On November 25, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on Facebook and Twitter: “This afternoon we accompanied the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women March in Mexico City.” PBI-Mexico adds: “We express concern over the current crisis of femicides and disappearances and remember the obligation of the Read more…
Photo by Mauricio Alvarado: The recent Indigenous Minga mobilization in Colombia raised concerns about fracking, extractivism, and adherence to the United Nations recognized Indigenous right to free, prior and informed consent. On November 25, the Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) confirmed that only Ecopetrol had submitted a bid for the Read more…
Photo: The banner says: “We demand respect for life and for peace! United, we go with FECODE.” The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (FECODE) has been a key organizer of the national strike mobilizations in Colombia. PBI-Colombia accompanied organizations including the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR), Nomadesc, CREDHOS, the Read more…
Photo: During last year’s National Strike marches on November 21, 2019, PBI-Colombia accompanied David Ravelo Crespo (a founding member of CREDHOS), the CSPP and CCAJAR. National strike protests are taking place this year from November 19-25. Thousands of people took to the streets on Thursday November 19 to protest against Read more…
Photo: The Colombian delegation arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada in the early morning hours of November 2, 2019. One year ago, Julia Figueroa and Andrea Nocove from the Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers’ Collective (CCALCP) and Ivan Madero from the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights Read more…
It is expected that Toronto-based Sintana Energy (through its Colombian subsidiary Patriot Energy Oil & Gas in partnership with the Texas-based transnational ExxonMobil) will be awarded a contract by the Colombian hydrocarbon agency (ANH) on November 25 to begin a fracking pilot project in Puerto Wilches, Santander. On a webinar Read more…
Photo by EFE. The Guardian has published a feature article by journalist Mariana Palau about the upcoming trial of former Colombian Army General Mario Montoya that references three groups accompanied by the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project: the Corporation for Judicial Freedom (CJL), the Network of Human Rights Defenders (dhColombia), and Read more…
Photo: Sunset over the Magdalena River in Puerto Wilches. Image by Pilar Mejía for Semana. The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is scheduled to award up to four pilot exploration projects for fracking on November 25. On November 5, Argus Media reported: “So far only three companies have been pre-qualified to Read more…
On November 10, the Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project posted on Instagram: “In Putumayo PBI accompanied the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace during the Youth Festival in the La Perla Amazónica Peasant Reserve Zone.” Justice and Peace accompanies Jani Silva, the president of the Association for the Integral Sustainable Development Read more…
Photo: Victor Hugo on the recent PBI webinar ‘Police violence has no borders’. Peace Brigades International-Nederland is supporting Afro-Colombian defender Victor Hugo Moreno Mina through the Shelter City Network. PBI-Nederland has tweeted this quote from Victor: “What I do as a human rights defender in Colombia is to protect and Read more…