News/Analysis
Latest News Updates:
- UN Water Conference creates UN envoy for water, needed to prioritize collaboration with frontline communities
- PBI-Mexico accompanies Nahua water protector Miguel López Vega as he faces hearing for his defence of the Metlapanapa River
- New report documents how crowd-control weapons impact health and human rights
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón as it files complaint with Public Ministry about threats
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform at their sit-in against sand extraction on Poqomám territory
- Canada to spend $7.3 billion on F-35 fighter-bomber bases in Alberta, Quebec, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Labrador
- PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC and Justice and Peace Commission on humanitarian caravan to advance peace talks
- PBI-Mexico and PBI-Germany meet with the Cerezo Committee in Mexico City
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at hearing of 23 police charged with extrajudicial execution
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti Indigenous Council of Olopa in court as charges against four defenders dropped
Latest Organizational Updates:
- PBI-Mexico accompanies Nahua water protector Miguel López Vega as he faces hearing for his defence of the Metlapanapa River
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of Cahabón as it files complaint with Public Ministry about threats
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform at their sit-in against sand extraction on Poqomám territory
- PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC and Justice and Peace Commission on humanitarian caravan to advance peace talks
- PBI-Mexico and PBI-Germany meet with the Cerezo Committee in Mexico City
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Human Rights Law Firm at hearing of 23 police charged with extrajudicial execution
- PBI-Guatemala accompanies Maya Ch’orti Indigenous Council of Olopa in court as charges against four defenders dropped
- PBI-Canada helps deliver Abolish CIRG coalition letter to the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission office in Ottawa
- PBI-Canada to co-host PBI field volunteer outreach webinar, April 2
- PBI-Colombia accompanies Justice and Peace as Vice-President Francia Marquez visits Cacarica to acknowledge Operation Genesis
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