PBI-Honduras has posted: “Yesterday we accompanied the CNTC Tegucigalpa in a meeting with the peasant base Brisas del Humuya (El Progreso, Yoro), to hear about their advocacy work in the community. From PBI we applaud the work of the CNTC to ensure food security and reiterate our concern about the Read more
On October 9, the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) posted: “COPINH present at the Embassy of El Salvador in Honduras, demanding the release of the 5 ADES/Santa Marta defenders. COPINH joins the demand for freedom for the defenders of Santa Marta, who have tirelessly defended the Read more
PBI-Kenya has posted: “PBI Kenya is accompanying land and environmental activists from Kilifi County today as they march to the Governor’s office to present a petition. The activists are protesting the selection of Uyombo Village as the preferred site for a Nuclear Power Plant- citing the area’s UNESCO biosphere and Read more
Video of presentation and debate (starting at 8:04). The Squamish Reporter reports: “Spencer Fitschen and Maryam Adrangi of the Rising Tide Squamish appeared before the council [on September 24] to present a motion to the Squamish council, calling for a formal rejection of the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police/RCMP] Critical Response Read more
PBI-Colombia has posted: “We accompany the Inter-Church Commission of Justice and Peace together with ACT Swedish Church at the II Meeting of Young Peacebuilders in Buenaventura. More than 200 people gathered in the El Ruiz neighborhood in Comuna 12 to build cultural alternatives with young people from the territories.” FICONPAZ Read more
Photo: Cofadeh coordinator Bertha Oliva speaks at media conference, October 9, 2024. Photo by Orlando Sierra/AFP. The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “The Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (Cofadeh) warned on Wednesday [October 9] that the lives of the relatives of environmentalist Juan López, murdered Read more
PBI-Honduras has posted: “Today in San Pedro Sula we accompany the Municipal Committee for Defense of Common and Public Property in the initial hearing against the defendants in the case of the murder of #defender Juan Lopez. To achieve #justice for Juan, it is essential that there is an impartial, Read more
Photo: “Protest of the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Common and Public Goods (CMDBCP) against the Ecotek thermoelectric project in Tocoa, during an open town hall to socialize the plant. Tocoa, Colón, December 2023. Photo: CC / Fernando Destephen.” An investigative report by Contra Corriente and Drilled reveals that Read more
Video still: A “Great Diocesan Walk” in Tocoa on Sunday October 6 to honour the life of environmental defender Juan Lopez. As the Walk took place, Guapinol Exige Justicia tweeted: “True justice for our comrade and coordinator Juan Lopez will come once the murderous megaproject of Emco Holding is cancelled Read more
On October 3, a 136-page report was released titled The Corporate Assault on Honduras: How mafia-style investments undermine the Honduran people’s struggle for democracy and dignity (available in Spanish here). The report authored by Luciana Ghiotto, Jen Moore, Aldo Orellana López, Karen Spring and Manuel Pérez-Rocha was published by the Read more
