Still from video of US president Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. In his inaugural speech today, US president Donald Trump promised a 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...
Read morePhoto: 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...
Read morePhoto: “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...
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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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…