PBI-Guatemala carries out observation mission on extractivism and the right to water in Retalhuleu and Champerico

Photo by PBI-Guatemala, March 2022. In their most recent Bulletin, PBI-Guatemala notes: “We carried out an observation mission to the Retalhuleu and Champerico municipalities in March 2022, accompanying defenders from the Community Council of Retalhuleu (CCR) and the National Network for the Defense of Food Sovereignty of Guatemala (REDSAG). During Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Colombia accompanies event opening Macro Case 08, an investigation into crimes committed by members of the Public Force

Twitter photo. On September 9, PBI-Colombia tweeted: “We accompany the event in #Barrancabermeja on the opening of a new macro case 008 of @JEP_Colombia in #Colombia , where the Middle Magdalena will be one of the 5 prioritized regions within the case.” CREDHOS explains: “The magistrate of the Special Jurisdiction Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Criminalized Maya Q’eqchi’ defenders in court over land taken for military base in Guatemala

“This land is ours” On September 8, CasoCreompaz tweeted: “Announcement. Today begins the Trial against 21 companions of the community of #Chicoyogüito criminalized for demanding the return of their territory in a peaceful demonstration. #Chicoyogüito Is Ours.” Background The Indigenous Q’eqchi’ community of Chicoyogüito was violently displaced on July 28, Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala accompanies hearings on the massacre of 251 people in Dos Erres by US-trained counter-insurgency force

On September 7, PBI-Guatemala posted: “#PBI accompanies the hearing of testimony in advance of trial in the #CasoDosErres.” On June 22, 2021, PBI-Guatemala had also posted: “PBI accompanies the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) in the #CasoDosErres. Today Judge Claudette Domínguez tied former Kaibil José Mardoqueo Ortiz Morales to the Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Mi’kmaw Elder Darlene Gilbert arrested while protecting Eisner Cove Wetland on unceded Mi’kmaq territory in Nova Scotia

On September 6, Elliot Page posted on Instagram: “Came to support Protect Eisner Cove Wetland and witnessed Darlene Gilbert of the Grassroots Grandmothers being arrested for protecting her rights and the land. Just like she did in our documentary “There’s Something in the Water”. @nsgov continues with back room deals Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Honduras accompanies ASODEBICOQ at meetings promoting declarations in the defence of water in Quimistán

On September 5, PBI-Honduras posted: “Recently we accompanied ASODEBICOQ [the Association for the Defense of Common Goods of Quimistan] at different meetings for communities in Quimistán. Communities raise water defense as one of their priorities, for this reason they continue their efforts to promote declarations of protection to the sources Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Guatemala accompanies UVOC to meeting with the Prosecutor’s Office of Human Rights

On September 6, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies UVOC to its meeting with the authorities representing the Prosecutor’s Office of Human Rights in Guatemala.” UVOC is the Union Verapancese de Organizaciones Campesinas (Verapaz Union of Peasant Organizations). On Twitter, it describes itself as a “Q’eqchi’, Poqomchi’ and Achi’ Peasant Organization that Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

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