEH] denounces the criminalization of the national strike. We highlight the work of
- [PBI seeks Spanish-speaking volunteers for Honduras Project](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/05/pbi-seeks-spanish-speaking-volunteers-for-honduras-project/) - Peace Brigades International is seeking Spanish-speaking field volunteers to accompany human rights defenders in Honduras. The deadline to apply is Tuesday February 13. For more about the application process (in Spanish), click here. Any help in distributing this call-out to people who may be interested would be very much appreciated. Retweet this volunteer call-out (and
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at hearing for Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist and fishers in Fenix Mine case](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/05/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-human-rights-law-firm-at-hearing-for-maya-qeqchi-journalist-and-fishers-in-fenix-mine-case/) - On February 1, PBI-Guatemala posted: “Yesterday, #PBI accompanied the Human Rights Law Firm in the hearing in a criminalizing accusation against the 3 fishermen Tomas Che, Cristóbal Pop and Vicente Rax and the community journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc. After 7 years of hearings and suspended hearings, the case is finally closed due to the resignation
- [Canada’s obligations under the Genocide Convention at issue as the CANSEC arms show comes to Ottawa, May 29-30](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/05/canadas-obligations-under-the-genocide-convention-at-issue-as-the-cansec-arms-show-comes-to-ottawa-may-29-30/) - Photo: A #CeasefireNow march passes the US Embassy in Ottawa; January 28, 2024. The CANSEC weapons show, that bills itself as “Canada’s leading defence, security & emerging technology event”, will take place on May 29-30 in Ottawa. The organizing body, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), highlights that it “welcomes more than
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS as it tests water in Yondó, calls for the right to water to be respected](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/03/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-as-it-tests-water-in-yondo-calls-for-the-human-right-to-potable-water-to-be-respected/) - On February 1, PBI-Colombia posted: “We accompanied @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] in Yondó #Antioquia during their water testing in order to assess the impact of different industries in the region, such as palm monocultures, mining and oil companies, among others. These water sources supply communities in this municipality. #RightToWater”
- [Maya Q'eqchi' journalist Carlos Choc and fishers released by court following criminalization related to Fenix mine in Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/01/mayan-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-choc-and-fishers-released-by-court-following-criminalization-related-to-fenix-mine-in-guatemala/) - On January 31, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted: “Carlos Ernesto Choc was released from the accusations against him in a case of criminalization of #FreedomOfExpression” Carlos posted the good news on social media: “#MayanCommunityJournalism This day under the energies of Nawal 6 Tijax, a new stage in my life begins. After 7 years of
- [Municipal Committee blocks highway, calls on the Honduran government to not renew Los Pinares mining concession](https://pbicanada.org/2024/02/01/municipal-committee-blocks-highway-calls-on-the-honduran-government-to-not-renew-los-pinares-mining-concession/) - On January 31, Guapinol Exige Justicia (Guapinol Demands Justice) posted a photo of a backhoe loader with the text: “Highway connection on CA 13 between Tocoa and Cayo Campo in the department of Colón.” The yellow banner on the backhoe says: “Alert. This January 28th the ASP mining concession of Pinares-Ecotek expires. We demand the
- [PBI-Honduras notes arrest of Guapinol River defender Leonel George, community opposition to ASP mining concession](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/30/pbi-honduras-notes-arrest-of-guapinol-river-defender-leonel-george-community-opposition-to-asp-mining-concession/) - PBI-Honduras has reposted a tweet that says: “Defender Leonel George in interview with Pasos de Animal Grande after his arrest by the national police. ‘It is an alarm signal that gives rise to believing that the persecution is reactivated in moments of great tension in Tocoa, Colón.’” To listen to that interview, click here. George
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied NOMADESC calls for protection measures after attack on Bahía Málaga in the rural area of Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/pbi-colombia-accompanied-nomadesc-calls-for-protection-measures-after-attack-on-bahia-malaga-in-the-rural-area-of-buenaventura-2/) - Photo: Mangaña is a community of 21 families located in Bahía Málaga (Valle del Cauca). On January 23, PBI-Colombia retweeted this post from the Association for Social Research and Action (NOMADESC): “#SOS We reject all violent actions and REQUEST @CorteIDH [Inter-American Court of Human Rights] to attend to the precautionary measures that are in process
- [Twelve concerning things we learned about the RCMP C-IRG during the first week of the abuse of process hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/twelve-concerning-things-we-learned-about-the-rcmp-c-irg-during-the-first-week-of-the-abuse-of-process-hearing-2/) - Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). An abuse of process application was heard in a courtroom in Smithers, British Columbia this past week (January 12-19) that alleges the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) used excessive force and violated the Charter Rights of Indigenous
- [International Court of Justice delivers interim ruling, calls on Israel to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/international-court-of-justice-delivers-interim-ruling-calls-on-israel-to-take-all-measures-to-prevent-genocide-in-gaza-2/) - Photo: Image from BBC video of today’s ICJ ruling. The Guardian reports: “[International Court of Justice president] Judge [Joan E.] Donoghue says the court has decided that Israel must ‘take all measures within its its power’ to prevent all acts within the scope of the genocide convention. She says it must ensure ‘with immediate effect’ that its
- [CBC News obtains RCMP C-IRG video of the arrests of Indigenous land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory in November 2021](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/27/cbc-news-obtains-rcmp-c-irg-video-of-the-arrests-of-indigenous-land-defenders-on-wetsuweten-territory-in-november-2021/) - CBC News reports that it has obtained Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) video footage that shows the arrests at a blockade of work on the Coastal Gaslink fracked gas pipeline on November 19, 2021. That police video can be seen at Police footage shows arrests at Wet'suwet'en blockade (Jackie McKay, reporter,
- [Three law professors note International Court of Justice ruling means it would be illegal for Canada to export arms to Israel](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/28/three-law-professors-note-that-icj-ruling-means-it-would-be-illegal-for-canada-to-continue-to-export-arms-to-israel/) - Excerpt from Ruling by UN’s top court means Canada and the U.S. could be complicit in Gaza genocide (The Conversation, January 28, 2024). Photo: Heidi Matthews, Faisal A. Bhabha, Mohammad Fadel. Heidi Matthews, Assistant Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Faisal A. Bhabha, Associate Professor of Law, York University, and Mohammad Fadel,
- [PBI-Honduras visits communities in Tocoa as the Los Pinares ASP mining concession is set to expire on January 28](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/pbi-honduras-visits-communities-in-tocoa-as-the-los-pinares-asp-mining-concession-is-set-to-expire-on-january-28/) - On January 24, PBI-Honduras posted: “Last week we visited the different communities of the San Pedro Sector in Tocoa. For more than 10 years, they are organized in the San Pedro Common Goods Committee for the defense and care of the territory they inhabit. We express concern over the invalidation of the popular will expressed
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón opposed to Canadian-designed dams on Q’eqchi’ territory](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-cahabon-opposed-to-canadian-designed-dams-on-qeqchi-territory-2/) - On January 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón. We visited the communities of Sactá and Las Tres Cruces. We met with leaders and members of the Resistance who shared with us the risks they face in defending the rivers and the land. PBI is very concerned about the increase in criminalization
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous Ódami peoples in the mountains of Chihuahua forcibly displaced by organized crime](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/pbi-mexico-accompanies-indigenous-odami-peoples-in-the-mountains-of-chihuahua-forcibly-displaced-by-organized-crime-2/) - Photo: In June 2022, PBI-Mexico accompanied a meeting of Indigenous Communities in Coloradas de la Virgen, Guadalupe and Calvo, Chihuahua with the objective of exchanging experiences on the defence of territory and natural resources. On December 19, 2023, Raichali reported: “Faced with the unstoppable wave of displacement of entire communities in the municipality of Guadalupe y
- [PBI seeking field volunteers in Honduras and Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/pbi-seeking-field-volunteers-in-honduras-and-guatemala/) - PBI-Guatemala has now posted: “We extend the call to January 28 to select volunteers who want to accompany human rights organizations!” More information on this here. And PBI-Honduras has posted: “Want to know more about volunteering at PBI Honduras? Read the call on our website and learn about the world behind volunteering at PBI here.” Their application
- [International Court of Justice delivers interim ruling, calls on Israel to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/26/international-court-of-justice-delivers-interim-ruling-calls-on-israel-to-take-all-measures-to-prevent-genocide-in-gaza/) - Photo: Image from BBC video of today's ICJ ruling. The Guardian reports: "[International Court of Justice president] Judge [Joan E.] Donoghue says the court has decided that Israel must 'take all measures within its its power' to prevent all acts within the scope of the genocide convention. She says it must ensure 'with immediate effect'
- [PBI-Honduras visits communities in Tocoa as the Los Pinares ASP mining concession is set to expire on January 28](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/25/pbi-honduras-visits-communities-in-tocoa-as-the-los-pinares-mining-concession-asp-is-set-to-expire-on-january-28/) - On January 24, PBI-Honduras posted: “Last week we visited the different communities of the San Pedro Sector in Tocoa. For more than 10 years, they are organized in the San Pedro Common Goods Committee for the defense and care of the territory they inhabit. We express concern over the invalidation of the popular will expressed
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied NOMADESC calls for protection measures after attack on Bahía Málaga in the rural area of Buenaventura](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/24/pbi-colombia-accompanied-nomadesc-calls-for-protection-measures-after-attack-on-bahia-malaga-in-the-rural-area-of-buenaventura/) - Photo: Mangaña is a community of 21 families located in Bahía Málaga (Valle del Cauca). On January 23, PBI-Colombia retweeted this post from the Association for Social Research and Action (NOMADESC): “#SOS We reject all violent actions and REQUEST @CorteIDH [Inter-American Court of Human Rights] to attend to the precautionary measures that are in process
- [Canada and the Philippines sign defence cooperation agreement despite the killings of human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/24/canada-and-the-philippines-sign-defence-cooperation-agreement-despite-the-killings-of-human-rights-defenders/) - Photo: Canadian Ambassador David Hartman and Secretary of Defence Gilberto Teodoro signed the Philippines Canada Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding in Manila (National Capital Region) on January 19, 2024. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have both documented in their annual reports multiple human rights concerns in the Philippines including extrajudicial killings, attacks against political
- [UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders “deeply troubled” at the use of civil injunctions to ban protest](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/23/un-special-rapporteur-on-environmental-defenders-deeply-troubled-at-the-use-of-civil-injunctions-to-ban-protest/) - Photo: Michel Forst on a PBI-Canada webinar about COP28 and environmental defenders, December 7, 2023. Michel Forst, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, has just released this two-page report on “the increasingly severe crackdowns on environmental defenders in the United Kingdom” under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 following his visit
- [New threats against PBI-Colombia accompanied CAJAR lawyer Yessika Hoyos Morales](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/23/new-threats-against-pbi-colombia-accompanied-cajar-lawyer-yessika-hoyos-morales/) - The PBI-Colombia Project has tweeted: "New threat against Yessica Hoyos, president of the @Ccajar, for her representation of victims of the massacre perpetrated by the Police. The increase in threats and defamations against the Collective in recent months is worrying." The José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CAJAR) has issued this statement denouncing “that the current
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CCAJAR lawyer Yessika Hoyos notes concerns with Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement](https://pbicanada.org/2022/02/01/pbi-colombia-accompanied-ccajar-lawyer-yessika-hoyos-notes-concerns-with-canada-colombia-free-trade-agreement/) - Colombian lawyer Yessika Hoyos Morales recently made these comments about the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: “Colombia and Canada have signed a free trade agreement and before that free trade agreement was signed Colombia established concrete commitments which included the respect of human rights, and a reduction in impunity, a responding to previous violations that have
- [Ottawa By-law officers issue tickets for megaphone use at #CeasefireNow marches despite Charter and Covenant rights](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/22/ottawa-by-law-officers-continue-to-issue-tickets-for-megaphone-use-despite-charter-and-covenant-rights/) - City of Ottawa By-law officers continue to issue $490 tickets to people using megaphones at #CeasefireNow marches. The Ottawa Citizen has reported the tickets are being handed out under bylaw No. 2017-255. Key excerpts from that bylaw include: It’s not clear the specific intent or past experiences that generated the language in Section 4, point
- [PBI-Honduras accompanied ARCAH and COPINH support the call on Honduran government to cancel the Ecotek petroleum coke thermoelectric project](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/22/pbi-honduras-accompanied-organizations-call-on-honduran-government-to-cancel-the-ecotek-petroleum-coke-thermoelectric-project/) - Photo: PBI-Honduras was present at the self-convened popular assembly that rejected the Ecotek/Los Pinares megaproject; December 9, 2023. Guapinol Exige Justicia (Guapinol Demands Justice) has posted on their website: “On Saturday, December 9, 2023, the people of Tocoa were called by the Municipal Corporation to participate in an open town meeting regarding the Ecotek petroleum
- [Special Rapporteurs raise concerns about the criminalization of Maya Q'eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc in Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/19/special-rapporteurs-raise-concerns-about-the-criminalization-of-maya-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-ernesto-choc/) - Photo: Irene Khan, David R. Boyd, Mary Lawlor, José Francisco Cali Tzay, Marcos A. Orellana, and Damilola S. Olawuyi. Three letters have been sent by UN Special Rapporteurs highlighting complaints of judicial harassment and criminalization of journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc Chub in relation to his reporting on the Fénix nickel mine in El Estor, Izabal,
- [Courage & calm despite attacks: Mongabay news platform Q&A with Colombian environmental defender Yuly Velásquez](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/20/courage-calm-despite-attacks-mongabay-news-platform-qa-with-colombian-activist-yuly-velasquez/) - Mongabay, the U.S.-based non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform (whose readership averages 9 million visitors each month), reports: “Yuly Velásquez grew up on the banks of the Magdalena River near the Colombian city of Barrancabermeja, an area surrounded by a large network of swamps, lagoons and tropical forests. These wetlands are home to a
- [Twelve concerning things we learned about the RCMP C-IRG during the first week of the abuse of process hearing](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/20/twelve-concerning-things-we-learned-about-the-rcmp-c-irg-during-the-first-week-of-the-abuse-of-process-hearing/) - Dramatic Video Shows Militarized Canadian Police Raid Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders & Journalists (Democracy Now!, November 24, 2021). An abuse of process application was heard in a courtroom in Smithers, British Columbia this past week that alleges the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) used excessive force and violated the Charter Rights of Indigenous
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón opposed to Canadian-designed dams on Q’eqchi’ territory](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/19/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-cahabon-opposed-to-canadian-designed-dams-on-qeqchi-territory/) - On January 18, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón. We visited the communities of Sactá and Las Tres Cruces. We met with leaders and members of the Resistance who shared with us the risks they face in defending the rivers and the land. PBI is very concerned about the increase in criminalization
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous Ódami peoples in the mountains of Chihuahua forcibly displaced by organized crime](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/19/pbi-mexico-accompanies-indigenous-odami-peoples-in-the-mountains-of-chihuahua-forcibly-displaced-by-organized-crime/) - Photo: In June 2022, PBI-Mexico accompanied a meeting of Indigenous Communities in Coloradas de la Virgen, Guadalupe and Calvo, Chihuahua with the objective of exchanging experiences on the defence of territory and natural resources. On December 19, 2023, Raichali reported: “Faced with the unstoppable wave of displacement of entire communities in the municipality of Guadalupe
- [What weapons did the RCMP C-IRG deploy against Indigenous land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021?](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/18/what-weapons-did-the-c-irg-deploy-against-land-defenders-on-wetsuweten-territory-on-november-19-2021/) - Image by Amber Bracken. We have previously attempted to identify the weapons used by RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) officers when they raided Wet’suwet’en territory in November 2021. Specifically, we have tried to identify the weapons pointed at land defenders in a tiny house on the territory on November 19, 2021. More information is now
- [What weapons are deployed by the RCMP against Indigenous land defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/01/20/what-weapons-are-deployed-by-the-rcmp-against-indigenous-land-defenders/) - Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham: “Get that gun off me! Get your gun off me! Lower your gun!” Video still from Yintah Film. What weapons were the RCMP equipped with during their militarized raids of Wet’suwet’en territory? What are the capabilities of those weapons? What are the use of force protocols for the RCMP when arresting Indigenous
- [PBI-Mexico at meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on the Federal Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/17/pbi-mexico-at-meeting-with-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-federal-mechanism-for-the-protection-of-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists/) - On January 3, Espacio OSC tweeted: “Today we met with @MaryLawlorhrds Special Rapporteur of the @UN on Human Rights Defenders and @UNHCHRmexico, to share the progress of the Working Group for the strengthening of the @Mecanismo_MX. This Working Group represents a potential good practice of dialogue and collaboration between government entities and civil society in
- [Supported by popular mobilizations, Bernardo Arévalo is sworn in as President of Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/supported-by-popular-mobilizations-bernardo-arevalo-is-sworn-in-as-president-of-guatemala-2/) - Video still: Arevalo moments after being sworn-in. The Associated Press reports: “Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday [January 15] minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power [that was delayed by more than nine hours].” “Arévalo arrives
- [Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt; court will now focus on Charter violations by RCMP C-IRG unit](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/indigenous-land-defenders-found-guilty-of-criminal-contempt-court-will-now-focus-on-charter-violations-by-rcmp-c-irg-unit-2/) - Video: RCMP C-IRG officers arrest land defenders Sleydo’ and Shaylynn Sampson at gunpoint on November 19, 2021. We are monitoring news reports and social media posts on the trial of three Indigenous land defenders – Sleydo’ (Wet’suwet’en), Shaylynn Sampson (Gitxsan), and Corey Jocko (Mohawk) – charged with criminal contempt for their opposition to the construction
- [PBI-Colombia calls for quick and effective investigations following attacks against CAJAR lawyers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/pbi-colombia-calls-for-quick-and-effective-investigations-following-attacks-against-cajar-lawyers-2/) - On January 12, PBI-Colombia posted: “Attacks and defamations persist against @Ccajar. Urgent #guarantees and quick and effective investigations on material and intellectual authorship [are needed].” The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has accompanied the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CAJAR) since 1995. El Espectador reports: “Despite the fact that there are currently protection measures from the Inter-American
- [PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH backs South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/pbi-honduras-accompanied-copinh-backs-south-africas-case-at-the-international-court-of-justice/) - Photo: COPINH general coordinator Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres holds the letter. On January 8, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) posted on X/Twitter: “We support the initiative of #South Africa by bringing Israel before the [International Court of Justice] for violations of agreements on genocide in the #Gaza Strip. International solidarity is essential to
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at its annual assembly](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-at-its-annual-assembly-2/) - On January 8, PBI-Guatemala posted: “On Sunday [January 7], #PBI accompanied the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at its annual assembly to elect the board of directors for the 2024 term.” On Facebook, the community posted: “GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY Quezaltepeque held its ordinary assembly to elect the board of directors for the
- [PBI-Guatemala and PBI-Honduras now seeking field volunteers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/pbi-guatemala-and-pbi-honduras-now-seeking-field-volunteers-2/) - PBI-Guatemala has now posted: “We extend the call to January 28 to select volunteers who want to accompany human rights organizations!” More information on this here. And PBI-Honduras has posted: “Want to know more about volunteering at PBI Honduras? Read the call on our website and learn about the world behind volunteering at PBI here.” Their application
- [Thank you for your support with our year-end fundraising in December 2023!](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/16/thank-you-for-your-support-with-our-year-end-fundraising-in-december-2023/) - Thank you very much for your support last month during our year-end fundraising campaign. Your donations totalled $15,475. which significantly helps us to be able to meet our 2024 budget of $89,500. If you didn’t have the opportunity to donate in December, you can do so now here. This online donation page also provides the
- [Supported by popular mobilizations, Bernardo Arévalo is sworn in as President of Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/15/supported-by-popular-mobilizations-bernardo-arevalo-is-sworn-in-as-president-of-guatemala/) - Video still: Arevalo moments after being sworn-in. The Associated Press reports: “Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday [January 15] minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power [that was delayed by more than nine hours].” “Arévalo
- [PBI-Guatemala and PBI-Honduras now seeking field volunteers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/13/pbi-guatemala-and-pbi-honduras-now-seeking-field-volunteers/) - PBI-Guatemala has now posted: “We extend the call to January 28 to select volunteers who want to accompany human rights organizations!” More information on this here. And PBI-Honduras has posted: “Want to know more about volunteering at PBI Honduras? Read the call on our website and learn about the world behind volunteering at PBI here.”
- [Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt; court will now focus on Charter violations by RCMP C-IRG unit](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/13/indigenous-land-defenders-found-guilty-of-criminal-contempt-court-will-now-focus-on-charter-violations-by-rcmp-c-irg-unit/) - Video: RCMP C-IRG officers arrest land defenders Sleydo’ and Shaylynn Sampson at gunpoint on November 19, 2021. We are monitoring news reports and social media posts on the trial of three Indigenous land defenders – Sleydo’ (Wet’suwet’en), Shaylynn Sampson (Gitxsan), and Corey Jocko (Mohawk) – charged with criminal contempt for their opposition to the construction
- [PBI-Colombia calls for quick and effective investigations following attacks against CAJAR lawyers](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/12/pbi-colombia-calls-for-quick-and-effective-investigations-following-attacks-against-cajar-lawyers/) - On January 12, PBI-Colombia posted: “Attacks and defamations persist against @Ccajar. Urgent #guarantees and quick and effective investigations on material and intellectual authorship [are needed].” The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has accompanied the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CAJAR) since 1995. El Espectador reports: “Despite the fact that there are currently protection measures from the
- [PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH backs South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide in Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/12/pbi-honduras-accompanied-copinh-backs-south-africas-case-against-israel-for-genocide-in-gaza/) - Photo: COPINH general coordinator Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres holds the letter. On January 8, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) posted on X/Twitter: “We support the initiative of #South Africa by bringing Israel before the [International Court of Justice] for violations of agreements on genocide in the #Gaza Strip. International solidarity
- [News reports on the first three days of court proceedings against Indigenous land defenders charged with criminal contempt](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/11/news-reports-on-the-first-three-days-of-court-proceedings-against-indigenous-land-defenders-charged-with-criminal-contempt/) - The Tyee Photo: Corey Jocko, Shay Lynn Sampson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham stand outside the courthouse in Smithers, British Columbia on Monday January 8. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood. The Tyee article can be read at Trial Begins for Land Defenders Arrested at CGL Drill Site (January 9, 2023). PBI-Canada is monitoring
- [Land defenders charged with criminal contempt for defending Wet’suwet’en territory now in Canadian court](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/09/land-defenders-charged-with-criminal-contempt-for-defending-wetsuweten-territory-now-in-canadian-court/) - For updates go to yintah_access on Instagram, @Gidimten on X, Gidimt'en Checkpoint on Facebook and the Yintah Access website. PBI-Canada continues to follow the criminalization of Indigenous land defenders who sought to protect Wet’suwet’en territory against the construction – without free, prior and informed consent – of the TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at its annual assembly](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/09/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-indigenous-community-of-san-francisco-quezaltepeque-at-its-annual-assembly/) - On January 8, PBI-Guatemala posted: “On Sunday [January 7], #PBI accompanied the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at its annual assembly to elect the board of directors for the 2024 term.” On Facebook, the community posted: “GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY Quezaltepeque held its ordinary assembly to elect the board of directors for
- [PBI-Guatemala posts that Guatemalan human rights lawyer Virginia Laparra is free after almost two years in military prison](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/04/pbi-guatemala-posts-that-guatemalan-human-rights-lawyer-virginia-laparra-is-free-after-almost-two-years-in-military-prison/) - Photo: Virginia Laparra released from prison. Photo by @EmmanuelPixab. PBI-Guatemala has posted that Virginia Laparra has finally been freed: For a short video of Laparra’s comments upon her release, click here. Laparra was arrested on February 23, 2022, in Quetzaltenango and transferred 200 kilometres away to be held in preventive detention in Matamoros military prison
- [Thirty-three organizations call on Canada to better regulate the conduct of Canadian companies in the Amazon region](https://pbicanada.org/2024/01/02/thirty-three-organizations-call-on-canada-to-better-regulate-the-conduct-of-canadian-companies-amazon/) - Photo: PBI-Colombia meets with Martín Ayala of COSPACC. The Globe and Mail reports: “As Canada vies for a seat on the United Nations human rights council, Indigenous leaders and environmental advocates have launched a co-ordinated campaign drawing attention to Canadian companies operating in the Amazon region and raising questions about their environmental and human rights
- [PBI-Canada reminds the City of Ottawa of its human rights obligations as #CeasefireNow protest is ticketed](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-canada-reminds-the-city-of-ottawa-of-its-human-rights-obligations-as-ceasefirenow-protest-is-ticketed/) - Update: While three tickets totalling almost $1500 were issued by Ottawa By-law officers at the #CeasefireNow march on Saturday December 23, another nine tickets were reportedly issued on Saturday December 30. We continue to be concerned by this. Tweet from Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ. Original post Ottawa Citizen photo: “An Ottawa bylaw officer informs pro-Palestinian
- [A last ask to help us for next year](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/a-last-ask-to-help-us-next-year/) - So far this December we have raised $5,425. We are hoping to get that to $10,00. to strengthen our position as we enter 2024 - and still think we can get there over the next few days with your help. If you can help us out, please click here. We also accept cheques mailed to:
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies 39th Assembly for the Defense of Territory opposed to the construction of the Atexcaco II dam](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-mexico-accompanies-39th-assembly-for-the-defense-of-territory-opposed-to-the-construction-of-the-atexcaco-ii-dam/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Last Sunday, December 17, PBI accompanied the 39 Assembly in the municipality of Hueyapan, Sierra Norte de Puebla, in the framework of the Defense of the Territory and Construction of Life Plans. Representatives of the Masewal, Tutunakú and Mestizo villages raised their voices against the Atextaco [Atexcaco] Hydroelectric Project which would use
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers and campesina community threatened by sugar company](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-honduras-accompanies-national-union-of-rural-workers-and-campesina-community-threatened-by-sugar-company/) - On December 21, PBI-Honduras posted: “We accompanied the campesina (peasant) base Agua Blanca Sur, affiliated with the @Cntc Progreso [National Union of Rural Workers], in a community meeting held at the Community Center. This one, like other campesina bases in Yoro Department, has suffered several evictions in recent months. We express concern over the increase
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies return of Indigenous Wounaan community to their territory after displacement by the armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-colombia-accompanies-return-of-indigenous-wounaan-community-to-their-territory-after-displacement-by-the-armed-conflict/) - On December 20, PBI-Colombia posted: “We accompany @Justiciaypazcol [Justice and Peace] in the significant return of the Wounaan Community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán to its territory after two years of forced displacement. It is important to guarantee all security and protection measures so that the community can remain in #peace.” Video clip: “At this
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel journalist Norma Sancir who was arrested after police fired tear gas at a peaceful protest](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-maya-kaqchikel-journalist-norma-sancir-who-was-arrested-after-police-fired-tear-gas-at-a-peaceful-protest/) - On December 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies community journalist Maya Kaqchikel Norma Sancir in continuation of oral and public debate over her 2014 arbitrary arrest by 5 policemen charged in the case. On this occasion the listing of documentary evidence was presented by both sides, and a new evidence was added by the plaintiff. The
- [PBI-Canada will be watching as three defenders of Wet'suwe'ten territory go on trial, January 8](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/27/pbi-canada-will-be-watching-as-three-defenders-of-wetsuweten-territory-go-on-trial-january-8/) - Photo: Wet’suwet’en land defender Molly Wickham, Gitxsan land defender Shay Lynn Sampson, Haudenosaunee land defender Teka’tsihasere Corey Jocko. Peace Brigades International-Canada will be following the trial of three land defenders starting on January 8 and concluding on January 19. CBC has reported: “The trial for Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, Shay Lynn Sampson, and Corey Jocko, who were arrested
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies 39th Assembly for the Defense of Territory opposed to the construction of the Atexcaco II hydroelectric dam](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/26/pbi-mexico-accompanies-39th-assembly-for-the-defense-of-territory-opposed-to-the-construction-of-the-atexcaco-ii-hydroelectric-dam/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “Last Sunday, December 17, PBI accompanied the 39 Assembly in the municipality of Hueyapan, Sierra Norte de Puebla, in the framework of the Defense of the Territory and Construction of Life Plans. Representatives of the Masewal, Tutunakú and Mestizo villages raised their voices against the Atextaco [Atexcaco] Hydroelectric Project which would use
- [The City of Ottawa and its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/25/the-city-of-ottawa-and-its-obligations-under-the-international-covenant-on-civil-and-political-rights/) - Ottawa Citizen photo: “An Ottawa bylaw officer informs pro-Palestinian protest organizer Sarah Abdul-Karim that the group was being ticketed under the city noise bylaws. PHOTO BY ASHLEY FRASER /Postmedia” Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states: “The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on
- [Vorágine article gives historical context to Canadian energy company and the criminalization of social leaders in Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/23/voragine-article-gives-historical-context-to-canadian-energy-company-and-the-criminalization-of-social-leaders-in-colombia/) - In a newly-published feature article titled Los ‘falsos positivos’ del petróleo (Oil’s false positives), Vorágine provides important historical context for understanding the current criminalization of social leaders in San Luis de Palenque, Casanare, who have spoken against the social and environmental impacts of the Canadian company Frontera Energy. Text: "Although violence has decreased compared to
- [When CREDHOS sought refuge at the PBI house in Barrancabermeja on Christmas Day](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/22/when-credhos-sought-refuge-at-the-pbi-house-in-barrancabermeja-on-christmas-day-2/) - As Christmas approaches for many people, we revisit this story told by Ivan Madero of the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS). In this 2-minute video Ivan explains the intensity of the security situation in the city of Barrancabermeja, Santander in 1995. So much so that he explains CREDHOS members “sought refuge, each
- [Three defenders of Wet’suwet’en territory face criminal prosecution and jail sentences in trial beginning January 8, 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/21/three-defenders-of-wetsuweten-territory-face-criminal-prosecution-and-prison-sentences-in-trial-beginning-january-8-2024/) - Photo: Wet'suwet'en land defender Molly Wickham, Gitxsan land defender Shay Lynn Sampson, Haudenosaunee land defender Teka’tsihasere Corey Jocko. Peace Brigades International-Canada will be following the trial of three land defenders starting on January 8 and concluding on January 19. CBC has reported: “The trial for Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shay Lynn Sampson, and Corey Jocko, who
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) and campesina community threatened by sugar company](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/21/pbi-honduras-accompanies-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-and-campesina-community-threatened-by-sugar-company/) - On December 21, PBI-Honduras posted: “We accompanied the campesina (peasant) base Agua Blanca Sur, affiliated with the @Cntc Progreso [National Union of Rural Workers], in a community meeting held at the Community Center. This one, like other campesina bases in Yoro Department, has suffered several evictions in recent months. We express concern over the increase
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies return of Indigenous Wounaan community to their territory after their displacement by the armed conflict](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/21/pbi-colombia-accompanies-return-of-indigenous-wounaan-community-to-their-territory-after-their-displacement-by-the-armed-conflict/) - On December 20, PBI-Colombia posted: “We accompany @Justiciaypazcol [Justice and Peace] in the significant return of the Wounaan Community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán to its territory after two years of forced displacement. It is important to guarantee all security and protection measures so that the community can remain in #peace.” Video clip: “At this
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel journalist Norma Sancir who was arrested after police fired tear gas at a peaceful protest](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/21/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-indigenous-mayan-kaqchikel-journalist-who-was-arrested-after-police-fired-tear-gas-at-a-peaceful-protest/) - On December 20, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies community journalist Maya Kaqchikel Norma Sancir in continuation of oral and public debate over her 2014 arbitrary arrest by 5 policemen charged in the case. On this occasion the listing of documentary evidence was presented by both sides, and a new evidence was added by the plaintiff. The
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies Indigenous Nahua communicator Miryam Vargas Teutle as she files complaint at Human Rights Commission](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/20/pbi-mexico-accompanies-indigenous-nahua-communicator-miryam-vargas-teutle-as-she-files-complaint-at-human-rights-commission/) - PBI-Mexico has posted: “From PBI we express our concern for the physical and psychological harassment presented against the member of the Peoples Front Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala communicator and human rights defender, Miryam Vargas Teutle, while performing her work of informing and documenting the territorial conflicts of the communities of San Andrés de Cholula, context of
- [Calgary-based AltaGas subsidiary a partner in building the Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline in the United States](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/20/calgary-based-altagas-subsidiary-a-partner-in-building-the-mountain-valley-fracked-gas-pipeline-in-the-united-states/) - Photo: Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska locked on to construction equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline site, October 16, 2023. The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 482 kilometre (300 mile) pipeline being built across West Virigina and Virginia to transport fracked gas. WGL Midstream, a subsidiary of Calgary-based AltaGas, owns 10 per cent of
- [Inter-American Court of Human Rights rules Guatemala violated Indigenous rights when it permitted Canadian company to develop mine](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/19/inter-american-court-of-human-rights-rules-guatemala-violated-indigenous-rights-when-it-permitted-canadian-company-to-develop-mine/) - Facebook post by Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc on the Fishermen's Guild and Maya Q'eqchi' Ancestral Council commenting on the IACHR (CIDH) ruling. Common Dreams reports: “The IACHR found that Guatemala's government violated the Q'eqchi's rights to property and consultation when it permitted the Canadian company Hudbay to develop the long-dormant Fenix mine, also
- [Canadian government quietly announces it will spend $2.49 billion on MQ-9 Reaper drones](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/19/canadian-government-quietly-announces-it-will-spend-2-49-billion-on-mq-9-reaper-drones/) - Photo: MQ-9A Reaper drone. The CBC reports: “A fleet of 11 MQ-9 Reaper drones, built by U.S. defence contractor General Atomics, will be purchased in a $2.49 billion package, Liberal MPs announced Tuesday [December 19] on behalf of Defence Minister Bill Blair.” The article adds: “Unlike other recent purchases for the air force, this project
- [PBI-Canada tweet of Apache helicopter with Canadian components goes viral](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/19/pbi-canada-tweet-of-apache-helicopter-with-canadian-components-goes-viral/) - PBI-Canada tweet. On Monday December 18, we shared on social media a photo of an Israeli helicopter firing a missile while flying over northern Gaza the previous day. The photo in the CBC News article is by Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images. We highlighted that there are Canadian parts in Apache helicopters. Boeing has noted: “Canadian partners
- [Help support PBI in 2024!](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/19/help-support-pbi-in-2024/) - If you can support with a donation of any amount our advocacy for human rights, webinars and field visits with organizations, defenders and communities, research that makes links to Canadian companies, plus e-newsletters and the accompaniment work that we help to amplify, please click here to make an online donation. Your support will help us
- [A call to support the #FairyCreek15 who face being sued by logging company Teal Cedar](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/16/a-call-to-support-the-fairycreek15-who-face-being-sued-by-logging-company-teal-cedar/) - Still from Last Stand Legal Defence Fund video. The Last Stand Legal Defence Fund fundraising page is asking for support for the Indigenous land defenders and climate and old-growth forest activists who face being sued by the Surrey, British Columbia-based logging company Teal Cedar. The page explains: “In the wake of the frontline old-growth forest
- [Given the UN vote for a ceasefire and warnings of genocide, does the Canadian government have a position on CANSEC?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/15/given-the-un-vote-for-a-ceasefire-and-warnings-of-genocide-does-canada-have-a-position-on-the-cansec-arms-show/) - Photo: CANSEC arms show. Earlier this week, The Guardian reported: “[Israel’s defence minister] Yoav Gallant told the Associated Press that the current phase of the conflict, characterised by heavy ground fighting backed up by air power, could stretch on for weeks and that further military activity could continue for months.” On Thursday December 14, Gallant
- [PBI-Canada holds webinar on the UN COP28 climate summit and environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-canada-holds-webinar-on-the-un-cop28-climate-summit-and-environmental-defenders/) - On December 7, PBI-Canada organized a webinar on the United Nations COP28 climate summit and environmental defenders. The latest draft of the Global Stocktake (GST) – essentially the COP28 summit declaration – was released on Monday December 11. It can be read here. Significantly, the GST still does not include any reference to environmental defenders.
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH as it demands justice in the murder of Indigenous Lenca leader Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/14/pbi-honduras-accompanies-copinh-as-it-demands-justice-in-the-murder-of-indigenous-lenca-leader-berta-caceres/) - On December 13, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Yesterday we accompanied COPINH in the mobilizations they carried out in front of the Public Ministry and the Supreme Court to demand justice for the murder of Berta Cáceres, Lenca indigenous leader and environmental defender, on March 2, 2016.” And they added: "From PBI we emphasize COPINH's defense work for
- [US$2.3 million worth of Canadian components in every Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/14/us2-3-million-worth-of-canadian-components-in-every-lockheed-martin-f-35-fighter-jet/) - US Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, program executive officer for the F-35 fighter jet, says Israel’s F-35s have performed “absolutely outstanding” over Gaza. Significantly, the Associated Press now reports: “Israel's air and ground assault has killed more than 18,600 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health officials.” This includes more than 7,000 children. The Associated Press
- [PBI-Canada attentive to concerns raised about the COP28 final text and the mining of critical minerals in the Ring of Fire](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/13/pbi-canada-attentive-ring-of-fire-cop-28-critical-minerals/) - Photo: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Head Councillor Cecilia Begg speaks at the rally in front of the Ministry of Mines in Toronto in July 2023. Jessica Smith Cross/The Trillium. The final text from the UN COP28 climate summit, issued on December 13, commits to “tripling renewable energy capacity globally”. Global Witness, however, cautions, with respect
- [“Ongoing attempts to undermine the election results must stop”: Embassy of Canada in Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/ongoing-attempts-to-undermine-the-election-results-must-stop-embassy-of-canada-in-guatemala/) - Photo: Mobilizations continue in Guatemala in defence of the general election. Bernardo Arévalo was elected on June 25, 2023, to be the President of Guatemala. He is scheduled to be sworn-in on January 14, 2024. On December 12, the Associated Press reported: “Guatemala faces mounting criticism by world leaders and watchdogs accusing it of attempts
- [“PBI accompaniment acts as a crucial deterrent” – Colombian human rights lawyer Reynaldo Villalba](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/13/pbi-accompaniment-acts-as-a-crucial-deterrent-colombian-human-rights-lawyer-reynaldo-villalba/) - In this recent interview, PBI-UK asked Colombian human rights lawyer Reynaldo Villalba of the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR): "PBI has provided protection to CCAJAR since 1995 - almost 30 years! How has PBI’s support been instrumental in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of your work? Could you share specific instances where PBI's presence
- [What we know about TC Energy pipelines in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/what-we-know-about-tc-energy-pipelines-in-mexico/) - Photo: On October 14, 2023, Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders marched together in Toronto in opposition to the construction of TC Energy pipelines on their territories. This is a brief overview of what we have compiled about Indigenous opposition to Calgary-based TC Energy gas pipelines in Mexico: The Encino-Topolobampo pipeline When the Indigenous Raramuri forest
- [PBI-Honduras present as consultation rejects Ecotek petcoke plant that would power iron oxide pelletizing plant near the Guapinol River](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-honduras-present-as-consultation-rejects-ecotek-petcoke-plant-that-would-power-iron-oxide-pelletizing-plant-near-the-guapinol-river/) - On December 9, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “The Open Town Hall for Socialization and Consultation of the Ecotek Investment Power Plant Project was annulled by the municipal mayor's office of Tocoa (Colón)” On Facebook they also further explained: “After this decision, the organizations present decided to conduct a self-consultation in which they rejected the Los Pinares/Ecotek investment
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies BDH lawyers at hearing for Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist and three fishers in Fenix mine case](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-bdh-lawyers-at-hearing-for-maya-qeqchi-journalist-and-three-fishers-in-fenix-mine-case/) - On December 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm at the interim hearing in which they were going to decide whether to close the criminalization case against 3 organized fishermen from El Estor and the journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc. The 4 accused were linked to criminal proceedings by four Russian workers of
- [Help us continue our work in 2024!](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/help-us-in-2024/) - Photo: During a PBI-Canada visit to Guatemala in May 2023, we talked with a community member who explains how their river has been impacted by the nearby sugar mill. Canada is one of the largest importers of sugar produced in Guatemala. As 2023 draws to a close, we hope you can support our work moving
- [PBI-Canada expresses concern about Canadian weapons exports to Peru](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-canada-expresses-concern-about-canadian-weapons-exports-to-peru/) - On December 7, The Maple reported: The federal government is refusing to say whether or not it made the decision to green-light nearly $1 million in new military exports to Peru during a period of brutal crackdowns by the country’s government against Indigenous-led protesters. Documents obtained by Amnesty International Canada through an access to information (ATIP)
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies the Peoples Front at media conference on the torture of PIM megaproject opponent Jaime Dominguez](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-mexico-accompanies-the-peoples-front-at-media-conference-on-the-torture-of-pim-megaproject-opponent-jaime-dominguez/) - On November 28, PBI-Mexico posted: “On November 27 and 28, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project accompanies the Peoples Front of Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala in their press conferences about the case of Jaime Dominguez Perez, a survivor of torture. The defender was arrested in September 2013 as part of a protest against the mega-project Project Integral
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace at the XI Festival of Memories in the Pueblo Nuevo Humanitarian Zone](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-colombia-accompanies-justice-and-peace-at-the-xi-festival-of-memories-in-the-pueblo-nuevo-humanitarian-zone/) - On December 6, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We were accompanying @Justiciaypazcol [the Justice and Peace Commission] in the conversation in #PuebloNuevo about restorative justice as a mechanism for the construction of #life and #peace from organized communities to seek guarantees of non-repetition.” The previous day they had also tweeted: “We were accompanying the @Justiciaypazcol in the framework
- [PBI-Guatemala seeks field volunteers, deadline to apply is January 7, 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/12/pbi-guatemala-seeks-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-january-7-2024-2/) - The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking field volunteers to accompany human rights defenders. The deadline to apply is January 7, 2024. The training and final selection week will then take place from May 19-25 in Spain. Requirements to apply include: a good level of Spanish – spoken, written and read; ability to commit to
- [Land defenders chain themselves to construction site for Government of Canada-owned Trans Mountain pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/10/land-defenders-chain-themselves-to-construction-site-for-government-of-canada-owned-trans-mountain-pipeline/) - Still from Brandi Morin video. Open trench construction for the Government of Canada-owned Trans Mountain pipeline near Pipsell (Jacko Lake) is underway despite the opposition of land defenders. Global News notes: “Trans Mountain initially agreed to a costly, less-invasive method known as micro-drilling to dig under and around the lake... But in September, the company
- [COP28 draft Global Stocktake fails to recognize the need to include and protect land and environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/09/cop28-draft-global-stocktake-fails-to-recognize-the-need-to-include-and-protect-land-and-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: Delegates at a plenary session of COP28. Photo by UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth. The latest draft of the Global Stocktake (GST) – essentially the COP28 summit declaration – was released on Friday December 8. It can be read here. Significantly, the GST still does not include any reference to environmental defenders. Global Witness has
- [PBI-Canada organizing to bring criminalized Colombian social leaders to Toronto and Ottawa in February 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/08/pbi-canada-organizing-to-bring-colombian-social-leaders-criminalized-to-toronto-ottawa-in-february-2024/) - Photo: Iraida, Miguel, Oscar and Ninfa. PBI-Canada and PBI-Colombia are working to bring two Colombian social leaders to Canada who have been criminalized for protesting a Canadian oil company, along with representatives of two human rights organizations who have been supporting them. We plan to bring Carmen Iraida Salcedo Gutiérrez and Miguel Ángel Rincón (social
- [The Maple: “Canadian Government Stonewalls Questions About Peru Arms Export Permit”](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/08/the-maple-canadian-government-stonewalls-questions-about-peru-arms-export-permit/) - The Maple reports: The federal government is refusing to say whether or not it made the decision to green-light nearly $1 million in new military exports to Peru during a period of brutal crackdowns by the country’s government against Indigenous-led protesters. Documents obtained by Amnesty International Canada through an access to information (ATIP) request and
- [As the United Nations calls for a ceasefire, Boeing Apache helicopters fire missiles at Gaza](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/08/as-the-united-nations-calls-for-a-ceasefire-boeing-apache-helicopters-fire-missiles-at-gaza/) - Photo: “Palestinian citizens and rescue workers inspect the destruction caused by air strikes on December 4, in Khan Younis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images.” In his letter to José de la Gasca, the President of the United Nations Security Council, dated Wednesday December 6, UN Secretary General António Guterres reiterates his call for an immediate ceasefire.
- [UN Special Rapporteur joins webinar on Thursday](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/05/un-special-rapporteur-joins-webinar-on-thursday/) - This Thursday (December 7) at 12 pm ET, Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders will be joining our webinar about the UN COP28 climate summit now happening in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. To register for this webinar, click here. Forst will give opening comments on the importance of environmental defenders and the
- [PBI reviewing the language on protecting defenders in the draft Binding Treaty on business and human rights](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/05/pbi-reviewing-the-language-on-defenders-in-the-draft-binding-treaty/) - Photo: Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres, the general coordinator of the PBI-Honduras accompanied Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), is part of the campaign supporting the creation of a Binding Treaty. This Thursday December 7, PBI-Canada is organizing a webinar that will discuss the language that should be included in the UN COP28
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied organizations comment on the murder of Indigenous leader Phanor Guazaquillo Peña](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/04/pbi-colombia-accompanied-organizations-comment-on-the-murder-of-indigenous-leader-phanor-guazaquillo-pena/) - Photo: Phanor Guazaquillo Peña El Tiempo reports that Indigenous Nasa leader Phanor Guazaquillo Peña was murdered on Sunday December 3 in Colombia. That El Tiempo article further notes: “The Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) reported that this person was in the urban area of Puerto Asís, in Putumayo, where the funeral of
- [PBI-Canada thanks the Unifor Social Justice Fund for its solidarity and support](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/03/pbi-canada-thanks-the-unifor-social-justice-fund-for-its-solidarity-and-support/) - Photo: Unifor Social Justice Fund Director Navjeet Sidhu visits PBI-Colombia staff and frontline volunteers in Bogota, May 2023. Yesterday evening we were at a reception in Ottawa/Algonquin territory to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Unifor Social Justice Fund. It was an opportunity to thank Unifor, the Social Justice Fund, and Navjeet Sidhu, the Director
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies COPINH as Public Ministry seeks arrest warrant against ninth person accused of the murder of Berta Cáceres](https://pbicanada.org/2023/12/02/pbi-honduras-accompanies-copinh-as-public-ministry-seeks-arrest-warrant-against-ninth-person-accused-of-the-murder-of-berta-caceres/) - Photo: Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Caceres. The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project tweets: “PBI will continue to accompany @COPINHHONDURAS in its demands for comprehensive justice in the case of #BertaCáceres. We will be very attentive to any progress regarding the request presented by the Public Ministry against Daniel #Atala.” PBI-Honduras has accompanied COPINH since May
- [Peace Brigades International signs joint letter to UN COP28 on the protection of frontline environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/30/peace-brigades-international-signs-joint-letter-to-un-cop28-on-the-protection-of-frontline-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: Indigenous environmental defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado was shot and killed in Peru on the eve of COP28. This open letter signed by 102 organizations, including Peace Brigades International, notes: “We represent a wide range of movements and organisations, working for climate justice, human rights including Indigenous Peoples rights, labour rights, protection of Human Rights
- [Can a COP help stop the C-IRG?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/30/can-a-cop-stop-the-c-irg/) - Today, Thursday November 30, the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 28 climate summit began in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Numerous organizations, including Peace Brigades International, are calling for language in the summit’s declaration (that will be issued sometime around December 12) to reflect the situation faced by frontline land and environmental defenders. At least
- [Indigenous land defenders in Mexico and Canada unite against the TC Energy Coastal GasLink and Tuxpan-Tula pipelines](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/land-defenders-from-mexico-and-canada-unite-against-the-tc-energy-coastal-gaslink-and-tuxpan-tula-pipelines/) - Last month, Peace Brigades International-Canada, along with allies including Above Ground and the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, accompanied and sought to amplify the resistance of Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders to the Coastal GasLink and Tuxpan-Tula fracked gas pipelines being built on their territories without consent by the Calgary-based Canadian transnational TC Energy. The Coastal
- [PBI-Canada helps to amplify the call for #CeasefireNow](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-canada-helps-to-amplify-the-call-for-ceasefirenow/) - Peace Brigades International is supporting the call from many communities and organizations – including Amnesty International, United Nations Special Rapporteurs, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – for an immediate ceasefire. PBI-Canada has helped amplify this call and associated concerns via social media. We continue to
- [PBI-Canada webinar on the UN COP28 summit and environmental defenders, December 7](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-canada-webinar-on-cop28-and-environmental-defenders-december-7/) - On Thursday December 7 at 12 pm ET, PBI-Canada will be hosting a webinar focused on the United Nations COP28 climate summit and the actions it should take to address violence against frontline environmental defenders. To register for this webinar, click here. At least 1,390 land and environmental defenders have been killed since the COP21
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied defender Berenice Celeita visits Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-colombia-accompanied-defender-berenice-celeita-visits-ottawa/) - On October 30, Association for Research and Social Action (Nomadesc) president Berenice Celeita spoke at the Amnesty International Canada office in Ottawa/Algonquin territory. The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has accompanied Nomadesc since 2011 and Berenice Celeita since 1999. At this public forum, we offered these comments: Canada has an enormous economic relationship with Colombia. Canadian companies hold $8
- [PBI-Mexico and the Network in Defence of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) visit Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-mexico-and-the-network-in-defence-of-indigenous-territories-of-sierra-tarahumara-redeti-visit-ottawa/) - Photo: Manuel Jabonero (PBI-Mexico), Mariana Villarreal (REDETI) and Brent Patterson (PBI-Canada) remember Julián Carrillo on Parliament Hill, October 24. From October 24 to 27, Mariana Azucena Villarreal Frías, the Chihuahua-based coordinator of the Network in Defence of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI), was in Ottawa. She was accompanied by Manuel Jabonero Prieto, the Mexico
- [PBI-Guatemala seeks field volunteers, deadline to apply is January 7, 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-guatemala-seeks-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-january-7-2024/) - The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project is seeking field volunteers to accompany human rights defenders. The deadline to apply is January 7, 2024. The training and final selection week will then take place from May 19-25 in Spain. Requirements to apply include: a good level of Spanish – spoken, written and read; ability to commit to
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) at a sit-in and press conference against evictions](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-honduras-accompanies-the-national-union-of-rural-workers-cntc-at-a-sit-in-and-press-conference-against-evictions/) - On November 1, PBI-Honduras posted: “Yesterday we accompanied CNTC Progreso to the sit-in and press conference at the National Agrarian Institute (INA). In this instance, several organizations in defense of land and territory protested against a series of evictions that have occurred in the area of Progreso (Yoro) in recent months and that they consider
- [PBI-Canada participates in visionary and advocacy meetings in Caparica, Portugal](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-canada-participates-in-visionary-and-advocacy-meetings-in-caparica-portugal-2/) - Photo: A session of the Visionary Workshop meeting. PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson has returned from ten days of visionary and advocacy meetings with PBI colleagues in Caparica, Portugal. The PBI entities present at these meetings along with Canada included Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nepal, Kenya, Indonesia, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and the International
- [Will the push to export “green hydrogen” and critical minerals to the European Union impact Mi’kmaq and Innu rights?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/will-the-push-to-export-green-hydrogen-and-critical-minerals-to-the-european-union-impact-mikmaq-and-innu-rights/) - Photo: European Council President Charles Michel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyon meet in St. John’s. The launch of a “green alliance” and an invitation to join a “critical raw materials club” at the European Union-Canada summit held in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador on November 23-24 could have implications
- [PBI-Canada remembers Ueli Wildberger and the “menschenteppich” at the arms show in Winterthur, Switzerland](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-canada-remembers-ueli-wildberger-and-the-menschenteppich-at-the-arms-show-in-winterthur-switzerland-2/) - Photo: Ueli Wildberger (1945–2023). Photo by Andrea Zahler. The Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger (Daily Gazette) reports on the passing of Peace Brigades International activist Ueli Wildberger. Ueli passed away on January 23 at 77 years of age. Tages-Anzeiger notes: “After [studying for a few semesters in Berlin in 1968], Ueli Wildberger no longer plays the obedient role in the
- [CRCC posts “investigation update” ahead of webinars on RCMP C-IRG violence against land defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/crcc-posts-investigation-update-ahead-of-two-webinars-rcmp-c-irg-violence-against-land-defenders/) - Video: RCMP C-IRG officers smash down a door and arrest land defenders at gunpoint on November 19, 2021. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) has posted an “Investigation Update” on their “systemic investigation” into the Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), the militarized RCMP unit that is deployed against land defenders. The investigation into the C-IRG
- [PBI-Canada remembers Ueli Wildberger and the “menschenteppich” at the arms show in Winterthur, Switzerland](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/28/pbi-canada-remembers-ueli-wildberger-and-the-menschenteppich-at-the-arms-show-in-winterthur-switzerland/) - Photo: Ueli Wildberger (1945–2023). Photo by Andrea Zahler. The Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger (Daily Gazette) reports on the passing of Peace Brigades International activist Ueli Wildberger. Ueli passed away on January 23 at 77 years of age. Tages-Anzeiger notes: “After [studying for a few semesters in Berlin in 1968], Ueli Wildberger no longer plays the obedient
- [Indigenous Ryukyuans call on Canadian military to stop using U.S. military bases on Okinawa](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/27/indigenous-ryukyuans-call-on-canadian-military-to-stop-using-u-s-military-bases-on-okinawa/) - Global News video clip. Earlier this year, Mongabay reported (in a collaboration with other news platforms): “Opponents of the latest U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, are calling for urgent intervention by the United Nations to halt the construction of the new base, release military groundwater test data on toxic spills, and close all 32
- [Will the push to export “green hydrogen” and critical minerals from Canada to the European Union impact Mi’kmaq and Innu rights?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/26/will-the-push-to-export-green-hydrogen-and-critical-minerals-from-canada-to-the-european-union-impact-mikmaq-and-innu-rights/) - Photo: European Council President Charles Michel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyon meet in St. John’s. The launch of a “green alliance” and an invitation to join a “critical raw materials club” at the European Union-Canada summit held in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador on November 23-24 could
- [Wet’suwet’en water protector Sleydo’, criminalized for defending Wedzin Kwa, in court January 8-19, 2024](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/22/wetsuweten-water-protector-sleydo-criminalized-for-defending-wedzin-kwa-in-court-january-8-19-2024/) - PBI-Canada expresses its concern about the continued criminalization and harassment of Wet’suwet’en land defenders and water protectors opposed to the construction without free, prior and informed consent of the TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on their unceded territory and across the Wedzin Kwa river in British Columbia. Yintah Access has posted on Instagram:
- [What language should be included in the COP28 statement to better protect environmental human rights defenders?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/20/what-language-should-be-included-in-the-cop28-statement-to-better-protect-environmental-human-rights-defenders/) - -Hold a Dialogue under UNFCCC on Environmental Human rights defenders, including Indigenous peoples and frontline communities, to identify and address the obstacles that defenders face when trying to exercise their rights to access information, public participation, and education." Furthermore, the Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group included in their submission on Elements for a
- [Nomadesc president Berenice Celeita on impunity and the equipping of the Colombian national police following the National Strike](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/21/nomadesc-president-berenice-celeita-on-impunity-and-the-equipping-of-the-colombian-national-police/) - Video still: Berenice Celeita holds up a tear gas canister during a PBI-Canada webinar on police violence in Colombia, June 3, 2021. When Association for Research and Social Action (Nomadesc) president Berenice Celeita was in Canada recently she noted the impunity the Colombian national police have in relation to their violence against participants in the
- [Gitxsan land defenders to rally against the RCMP's militarized C-IRG unit, November 21 in Smithers](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/20/gitxsan-land-defenders-to-rally-against-the-rcmps-militarized-c-irg-unit-november-21-in-smithers/) - Members of the Gitxsan nation will be rallying in Smithers tomorrow (November 21) to "ban a militarized RCMP C-IRG that terrorize our people and land defenders." The Gitxsan Huwilp Government says: “Industry-led injunctions ordered by the BC Supreme Court Chief Justice to allow the looting of indigenous lands must stop. Further, the RCMP volunteering to
- [UN special experts call for an arms embargo, continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza to avoid a genocide in the making](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/20/un-special-experts-call-for-an-arms-embargo-continue-to-press-for-a-ceasefire-to-avoid-a-genocide-in-the-making/) - Photo by Alisdare Hickson from the ISHR website. United Nations special experts, including Mary Lawlor, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, say: “Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making.” To stop this, the UN experts have demanded an
- [PBI-Canada participates in visionary and advocacy meetings in Caparica, Portugal](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/20/pbi-canada-participates-in-visionary-and-advocacy-meetings-in-caparica-portugal/) - Photo: A session of the Visionary Workshop meeting. PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson has returned from ten days of visionary and advocacy meetings with PBI colleagues in Caparica, Portugal. The PBI entities present at these meetings along with Canada included Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nepal, Kenya, Indonesia, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway and the International
- [Connecting the CANSEC weapons show with “a genocide in the making” against Palestinians](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/19/connecting-the-cansec-weapons-show-with-a-genocide-in-the-making-against-palestinians/) - Photo: Activists blockade a Lockheed Martin facility in Ottawa, November 10. The CANSEC weapons show, scheduled to take place May 29-30, 2024, at the EY Centre in Ottawa, can be connected to that “genocide in the making” as well as the arming of repression against organizations, defenders and communities around the world. The Associated Press
- [Rather than calling for a ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, Canadian banks are profiting from holdings in weapons companies](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/06/rather-than-calling-for-a-ceasefire-in-palestine-and-israel-canadian-banks-are-profiting-from-holdings-in-weapons-companies/) - Photo by Canadian Palestine Association. Peace Brigades International supports the call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, respect for international humanitarian law, an end to collective punishment and a process of negotiations leading to a just and lasting peace. Numerous Canadian organizations have backed the call for a ceasefire, as have 33 Members
- [Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates cost of F-35 warplanes at $73.9 billion, including $11.3 billion on weapons and munitions](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/03/parliamentary-budget-officer-estimates-cost-of-f-35-warplanes-at-73-9-billion-including-11-3-billion-on-weapons-and-munitions/) - In an 18-page report released on November 2, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates the “life cycle cost” of Canada’s planned purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 warplanes at $73.9 billion. While there isn’t a lot of specificity in the short report (the word “weapons” only appears four times), the PBO appears
- [Canada interested in Colombian naval base, sale of helicopters and remotely-piloted systems to the National Police](https://pbicanada.org/2023/11/02/canada-interested-in-colombian-naval-base-sale-of-helicopters-and-remotely-piloted-systems-to-the-national-police/) - Photo of Bell 407 helicopter with surveillance technology. The Maple has reported on briefing notes, obtained through an access to information request, prepared for then-Defence Minister Anita Anand for the 15th Biennial Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas held on July 28, 2022. This conference took place a little more than a week before
- [PBI-Canada offers overview of Canada-Colombia economic relationship at public forum with Berenice Celeita](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/31/pbi-canada-offers-overview-of-canada-colombia-economic-relationship-at-public-forum-with-berenice-celeita/) - On October 30, Association for Research and Social Action (Nomadesc) president Berenice Celeita spoke at the Amnesty International Canada office in Ottawa/Algonquin territory. The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has accompanied Nomadesc since 2011 and Berenice Celeita since 1999. Brent Patterson of Peace Brigades International-Canada offered these comments at the public forum: Canada has an enormous
- [The Network in Defence of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) and PBI-Mexico visit Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/29/the-network-in-defence-of-indigenous-territories-of-sierra-tarahumara-redeti-and-pbi-mexico-visit-ottawa/) - Photo: Manuel Jabonero (PBI-Mexico), Mariana Villarreal (REDETI) and Brent Patterson (PBI-Canada) remember Julián Carrillo on Parliament Hill, October 24. This past week, Mariana Azucena Villarreal Frías, the Chihuahua-based coordinator of the Network in Defence of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI), was in Ottawa. She was accompanied by Manuel Jabonero Prieto, the Mexico City-based advocacy
- [PBI-Canada seeks meeting with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada on MOU with Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/21/pbi-canada-seeks-meeting-with-crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada-on-mou-with-mexico-on-indigenous-rights/) - Photo: “Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Minister Melanie Joly signed an MOU for the protection of the native peoples of Mexico and Canada” on January 12, 2023. At the same time, the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs of Canada (CIRNAC) and the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) of the United Mexican States
- [What has been the environmental impact of the TC Energy Encino-Topolobampo pipeline in Chihuahua, Mexico?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/20/what-has-been-the-environmental-impact-of-the-tc-energy-encino-topolobampo-pipeline-in-chihuahua-mexico/) - Photo: Mariana Villarreal of REDETI and Manuel Jabonero of PBI-Mexico are in Washington, DC this week before travelling to Ottawa. Mariana Azucena Villarreal Frías of the Network in Defense of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) will be in Ottawa next week. She will be accompanied by Manuel Jabonero from the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project.
- [Secwépemc launch Unceded Law Response Group (ULRG), determine C-IRG is committing war crimes on Indigenous territories](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/20/secwepemc-launch-unceded-law-response-group-ulrg-determine-c-irg-is-committing-war-crimes-on-indigenous-territories/) - Photo: Unceded Law Response Group Chief Commissioner April Thomas, Associate Commissioner Shawna Knight, Commissioner Mike McKenzie. IndigiNews reports: “Following years of violent arrests at industry injunction sites throughout the province [of British Columbia], Secwépemc leaders have launched a response group that is dedicated to preventing harm against the land and its defenders.” “The Unceded Law
- [Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska arrested resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline that is financed by Canadian banks](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/19/ojibwe-water-protector-tara-houska-arrested-resisting-mountain-valley-pipeline-funded-by-canadian-banks/) - Photo by Appalachians Against Pipelines. Native News Online reports: “On Monday [October 16], Ojibwe attorney Tara Houska was arrested for criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor in Virginia, after she locked herself to construction equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline construction site in Elliston, Virginia [400 kilometres south-west of Washington, DC].” “Houska told Native News Online that
- [Mexico City police injure ten displaced Otomi demanding their right to housing be upheld](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/18/mexico-city-police-injure-10-otomi-demanding-their-right-to-housing/) - Photo by Zone Docs. Courthouse News reports: “A clash between police and Indigenous activists occupying government offices in Mexico City late Sunday [October 15] left 10 people wounded, including teenage girls as young as 13, according to organizers of the occupying group.” Video: Police attack Otomi occupation. “The activists — many of them displaced members
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies REDETI convened gathering of Indigenous Rarámuri and Ódami communities in the Sierra Tarahumara](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/18/pbi-mexico-accompanies-redeti-convened-gathering-of-indigenous-raramuri-and-odami-communities-in-the-sierra-tarahumara/) - Raichali (which means "word" in the Rarámuri language) reports: “More than sixty members of the Rarámuri and Ódami Indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara met with members of the Tsotsil and Ch'ol communities of Chiapas to exchange experiences on their own processes of autonomy, use of natural resources, organization for the defense of the territory
- [Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders unite against the TC Energy Coastal GasLink and Tuxpan-Tula pipelines](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/18/wetsuweten-and-otomi-land-defenders-unite-against-the-tc-energy-coastal-gaslink-and-tuxpan-tula-fracked-gas-pipelines/) - Over the past four days in Ottawa and Toronto, PBI-Canada, along with allies including Above Ground and the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, have accompanied and sought to amplify the resistance of Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders to the Coastal GasLink and Tuxpan-Tula fracked gas pipelines being built on their territories without consent by the Calgary-based
- [Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders, October 16](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/13/wetsuweten-and-otomi-land-defenders-october-16/) - This coming Monday October 16, we are co-organizing a public forum with allies that will feature Wet’suwet’en and Otomi land defenders who are resisting TC Energy fracked gas pipelines on their territories in Canada and Mexico. This event will be held in Ottawa – but if you live outside of Ottawa, you can join the
- [PBI-Canada to help REDETI commemorate the 5th anniversary of the murder of Rarámuri land defender Julián Carrillo](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/13/pbi-canada-to-help-redeti-commemorate-in-ottawa-the-5th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-raramuri-land-defender-julian-carrillo/) - Indigenous Rarámuri land defender Julián Carrillo was murdered by armed men on October 24, 2018, in his community of Coloradas de la Virgen in the mountainous region of the Sierra Tarahumara in the northern state of Chihuahua. Mariana Azucena Villarreal Frías of the Network in Defense of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) will be
- [RCMP comments on C-IRG arrest of photo-journalist Amber Bracken on Wet’suwet’en territory](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/13/rcmp-comments-on-c-irg-arrest-of-photo-journalist-amber-bracken-on-wetsuweten-territory/) - Video (at 12:12): Photojournalist Amber Bracken was arrested by RCMP C-IRG officers on November 19, 2021. Bracken says: “For the record, I’m a member of the media. You’ve been notified that I’m here. I’m an observer.” On February 13, 2023, the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) posted: “The Narwhal and award-winning photojournalist Amber Bracken have
- [Thirteen Wet’suwet’en land defenders will be in court in a few weeks to defend their right to protect their territory from TC Energy](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/12/thirteen-wetsuweten-land-defenders-will-be-in-court-in-a-few-weeks-to-defend-their-right-to-protect-their-territory-from-tc-energy/) - Video: RCMP C-IRG officers smash down a door and arrest land defenders at gunpoint on November 19, 2021. Greenpeace Canada notes: “In a few weeks Wet’suwet’en land defenders will be in the colonial courts defending their right to protect their territory from the unlawful trespass and property damage caused by TC Energy’s Coastal GasLink.” They
- [Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs march in Vancouver to demand the dismantling of controversial RCMP C-IRG unit](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/12/gitxsan-hereditary-chiefs-march-in-vancouver-to-demand-the-dismantling-of-the-rcmp-c-irg-unit/) - Photo: “Members of the Gitxsan Nation’s rally called to dismantle the RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group. Photo by Isaac Phan Nay for Canada’s National Observer.” The National Observer reports: “Hereditary chiefs from the Gitxsan First Nation marched to BC Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday morning [October 11], demanding an end to RCMP suppression of Indigenous-led
- [PBI-Canada to host the Network in Defense of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) in Ottawa, October 24-29](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/10/pbi-canada-to-host-the-network-in-defense-of-indigenous-territories-of-sierra-tarahumara-redeti-in-ottawa-october-24-29/) - Mariana Azucena Villarreal Frías of the Network in Defense of Indigenous Territories of Sierra Tarahumara (REDETI) will be in Ottawa this coming October 24 to 29. REDETI has highlighted: “The lack of legal recognition of ancestral lands is one of the causes of the dispossession of the Indigenous peoples of the Sierra Tarahumara. Among the
- [BHRRC report documents nearly 2,000 attacks against human rights defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/04/bhrrc-report-documents-2000-attacks-against-human-rights-defenders-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/) - The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) has released its report: Guardians at risk: Confronting Corporate Abuse in Latin America & the Caribbean. Among the key findings in the 20-page report: - “Between January 2015 and December 2022 (inclusive), the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (the Resource Centre) identified nearly 2,000 [specifically 1,976]
- [New Premier of Manitoba has promised to search the landfill for the remains of Indigenous women](https://pbicanada.org/2023/10/04/new-premier-of-manitoba-has-promised-to-search-the-landfill-for-the-remains-of-indigenous-women/) - Video: Kinew: “Searching the landfill is an important step toward delivering justice in Manitoba.” (August 9, 2023) On October 3, Wabanakwut "Wab" Kinew was elected the new Premier with an NDP majority government in the province of Manitoba. On August 9, Kinew promised that if elected Premier his government would move forward on the search
- [Tsuk land defender wis-waa-cha says RCMP C-IRG sent to remove her from tree-sit on unceded land](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/30/tsuk-land-defender-wis-waa-cha-says-rcmp-c-irg-sent-to-remove-her-from-tree-sit-on-unceded-land/) - Photo: wis-waa-cha/ Kati George-Jim. Meral Jamal of IndigiNews reports: “A T’Sou-ke woman who took part in a tree-sit for nearly a month in protest of construction work at her First Nation says she avoided police who tried to confront her this week.” Times Colonist: “On Tuesday about 9 a.m., RCMP began surrounding the tree with
- [PBI tells the UN Human Rights Council about the continued harassment of Wet’suwet’en land defenders by the RCMP C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/29/pbi-tells-the-un-human-rights-council-about-the-continued-harassment-of-wetsuweten-land-defenders-by-the-rcmp-c-irg/) - On September 28, Peace Brigades International presented its comments in Geneva, Switzerland during the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay. In this video (starting at 40:09), Yannick Wild notes PBI’s concerns in Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia and Canada. Wild stated: “In Canada, we draw your attention
- [A celebration of the life of PBI co-founder Hans Sinn](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/25/a-celebration-of-the-life-of-pbi-co-founder-hans-sinn/) - On the afternoon of September 24, Peace Brigades International-Canada was present in the small rural community of Brooke Valley, about an hour west of Ottawa, Canada, for a gathering to celebrate the life of PBI co-founder Hans Sinn. Hans passed away on June 29 at 94 years of age. Hans’ son Anthony (in the photo
- [Canada set to spend about $400 million on more than 200 Hellfire missiles for its new $5 billion fleet of Reaper drones](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/23/canada-set-to-spend-about-400-million-on-more-than-200-hellfire-missiles-for-its-new-5-billion-fleet-of-reaper-drones/) - Photo: AGM-114 Hellfire missile. The Ottawa Citizen reports: “The Canadian military has set the stage for its purchase of a fleet of armed drones by requesting the United States provide it with 219 Hellfire missiles as part of an overall program that could be worth up to $5 billion.” The Air-to-Ground (AGM)-114R2 Hellfire II missile
- [Families gather on Parliament Hill to call on Canadian government to search Winnipeg landfill](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/18/families-in-ottawa-to-call-on-canadian-government-to-search-winnipeg-landfill/) - Photo: Jorden Myran, Marcedes Myran's sister, and Cambria Harris, Morgan Harris’ daughter, at the national day of action event on Parliament Hill. The families of two murdered Indigenous women were on Parliament Hill today to demand that the Canadian government fund the search of a Winnipeg landfill to recover the remains of Morgan Harris and
- [Search the Landfills gathering on Parliament Hill, September 18](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/14/search-the-landfills-gathering-on-parliament-hill-september-18/) - PBI-Canada will be on Parliament Hill on Monday September 18 starting at 12 noon for the International Day of Action to Search the Landfills event. This day honours missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender diverse people whose remains are either already found or believed to be in the Brady Road and Prairie
- [How are two Canadian corporations – TC Energy and CPKC Rail – implicated in the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject in Mexico?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/12/how-are-two-canadian-corporations-tc-energy-and-cpkc-rail-implicated-in-the-interoceanic-corridor-megaproject-in-mexico/) - To join a webinar that will look at the connections of TC Energy and CPKC Rail to the Interoceanic Corridor megaproject, click here. Following the participation of PBI-Mexico in the Civilian Observation Mission to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, PBI-Canada is looking at the role of Calgary-based CPKC Rail in the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus
- [Accompaniment update](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/11/accompaniment-update/) - This summer, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project participated in a Civilian Observation Mission that documented human rights violations against Indigenous peoples by state security forces in the context of the Interoceanic Corridor. A key component of this Corridor, which is essentially a land-based version of the Panama Canal, is a 300 kilometre railway line. The
- [PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya and their ongoing struggle against extractivism](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/11/pbi-guatemala-accompanies-the-peaceful-resistance-of-la-puya-and-their-ongoing-struggle-against-extractivism/) - On September 3, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya at their monthly mass. The Resistance is currently beginning the pre-consultation process to decide the future of mining extractivism in the region.” On Sunday May 7, PBI-Canada and PBI-Guatemala visited with the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya at a roadside site that
- [Report & webinar - Colombia Confronting Impunity: Protect Lawyers and Judicial Independence](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/11/report-webinar-colombia-confronting-impunity-protect-lawyers-and-judicial-independence/) - Photo: The delegation (including Heather Neun) meets with the PBI-Colombia accompanied Luis Carlos Pérez Collective Lawyers Corporation (CCALCP) and the Campesina Association of Catatumbo (ASCAMCAT). Peace Brigades International-Canada Board member and lawyer Heather Neun participated in the International Caravana of Jurists delegation to Colombia in August 2022. Earlier this year, the Caravana report on that
- [RCMP C-IRG spent $11 million in 2022 patrolling the Morice Forest Service Road on Wet’suwet’en territory](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/11/rcmp-c-irg-spent-11-million-in-2022-patrolling-the-morice-forest-service-road-on-wetsuweten-territory/) - Video excerpt from The Juice Media honest government ad. The Tyee reports: “The RCMP’s costs for patrolling a remote resource road on Wet’suwet’en territory to protect a pipeline project rose almost 60 per cent last year to $11 million, despite no significant police actions in the area.” The article adds: “It’s the most the RCMP
- [Carmen Aguirre on Canadian foreign policy and the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/10/carmen-aguirre-on-canadian-foreign-policy-and-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-coup-in-chile/) - Photo of Carmen Aguirre by Tim Fraser/The Globe and Mail. Carmen Aguirre's family fled Chile after the coup in 1973 when she was five years old, eventually making their way to Vancouver. In 1979, Carmen, her younger sister Ale, her mother Mami and Canadian activist step-father Bob Everton returned to Chile to join the Movimiento
- [Peace activists challenge DSEI UK 2023 arms show in London where a Canada Pavilion plans to sell weapons](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/09/peace-activists-challenge-dsei-uk-2023-in-london-where-a-canada-pavilion-sell-weapons/) - Photo: A truck is blocked at DSEI UK 2023, September 8. The DSEI UK 2023 arms show is taking place in London this September 12-15. As noted here, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), the same industry lobby group that organizes the annual CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, has organized a Canada
- [Solidarity rally in Toronto on October 14 against TC Energy pipelines on Turtle Island](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/07/solidarity-rally-against-tc-energy-toronto-14-october/) - Rising Tide Toronto has posted on Instagram: “Join a coalition of Indigenous Land Defenders and allied activists uniting against fossil fuel company, TC Energy. In solidarity with Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island, this day will be a rallying call to say NO to pipelines, NO to policing, and NO to the corporate greed that is
- [Six months into the systemic investigation of the C-IRG, violations continue without clear deadline for CRCC report](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/06/six-months-into-the-systemic-investigation-of-the-c-irg-violations-continue-without-clear-deadline-for-crcc-report/) - Photo: The C-IRG arrested land defenders on Pacheedaht territory, August 15, 2023. Photo by Amber Bracken. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) launched its “systemic investigation” into the RCMP Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) on March 8, 2023. As the six-month mark on that investigation approaches on this Friday September 8, PBI-Canada contacted the CRCC
- [Colombia joins the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, environmental defender Yuvelis Morales says no to fracking in the territories](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/03/colombia-joins-the-beyond-oil-and-gas-alliance-environmental-defender-yuvelis-morales-says-no-to-fracking-in-the-territories/) - CREDHOS tweet: Yuvelis Morales and others at “1st Summit Against Fracking and Unconventional Deposits, committed to the defense of territory, water and life.” The Colombian government has joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA), an international alliance of governments and stakeholders working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production. Yuvelis
- [On2Ottawa activist Eric Schiller arrested at climate justice action on Portage Bridge](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/01/on2ottawa-activist-eric-schiller-arrested-at-climate-action-on-portage-bridge/) - Ottawa activist Eric Schiller is taking action to stop climate change. The Ottawa Citizen reports: “Gatineau police have confirmed the arrest of four On2Ottawa climate activists who were blocking the Portage Bridge Thursday [August 31] morning. The on2ottawa group climate activists have staged a number of traffic related protest calling for increased government action on
- [Parliamentary Budget Officer to release cost estimate on F-35 warplanes in October, total cost could reach $90.4 billion](https://pbicanada.org/2023/09/01/parliamentary-budget-officer-to-release-cost-estimate-on-f-35-warplanes-in-october-total-cost-could-reach-90-4-billion/) - The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer told PBI-Canada this week that they are aiming to publish in October their cost estimate of the Canadian government’s purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 warplane. On January 23, 2023, the Ottawa Citizen reported: “The parliamentary budget officer will examine the Liberal government’s decision to buy the U.S.-built
- [Secwépemc land defender Kanahus Manuel warns RCMP C-IRG raid of Tiny House Warriors may be imminent](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/31/secwepemc-land-defender-kanahus-manuel-warns-rcmp-raid-of-tiny-house-warriors-may-be-imminent/) - Secwepemc land defender Kanahus Manuel has posted on Instagram: “The pigs creeping around camp, surveillance and harassment continues, temporary fence that tmx [Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project] put up was removed yesterday, the government may be trying to raid or move in! Stay posted.” The C-IRG If a raid does happen, it would likely involve
- [Extracto: Informe del Examen Periódico Universal sobre la Frontera Energy en Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/31/extracto-examen-periodico-universal-sobre-frontera-energy-en-colombia/) - Nombre del proyecto: Explotación y exploración de hidrocarburos Bloque Cubiro Ubicación: Veredas La Venturosa, Platanales, La Nevera y El Tigre, municipio San Luis de Palenque (Casanare - Colombia) Empresas involucradas: Frontera Energy Entidad financiera: - Sector: exploración y explotación de Hidrocarburos Ambiente natural impactado: Ecosistema de llanuras aluviales de la Orinoquía colombiana Principales abusos de
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies relatives of victims of enforced disappearance at ceremony in Chihuahua](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/31/pbi-mexico-accompanies-relatives-of-victims-of-enforced-disappearances-at-ceremony-in-chihuahua/) - On August 30, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “PBI accompanies relatives of victims in Chihuahua while placing plaques with the names of 202 people whose families @CEDEHM [the Centre for Women’s Human Rights] accompanies.” As noted on the CEDEHM website: “Initially, our work focused on accompanying women and their daughters and sons seeking justice after being victims of
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation at protest in front of the Search Unit for Missing Persons (UBPD) in Bogota](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/31/pbi-colombia-accompanies-nydia-erika-bautista-foundation-at-protest-in-front-of-the-search-unit-for-missing-persons-ubpd-in-bogota/) - On August 29, PBI-Colombia tweeted: "If there is no path, we create it"... We were accompanying @nydia_erika and relatives of victims of #Enforced Disappearance from different departments of Colombia to demand, in front of the @UBPDcolombia, truth and justice #WomenSeekers sowing dignity #untilfound As can be seen in the poster below the protest in front
- [PBI-Mexico meets with Secretary of Public Security in Chihuahua to raise concerns about insecurity experienced by communities](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/30/pbi-mexico-meets-with-secretary-of-public-security-in-chihuahua-to-raise-concerns-about-the-insecurity-experienced-by-communities/) - La Opción de Chihuahua reports: “The Secretary of Public Security of the State (SSPE), Gilberto Loya Chávez, held a meeting on Monday [August 26] with authorities of the International Peace Brigade (Peace Brigades International or PBI) Mexico project, with the aim of reviewing data on the incidence of crime in the municipality of Guadalupe y
- [Union of Indigenous Communities from the North of the Isthmus (UCIZONI) opposes TC Energy gas pipeline in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/29/union-of-indigenous-communities-from-the-north-of-the-isthmus-ucizoni-opposes-tc-energy-gas-pipeline-in-mexico/) - Photo: Carlos Beas Torres of UCIZONI. The Union of Indigenous Communities from the North of the Isthmus (UCIZONI) is opposed to the of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) and the TC Energy Southeast Gateway Pipeline, an offshore gas pipeline whose landfall endpoint is Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, which is situated in the Isthmus
- [Calgary-based CPKC railway pursues the Corredor Interoceánico megaproject in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/28/calgary-based-cpkc-railway-the-corredor-interoceanico-megaproject-in-mexico/) - Photo: CPKC executives, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, US officials and the Mexican military discuss the rail corridor, May 2023. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) company, rebranded as CPKC this past April, is involved in a megaproject variously called the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Trans-Isthmus Corridor, and the Tehuantepec isthmus rail
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies LGBTQI+ defenders at Pride March in Tegucigalpa where car hit transgender activist Megan Kerr](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/28/pbi-honduras-accompanies-lgbtqi-defenders-at-pride-march-in-tegucigalpa-where-car-hit-transgender-defender-megan-kerr/) - On July 31, PBI-Honduras posted: “To end this #PrideMonth, we accompanied the organizations Asociación LGTB Arcoiris de Honduras and Somoscdc Hn during the closing march through the streets of Tegucigalpa. At PBI we highlight the work of all the organizations that work to defend LGTBI+ rights and we remember the importance of protecting the people
- [UN Special Rapporteur says Canada should cease construction of Coastal GasLink pipeline, halt the criminalization of Indigenous human rights defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/28/un-special-rapporteur-says-canada-should-cease-construction-of-coastal-gaslink-halt-the-criminalization-of-indigenous-human-rights-defenders/) - Video still: Cali Tzay visited Canada from March 1-10 this year. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, has released his report on his Visit to Canada. On page 13 of that report, he writes: In Canada, Indigenous Peoples are taking up the fight for climate justice
- [PBI-Canada conversation with Maya Q'eqchi' frontline journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/19/pbi-canada-conversation-with-maya-qeqchi-frontline-journalist-carlos-ernesto-choc/) - On August 18, Maya Q'eqchi' journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc spoke with PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson about the criminalization he is experiencing, his commitment to frontline journalism, and the current political situation in Guatemala. Ninety-nine people from around the world registered for this webinar, with viewers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland,
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS and FEDEPESAN at meetings with Canadian Embassy in Barrancabermeja](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/17/pbi-colombia-accompanies-credhos-and-fedepesan-at-meeting-with-canadian-embassy-in-barrancabermeja/) - On August 16, PBI-Colombia posted: “In the village of Campo Gala #Barrancabermeja accompanying @Credhos_Paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights] and @CanadayColombia [the Canadian Embassy in Colombia] at a meeting with #Fedepesan [the Federation of Artisanal Fishermen of Santander] and #LosCogollos to talk about the effects that those who are dedicated to
- [PBI-Colombia accompanies COSPACC and BHRRC in Casanare to receive testimonies about impacts of oil companies](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/17/pbi-colombia-accompanies-cospacc-and-bhrrc-in-casanare-to-receive-testimonies-about-impacts-of-oil-companies/) - On August 16, PBI-Colombia posted: “We accompany @CospaccOficial [Social Corporation for Community Advice and Training] and @CIEDHes [Information Center on Business and Human Rights/BHRRC] in #Casanare listening to testimonies from those who experience environmental impacts caused by oil companies. Testimonies to record a documentary on the environmental and social effects suffered by communities in the
- [RCMP C-IRG conduct raid on Pacheedaht territory despite systemic investigation, calls for this unit to be suspended](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/15/rcmp-c-irg-conduct-raid-on-pacheedaht-territory-despite-systemic-investigation-calls-for-this-unit-to-be-suspended/) - Still from video by Brandi Morin. We draw the attention of the international community to the raid by the controversial Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) on Pacheedaht territory in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Here are key reports from Ricochet Media, Ethan Cox and Brandi Morin: 1:12 pm. Ricochet Media: “BREAKING: The
- [PBI-Canada speaks at Prisoners’ Justice Day vigil in Ottawa/ Algonquin territory](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/14/pbi-canada-speaks-at-prisoners-justice-day-vigil-in-ottawa-algonquin-territory/) - An abbreviated version of this speech was presented by PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson at the Prisoners' Justice Day vigil on August 10: Thank you to the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP) for the opportunity to be with you today. Prisoners’ Justice Day emerged as a prisoner-initiated day of non-violent resistance to carceral repression and
- [RCMP delays in providing documents on the C-IRG for systemic investigation being conducted by federal watchdog](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/14/rcmp-delays-in-providing-documents-on-the-c-irg-for-systemic-investigation-being-conducted-by-federal-watchdog/) - Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'Moks says the C-IRG must be abolished. Video still: Chief Na'Moks speaks on a PBI-Canada webinar, February 21, 2023. The federal Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) watchdog agency launched a systemic investigation into the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) on March 8 of this
- [Former PBI-Guatemala field volunteer testifies at trial on the arbitrary detention by police of journalist Norma Sancir at Indigenous protest](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/14/former-pbi-guatemala-field-volunteer-testifies-at-trial-on-the-arbitrary-detention-by-police-of-journalist-norma-sancir-at-indigenous-protest/) - Photo: Katharina Ochsendorf testified via videoconference from the Guatemalan consulate in Germany. Photo by Prensa Comunitaria/ Simón Antonio. Norma Sancir is a Maya Kaqchikel journalist, social communicator and human rights defender of the Ch’orti ’people in Chiquimula, Guatemala. She was arrested on September 18, 2014, by the National Civil Police (PNC) at a Maya Ch’orti’
- [Join us this Friday to meet Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/14/join-us-this-friday-to-meet-maya-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-ernesto-choc/) - Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc is scheduled to be in a Guatemalan court on Monday August 21. He will be facing charges related to his reporting on the police repression of a protest against a nickel mine first established by a Canadian company. You can meet him on Friday August 18 at 1 pm
- [Mylene Vialard faces 5-years in prison for peacefully resisting the Canadian Line 3 pipeline in the United States](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/27/mylene-vialard-faces-5-years-in-prison-for-peacefully-resisting-the-canadian-line-3-pipeline-in-the-united-states/) - Photo: Mylene Vialard (on a 25-bamboo tower) says: “Enbridge Corporation is the one destroying the land, is the one destroying the traditional way of life of Indigenous people, is the one altering the ecology and the environment, is the one denying the right to ceremony to the Indigenous people. All I did was say, ‘No.’”
- [Canadian banks have provided USD $3.8 billion to the companies behind the Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/27/canadian-banks-have-provided-3-8-billion-to-the-companies-behind-the-mountain-valley-fracked-gas-pipeline/) - Photo: “Appalachians Against Pipelines: After preventing MVP construction at the site for 7 hours, around 1:15 PM [on Saturday August 26], the person locked to equipment was extracted and arrested.” If completed, the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) would carry fracked gas about 300 miles (482 kilometres) from West Virginia to Virginia, cross nearly
- [Nagata links RCMP C-IRG, Coastal GasLink, former CIA Director David Petraeus and US military counter-insurgency manual](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/22/nagata-links-rcmp-c-irg-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-former-cia-director-david-petraeus-and-us-military-counter-insurgency-manual/) - Video still of David Petraeus with KKR corporate logo on his vest in 2023; photo of Petraeus in Iraq in 2007. Ricochet reports: “The RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), a special unit that polices Indigenous resistance against resource extraction in British Columbia, has adopted the playbook from former CIA director David Petraeus, according to a
- [PBI-Kenya concerned by the burning of the Nyando Social Justice Centre in the western city of Kisumu](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/21/pbi-kenya-concerned-by-the-burning-of-the-nyando-social-justice-centre-in-the-western-city-of-kisumu/) - Photo: The Nyando Social Justice Centre says: “Nyando social justice center has been a target by Ahero police officers so this time round they decided to fire several teargas canisters into our offices till they caught fire.” PBI-Kenya has tweeted: “Yesterday [Wednesday July 19], the Nyando Social Justice Centre in Kisumu was burned down. In
- [Canada secures $418 million sale of 55 light armoured vehicles to the Colombian army](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/25/canada-secures-418-million-sale-of-55-light-armoured-vehicles-to-the-colombian-army/) - Photo: An armored combat support vehicle (ACSV) variant of the GDLS LAV on display at the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa, May 2022. During last year’s election in Colombia, presidential-candidate Gustavo Petro promised: “I am not going to waste resources on weapons and bombs.” Just a year later, the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canada's government-to-government
- [PBI-Honduras accompanies Guapinol river defenders as they call for cancellation, not temporary suspension, of Los Pinares iron oxide mine](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/27/pbi-honduras-accompanies-guapinol-river-defenders-as-they-call-for-cancellation-not-temporary-suspension-of-los-pinares-iron-oxide-mine/) - On July 26, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Yesterday we were present at the call issued by the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Goods of Tocoa addressed to social organizations and the media in front of the Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment. The Committee demands the definitive cancellation of the mining project that was
- [Extension of The National Dream railway has implications for Indigenous land defenders opposing megaproject in Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/30/extension-of-the-national-dream-railway-has-implications-for-indigenous-land-defenders-opposing-megaproject-in-mexico/) - Photo: The Last Spike completed the CPR railroad in 1885. The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) company was integral to the colonization of Indigenous lands and the creation of the country called Canada. The National Dream refers to the construction of the CPR railway from Central Canada (Ontario) to British Columbia. The first spike was hammered
- [PBI-Mexico seeks field volunteers, deadline to apply is August 20](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/31/pbi-mexico-seeks-field-volunteers-deadline-to-apply-is-august-20/) - The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project is seeking field volunteers for a one-year term to accompany human rights defenders. The application deadline is August 20. For more information about how to apply, click here. After a pre-selection process, a personal online interview will take place. There will then be a training week (the first in November
- [Concerns that RCMP C-IRG could raid Savage Patch blockade against logging of old-growth forest on Pacheedaht territory](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/07/concerns-that-rcmp-c-irg-could-raid-savage-patch-blockade-against-logging-of-old-growth-forest-on-pacheedaht-territory/) - Video of Tla’amin Elder Grandma Losah, a land defender and water protector now at the resistance camp. A blockade of a road to stop logging on Pacheedaht territory in British Columbia has been announced on Instagram. The Times Colonist also reports: “Advocates against old-growth logging have been blocking a bridge over the Gordon River with
- [PBI-Canada webinar with criminalized Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc, August 18](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/07/pbi-canada-webinar-with-criminalized-maya-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-choc-august-18/) - Join us on Friday August 18 at 1 pm ET to hear Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc talk about the criminalization he has experienced for reporting on the Fenix mine in Guatemala. To register for the webinar, click here. This webinar will occur on the Friday before the Monday that Choc is scheduled to be
- [Will $200 million for expansion of Rogers Sugar plant in Montreal have implications on the right to water in Guatemala?](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/14/will-200-million-for-expansion-of-rogers-sugar-plant-in-montreal-have-implications-on-the-right-to-water-in-guatemala/) - Photo by Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press reports: “Rogers Sugar Inc. has announced plans to spend $200 million to grow its production capacity at its plant in Montreal to help meet increased demand in Eastern Canada. The company said Monday [August 14] the plan will increase production capacity at the plant by about
- [Maya Q'eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc to appear in court on August 21 for his reporting on the Fenix mine in Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/03/maya-qeqchi-journalist-carlos-choc-to-appear-in-court-on-august-21-for-his-reporting-on-the-fenix-mine-in-guatemala/) - Join us on Friday August 18 for a conversation with criminalized journalist Carlos Choc. Register here. This report published on June 22, 2023, by Article 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and other organizations notes: “Carlos Choc has had two arrest warrants against him and is currently under substitute measures, for which he must
- [RCMP cited Indigenous opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline as “evidence” to create the C-IRG](https://pbicanada.org/2023/08/04/rcmp-cited-indigenous-opposition-to-the-dakota-access-pipeline-as-evidence-to-create-the-c-irg/) - Photo: Indigenous water protectors at Standing Rock. CBC journalist Brett Forester reports: “The RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] used the anti-pipeline resistance at the Standing Rock reservation [in the United States] in 2016 to justify creating a unit in British Columbia to police similar opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, newly released documents show.”
- [PBI-Mexico helps document abuses against Indigenous territorial defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus project](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/29/pbi-mexico-helps-document-abuses-against-indigenous-territorial-defenders-opposed-to-interoceanic-corridor-of-the-isthmus-project/) - Video: PBI-Mexico speaks at the observation mission media conference, July 27. PBI-Mexico recently participated in an international observation mission that documented abuses against Indigenous territorial defenders opposed to the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus (CIIT) megaproject in the state of Oaxaca. On July 27, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “PBI accompanies the observation mission in the Isthmus. It
- [Today marks the 55th anniversary of the displacement of an Indigenous community for a military base in Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/28/today-marks-the-55th-anniversary-of-the-displacement-of-an-indigenous-community-for-a-military-base-in-guatemala/) - “This land is ours” On May 5, a Peace Brigades International-Canada delegation met with Olivia, a representative of the Residents Association of Chicoyogüito, Alta Verapaz (AVECHAV) at a café in the city of Cobán in the department of Alta Verapaz. She told us about the eviction and displacement of her community so that a military
- [Canada promises to announce an implementation plan by Fall 2024 to phase-out public financing of the fossil fuel sector](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/28/canada-promises-to-announce-an-implementation-plan-by-fall-2024-to-phase-out-public-financing-of-the-fossil-fuel-sector/) - Video: The construction of EDC financed Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain pipelines has been facilitated through RCMP C-IRG violence. The Canadian government recently announced its (somewhat awkwardly titled) Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Self‑Review Assessment Framework and the Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies Government of Canada Guidelines. These guidelines could affect about $1 billion
- [Sagkeeng warrior/protector Tre Delaronde arrested at Camp Marcedes as the call to search the landfill continue](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/26/sagkeeng-warrior-protector-tre-delaronde-arrested-at-camp-marcedes-as-the-call-to-search-the-landfills-continue/) - Photo of Tre Delaronde by Radio-Canada/Maxime Beuachemin. From social media reports we see that Sagkeeng warrior/protector Tre Delaronde was arrested by Winnipeg police yesterday and released this afternoon (but now faces several charges). APTN tweets: “Winnipeg police are cleaning up their headquarters after what they call an ‘incident’ overnight. Handprints can be seen smeared across
- [PBI-Mexico accompanies hearing of criminalized Indigenous Nahua water protector Alejandro Torres Chocolatl](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/26/pbi-mexico-accompanies-hearing-of-criminalized-indigenous-nahua-water-protector-alejandro-torres-chocolatl/) - PBI-Mexico has tweeted: “Today, July 25, from @PBI_Mexico we are accompanying the linkage hearing against defender Alejandro Torres Chocolatl, a member of @fpdtampt [the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water] who has been criminalized for his work in defense of land and water. We welcome the opinion of the judge, who ordered the
- [Complaint to the CRCC claims the RCMP C-IRG established an illegal exclusion zone on unceded Ditidaht lands](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/26/complaint-to-the-crcc-claims-the-rcmp-c-irg-established-an-illegal-exclusion-zone-on-unceded-ditidaht-lands/) - Video: BCCLA staff counsel Veronica Martisius encounters C-IRG officers, June 2021. The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) has submitted a complaint to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) about actions by the RCMP community-industry response group (C-IRG) in the Caycuse watershed. Their media release explains: “The BCCLA’s complaint focuses on an interaction between BCCLA
- [Promised fossil fuel subsidy phase-out allows RCMP C-IRG violence against Indigenous land defenders to continue](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/25/fossil-fuel-subsidy-phase-out-allows-rcmp-c-irg-violence-against-indigenous-land-defenders-to-continue/) - Video: Sleydo’ and Gitxsan land defender Shaylynn Sampson arrested at gunpoint by the RCMP C-IRG unit on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021. On Monday July 24, environment minister Steven Guilbeault announced that the Canadian government would be phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. CTV reports: “A government official, speaking on background, said government programs
- [Photo-journal of PBI-Canada visit with PBI-Guatemala accompanied organizations, defenders and communities](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/20/photo-journal-of-pbi-canada-visit-with-pbi-guatemala-accompanied-organizations-defenders-and-communities-2/) - Visit with the “15 de febrero” community accompanied by the the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR), May 4, 2023. This past spring, PBI-Canada visited organizations, defenders and communities accompanied by PBI-Guatemala. SUNDAY APRIL 30 MONDAY MAY 1 TUESDAY MAY 2 WEDNESDAY MAY 3 THURSDAY MAY 4 FRIDAY MAY 5 SATURDAY MAY 6 SUNDAY MAY
- [Activists block the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa, call on companies to stop profiting from war and repression](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/20/activists-block-the-cansec-weapons-show-in-ottawa-call-on-companies-to-stop-profiting-from-war-and-repression/) - A “Lockheed Martin, Stop Selling War Machines” banner helps block arms dealers, government officials and the military from CANSEC. Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. As more than 100 activists blocked the entrances to the parking lots of the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa on May 31, traffic was snarled for a distance on Uplands Avenue
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied CSPP and social leaders raise concerns about Frontera Energy with shareholders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/20/pbi-colombia-accompanied-cspp-and-social-leaders-raise-concerns-about-frontera-energy-with-shareholders-2/) - 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) can be seen here: Click
- [Peace Brigades International co-founder Hans Sinn passes away at 94 years of age](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/20/peace-brigades-international-co-founder-hans-sinn-passes-away-at-94-years-of-age-2/) - Peace Brigades International mourns the passing of PBI co-founder Hans Sinn on June 29 in Perth, Ontario at 94 years of age. Hans was born in Hamburg, Germany on February 16, 1929. His childhood was shaped by World War II. In 1943, at the age of 14, Hans lived through a week-long bombing campaign in
- [Wet’suwet’en leaders highlight RCMP C-IRG violence in presentation to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/19/wetsuweten-highlight-rcmp-c-irg-violence-in-presentation-to-inter-american-commission-on-human-rights/) - On July 10, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’Moks and Sleydo’, Wing Chief of the Cas Yikh House (Grizzly Bear House), Gidimt’en Clan, presented at a virtual hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The video of their presentation can be seen on YouTube. The presentation by Sleydo’ begins at 11:22. She stated: “Since living
- [MP Leah Gazan writes UN Expert Mechanism calling for international oversight of Canada’s failure to search landfills](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/19/mp-leah-gazan-writes-united-nations-expert-mechanism-calling-for-international-oversight-of-canadas-failure-to-search-landfills/) - Member of Parliament Leah Gazan has written the United Nations as demands grow for two Winnipeg landfills to be searched for the remains of three murdered Indigenous women. The Winnipeg Police Service and Government of Manitoba have refused to conduct a search citing costs and the hazards of doing so. Gazan tells APTN News: “I
- [Families of Sisters in Spirit holds gathering on Parliament Hill in support of the call to search the landfills in Winnipeg](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/18/families-of-sisters-in-spirit-holds-gathering-on-parliament-hill-in-support-of-the-call-to-search-the-landfills-in-winnipeg/) - There were red dresses on Parliament Hill in Ottawa yesterday (July 17) to help amplify the call to search the privately-run Prairie Green landfill (garbage dump) north of Winnipeg for the remains of two murdered Indigenous women. The landfill is where the remains of Long Plain First Nation members Morgan Harris, 39, and Marcedes Myran,
- [Peace Brigades International co-founder Hans Sinn passes away at 94 years of age](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/03/peace-brigades-international-co-founder-hans-sinn-passes-away-at-94-years-of-age/) - Peace Brigades International mourns the passing of PBI co-founder Hans Sinn on June 29 in Perth, Ontario at 94 years of age. Hans was born in Hamburg, Germany on February 16, 1929. His childhood was shaped by World War II. In 1943, at the age of 14, Hans lived through a week-long bombing campaign in
- [WATCH Wet’suwet’en presentation to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on July 10](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/05/watch-wetsuweten-presentation-to-the-inter-american-commission-on-human-rights-iachr-cidh-on-july-10/) - “We want to live free on our lands, without the constant threat of violence by C-IRG, who are illegally occupying Gidimt’en territory.” – Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’. Video: Sleydo’ and Gitxsan land defender Shaylynn Sampson arrested at gunpoint by RCMP C-IRG officers on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021. Radio-Canada International reports (in French): “The Inter-American Commission
- [PBI-Mexico accompanied Indigenous Nahua water protector Alejandro Torres Chocolatl arbitrarily detained by state agents](https://pbicanada.org/2023/07/01/pbi-mexico-accompanied-indigenous-water-protector-alejandro-torres-chocolatl-arbitrarily-detained-by-state-agents/) - On June 30, PBI-Mexico tweeted: “URGENT. They have just arrested defender Alejandro Torres Chocolatl, from Zacatepec, Puebla. Member of the FPDTA-MPT, guardians of the Metlapanapa River and Pueblos Unidos. At PBI we call for the State to guarantee their protection immediately.” Periodico Central further reports: “Relatives of Alejandro Torres Chocolatl, an indigenous activist of Juan
- [Rheinmetall displays Mission Master “autonomous unmanned ground vehicle” at CANSEC arms show in Ottawa](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/29/rheinmetall-displays-mission-master-autonomous-unmanned-ground-vehicle-at-cansec-arms-show-in-ottawa/) - The CANSEC arms show took place at the EY Centre in Ottawa this past May 31 to June 1. Rheinmetall AG, the German arms manufacturer founded in Düsseldorf in 1889, was one of the exhibitors at this annual event. While the vehicles and equipment to be displayed at the arms show are brought in beforehand,
- [Climate change and agro-industry water-grabbing places the campesino community of “15 de febrero” at risk of eviction](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/20/climate-change-and-agroindustry-water-grabbing-places-the-community-of-15-de-febrero-at-risk-of-eviction/) - Last month, on Thursday May 4, a PBI-Canada delegation met with the community of “15 de febrero” on the South Coast of Guatemala. They told us that they had been looking for land since 2013. On February 15, 2018, they officially received land through the Fundo del Tierras (Land Fund), a state agency created by
- [Amnesty International notes continuous surveillance and criminalization of Wet’suwe’ten land defenders in letter to OAS General Assembly](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/23/amnesty-international-notes-continuous-surveillance-and-criminalization-of-wetsuweten-land-defenders-in-letter-to-oas-general-assembly/) - Amnesty International has published an Open Letter to the Heads of State of American States on the Occasion of the 53rd Regular Session of the General Assembly of the OAS. The 53rd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) is taking place June 21 to 23 in Washington, DC. Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie
- [“Global stocktake” at COP28 climate summit should address continued risks faced by frontline environmental defenders](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/19/global-stocktake-at-cop28-climate-summit-should-address-continued-risks-faced-by-frontline-environmental-defenders/) - Photo: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a protest at the pre-COP28 climate change conference in Bonn, Germany on June 12, 2023. The United Nations COP28 climate change conference will take place from November 30 to December 12, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). COPs oversee deepening climate crisis The first COP meeting was held
- [The RCMP C-IRG is inconsistent with Canada’s stated priorities in its bid for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/18/the-rcmp-c-irg-is-inconsistent-with-canadas-stated-priorities-in-its-bid-for-a-seat-at-the-un-human-rights-council/) - “We want to live free on our lands, without the constant threat of violence by C-IRG, who are illegally occupying Gidimt’en territory.” – Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’. Video: Sleydo’ and Gitxsan land defender Shaylynn Sampson arrested at gunpoint by RCMP C-IRG officers on Wet’suwet’en territory on November 19, 2021. Canada has announced that it is
- [PBI-Honduras concerned by the murder of Guapinol water defender Oqueli Domínguez who resisted the Los Pinares iron oxide mine](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/17/pbi-honduras-concerned-by-the-murder-of-guapinol-water-defender-oqueli-dominguez-who-resisted-the-los-pinares-iron-oxide-mine/) - Photo: Water defender Óscar Oquelí Domínguez Ramos was murdered on June 15, 2023. On June 15, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “ALERT: PBI Honduras is concerned about the murder of Oqueli Domínguez, brother of the renowned #Guapinol river defender Reynaldo Domínguez. We show solidarity with the family for this painful event.” The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “The
- [Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks speaks about the C-IRG at War Resisters’ International conference in the UK](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/16/wetsuweten-hereditary-chief-namoks-speaks-about-the-c-irg-at-war-resisters-international-conference-in-the-uk/) - On Friday June 16, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Na’moks spoke in London, United Kingdom at the “Antimilitarist Roots: Nonviolent resistance for a world in crisis” conference organized by War Resisters’ International. Among the comments he made there during his speech: “We’re fighting a multi-billion-dollar project. Coastal GasLink pipeline which is owned by TC Energy and funded
- [Canada, the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa and the arming of repression against the LGBTQI+ community in Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/16/canada-the-cansec-weapons-show-and-the-arming-of-repression-against-the-lgbtqi-community-in-honduras/) - Photo: A truck donated to/purchased by the Honduran Ministry of Health from Canada is used to transport soldiers in June 2019. What is the relationship between Canada, the CANSEC weapons show in Ottawa and the arming of state repression against the LGBTQI+ community in Honduras? The lack of transparency and public information makes it hard
- [PBI-Colombia accompanied organizations comment on the ESMAD riot police now being called the UNDMO](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/15/pbi-colombia-accompanied-organizations-comment-on-the-esmad-riot-police-now-being-called-the-undmo/) - Photo: The ESMAD riot police. The government of President Gustavo Petro has changed the name of the controversial ESMAD police unit to UNDMO. The Mobile Anti-Riot Squadron (ESMAD) is now the Dialogue and Order Maintenance Unit (UNDMO). Three PBI-Colombia accompanied organizations – the Committee of Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP), the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers
- [“We don’t need your RCMP!”: Indigenous leader George Manuel honoured with Canada Post commemorative stamp](https://pbicanada.org/2023/06/13/we-dont-need-your-rcmp-indigenous-leader-george-manuel-honoured-with-canada-post-commemorative-stamp/) - Video by Russ Diabo. Canada Post has honoured Indigenous leader George Manuel (1921-1989) with a commemorative postage stamp. Canada Post Magazine explains: “A strong-willed political leader and a champion of his people, George Manuel worked tirelessly to improve the social, economic and political conditions of First Nations people in Canada. He is credited by many

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- [Events](https://pbicanada.org/news-analysis/events/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada, in partnership with Peace Brigades International-Colombia, is planning a cross-country speaking tour in Canada in November 2019. It will feature representatives from CCALCP (the Luis Carlos Pérez Lawyers' Collective) and CREDHOS (Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights). Watch for more details coming soon!
- [Kenya](https://pbicanada.org/field-projects/kenya/) - In 2018, 4 international volunteers accompanied members of two grassroots organizations and 29 human rights defenders working in the Nairobi's urban settlements and the Mount Kenya region. They observed trials, attended community forums and visited police stations. The PBI Kenya project is based in Nairobi. For more: Website - https://pbi-kenya.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PBIKenya/
- [Indonesia](https://pbicanada.org/field-projects/indonesia/) - In 2018, 2 international staff provided training and support to emerging human rights defenders, in the PBI project in partnership with the Indonesian human rights organization, Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM). For more: Website - http://www.pbi-indonesia.org/
- [Nepal](https://pbicanada.org/field-projects/nepal/) - In 2018, 2 international and 5 Nepali staff members based in Kathmandu coordinated the Nepal Monitor, an initiative established to provide protection and to prevent conflict by mapping security incidents and human rights violations in the country. For more: Website - https://www.peacebrigades.org/en/nepal
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- [Videos](https://pbicanada.org/videos/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUQ-jQ3tZmU&list=PLUqaL9LGXGBNuuilJ6sR-9iFW6MqaMOum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAa-lQ_n89g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqRzVT6Udtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Hc_7d6oAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmMHFdYq5M
- [FAQs](https://pbicanada.org/about/faqs/) - alongside 705 women and 629 male human rights defenders in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya and Mexico on 1334 occasions. 2- What is the theory behind protective accompaniment? PBI field volunteers provide a visible reminder to potential perpetrators of human rights abuses that the world is watching and prepared to act. 3- How do I volunteer
- [Testimonials](https://pbicanada.org/about/testimonials/) - "We would have had a lot of concerns [without your] accompaniment. [With it] we felt more secure as we engaged with this work." (Norma Quintero, Mexico) "I feel very safe when I'm with PBI, they are like my guardian angels. I really feel that daily accompaniment enables me to keep doing my job, I feel
- [Vision](https://pbicanada.org/about/vision/) - Peace Brigades International is a global movement of activists seeking justice and peace, supporting and standing in solidarity with threatened human rights defenders across the world. Our aim is to protect and support these brave individuals and organisations; strengthen their physical, digital and political security; and enhance their wellbeing. We adapt our approach to both
- [Publications](https://pbicanada.org/news-analysis/publications/) - May 8, 2019 - PBI Annual Review 2018 March 29, 2019 - Turning the Tide on Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Human Rights Defenders in Mexico
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- [Country Groups](https://pbicanada.org/about/country-groups/) - Peace Brigades International-Canada is a country group. The work of country groups is fundamental to the protective accompaniment of human rights defenders and increases our global impact. Country groups work to raise the visibility of at-risk HRDs and to create support networks. Thanks to their links with government officials, parliamentarians, legal bodies and other groups,
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- [COP16](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/cop16/)
- [Pipelines](https://pbicanada.org/category/state-of-extraction/pipelines/)
- [Community Self-Defence](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/community-self-defence/)
- [Binding Treaty](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/binding-treaty/)
- [Nuclear power](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/nuclear-power/)
- [Land Rights](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/land-rights/)
- [Arms Exports](https://pbicanada.org/category/issues/arms-exports/)
- [Nepal](https://pbicanada.org/category/country/other-country-projects/nepal/)
- [Featured](https://pbicanada.org/category/featured/)
- [State of Extraction](https://pbicanada.org/category/state-of-extraction/)
- [Other Country Projects](https://pbicanada.org/category/country/other-country-projects/)

## Tags

- [colombia](https://pbicanada.org/tag/colombia/)
- [mining](https://pbicanada.org/tag/mining/)
- [water](https://pbicanada.org/tag/water/)
- [History](https://pbicanada.org/tag/history/)
- [Mexico](https://pbicanada.org/tag/mexico/)
- [Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/tag/guatemala/)
- [Climate breakdown](https://pbicanada.org/tag/climate-breakdown/)
- [Nepal](https://pbicanada.org/tag/nepal/)
- [Kenya](https://pbicanada.org/tag/kenya/)
- [France](https://pbicanada.org/tag/france/)
- [Canada](https://pbicanada.org/tag/canada/)
- [Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/tag/honduras/)
- [Spain](https://pbicanada.org/tag/spain/)
- [Switzerland](https://pbicanada.org/tag/switzerland/)
- [United States](https://pbicanada.org/tag/united-states/)
- [Nitassinan](https://pbicanada.org/tag/nitassinan/)
- [Climate](https://pbicanada.org/tag/climate/)
- [Ireland](https://pbicanada.org/tag/ireland/)
- [El Salvador](https://pbicanada.org/tag/el-salvador/)
- [North America](https://pbicanada.org/tag/north-america/)
- [Indigenous peoples](https://pbicanada.org/tag/indigenous-peoples/)
- [Belgium](https://pbicanada.org/tag/belgium/)
- [Tour](https://pbicanada.org/tag/tour/)
- [UK](https://pbicanada.org/tag/uk/)
- [Netherlands](https://pbicanada.org/tag/netherlands/)
- [Germany](https://pbicanada.org/tag/germany/)
- [Spanish state](https://pbicanada.org/tag/spanish-state/)
- [United Kingdom](https://pbicanada.org/tag/united-kingdom/)
- [US](https://pbicanada.org/tag/us/)
- [Nicaragua](https://pbicanada.org/tag/nicaragua/)
- [Norway](https://pbicanada.org/tag/norway/)
- [Caanada](https://pbicanada.org/tag/caanada/)
- [USA](https://pbicanada.org/tag/usa/)
- [Sri Lanka](https://pbicanada.org/tag/sri-lanka/)
- [Indonesia](https://pbicanada.org/tag/indonesia/)
- [Canada; Colombia](https://pbicanada.org/tag/canada-colombia/)
- [Canada; Guatemala](https://pbicanada.org/tag/canada-guatemala/)
- [Peru](https://pbicanada.org/tag/peru/)
- [Canada; Honduras](https://pbicanada.org/tag/canada-honduras/)
- [COP26](https://pbicanada.org/tag/cop26/)
- [argentina](https://pbicanada.org/tag/argentina/)
- [Guapinol](https://pbicanada.org/tag/guapinol/)
- [Nederland](https://pbicanada.org/tag/nederland/)
- [This week](https://pbicanada.org/tag/this-week/)
- [Wet'suwet'en](https://pbicanada.org/tag/wetsuweten/)
- [Binding Treaty](https://pbicanada.org/tag/binding-treaty/)
- [Secwepemc](https://pbicanada.org/tag/secwepemc/)
- [Gitxsan](https://pbicanada.org/tag/gitxsan/)
- [COP15](https://pbicanada.org/tag/cop15/)
- [COP27](https://pbicanada.org/tag/cop27/)
- [AbolishCIRG](https://pbicanada.org/tag/abolishcirg/)
- [CANSEC](https://pbicanada.org/tag/cansec/)
- [COP28](https://pbicanada.org/tag/cop28/)