On December 15, PBI-Honduras tweeted: “Yesterday we met with @MovAmplioHn [the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice/MADJ] to talk about the situation of #ddhh in the Tolupan indigenous community of San Francisco de Locomapa (Yoro). At PBI, we are concerned about the constant pressure on the community’s land for the Read more…
Photo by Guapinol Resiste. Criterio reports: “On the morning of Tuesday, December 14, the legal team representing Guapinol’s defenders filed a writ of habeas corpus based on the illegality of the detention of the eight environmentalists who have been imprisoned for more than 27 months, following the extension to six Read more…
Photo by Nomadesc. On December 13, Nomadesc tweeted: “In order to demonstrate the deterioration of the human rights situation in Colombia, Nomadesc, accompanied by @WOLA_org and @pbiusa, met with the House representative @RepMcGovern and his advisers whom they requested to raise to the highest-level follow-up actions…” Their tweet continues: “…to Read more…
Twitter photo: On September 9, PBI-Colombia accompanied dhColombia in its demands for justice and guarantees for social protest 1 year after the violence and police massacre in the Verbenal Park, Bogotá. On December 14, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project tweeted a Washington Post article about a massacre committed by the Read more…
Two regional assemblies representing ten Zapotec communities have now rejected the San Jose silver and gold mine owned and operated by Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines through its Mexican subsidiary Cuzcatlán. Educa Oaxaca reports: “During the Regional Assemblies of December 10 and 12 held in the Zapotec communities of Santa Catarina Read more…
Wet’suwet’en land defenders Eve Saint and Jocey Alec were recently interviewed by rabble.ca contributor and PBI-Canada director Brent Patterson. To listen to that interview, click the play button below. To listen to the fuller rabble radio podcast – hosted by Chelsea Nash and produced by Breanne Doyle – click here. Read more…
Photo: US Marines load guided bombs onto an F-35. Canada’s CF-18s intercept 6-7 aircraft each year 100-200 nautical miles from its coastline, but have conducted approximately 1,598 bombing missions over Iraq, Syria and Libya. This raises the question: What would be the primary mission of Canada’s F-35s? It is widely Read more…
PBI-Canada and PBI-Colombia visited the El Diviso village in Bajo Simacota to hear community concerns about Parex Resources; July 13, 2021. On December 2, Offshore Engineer reported: “Colombia received bids for 30 blocks from seven companies during its latest oil and gas auction.” “Parex Resources placed more than half of Read more…
Vancouver resident Wendy Mendez holds a photo of her mother, Luz Haydee Méndez Calderón, who was disappeared in Guatemala in 1984. Photo by Mike Bell/PNG. On December 12, the Vancouver Sun reported: “Wendy Méndez will be a material witness at the trial of 12 members of a Guatemalan death squad Read more…
The opening day of Parliament, November 22, 2021. Photo by Koozma J. Tarasoff. Pages 133-134 of the Alternative Federal Budget, produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, state: “Ending planned procurement of new fighter jets, withdrawing Canada’s participation in the U.S.-led F-35 fighter consortium, and cancelling the Aegis Combat Read more…