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Artificial intelligence poses new threats to human rights defenders, UN Human Rights Council to receive thematic 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 Read more…

What impact could Trump’s tariff war have on Canadian military exports, the F-35 fighter jet purchase, critical minerals 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 Read more…

PBI-Honduras accompanied COPINH, ARCAH, CNTC 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 Read more…

PBI-UK notes win by farmers against LSE listed 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 Read more…

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 Read more…

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 Read more…

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR) at #MujeresAchí 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 Read more…

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 Read more…

PBI-Colombia accompanies NOMADESC in Cali as mural painters highlight paramilitary and state violence in Medellín

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 Read more…

PBI-Mexico amplifies Red Solidaria DH concern about disappeared environmental defender José 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 Read more…

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