Photo: A still from a Twitter video of police firing tear gas at the protest in Guatemala City. On November 22, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page: “We join the concerns about fundamental human rights to freedom of demonstration and freedom of expression.” They shared with Read more…
Photo: PBI-Guatemala accompanied the CCDA on a visit to communities of Xyaal Kobee and Xa Jobche in November 2019. The Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project accompanies the Campesino Committee of the Highlands (CCDA). PBI-Guatemala explains: “The CCDA is a peasant organization that accompanies and advises communities, mostly indigenous, that fight for Read more…
Photo: The CCDA is led by two Mayan Q’eqchi women. Lesbia Artola coordinates the organization and Imelda Teyul facilitates the organizing aspects of the work. Both face threats and risks for their work. On November 10, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted its Monthly Information Package for October 2020. That Read more…
Photo by Carlos Choc, Prensa Comunitaria. On November 1, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared this La Hora article: Periodista Anastasia Mejía: No me van a callar. The headline translates as: Journalist Anastasia Mejía: They will not shut me up. In that article, Mejía says: “They will not silence me, Read more…
Photo by UVOC. The Verapaz Union of Campesino Organizations (UVOC) is an Indigenous and peasant organization dedicated to the defence and promotion of access to land for peasants. On October 31, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project shared UVOC’s post on Facebook about the violent eviction of members of the Mayan Read more…
Photo: Assembly of a Mayan Q’eqchi’ community, affected by different megaprojects in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala. On October 12, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted this article from the Spanish daily newspaper Público on how neo-colonialism criminalizes human rights defenders and deprives Indigenous peoples of their rights and Read more…
As Peace Brigades International approaches its 40th anniversary in 2021, we are sharing the reflections of past volunteers from Canada who accompanied at-risk defenders in various PBI project countries over the years. Marianna Tzabiras, who now lives in Toronto, accompanied defenders through the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project in 1997-98 Marianna Read more…
Photo: PBI-Guatemala accompanying Nuevo Dia in April 2019. On October 9, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted an update about Nuevo Dia (CCCND), an Indigenous Maya Ch’orti’ campesino/peasant farmer organization, and the threats it experiences due to its work in defence of territory. PBI-Guatemala reports: “We continued to monitor the Read more…
Peace Brigades International will be hosting a webinar on Friday October 30 at 10 am ET that focuses on the issue of police violence featuring defenders from Kenya, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia and Canada sharing their experiences and analysis. To register for the webinar, please click here. One of the featured Read more…
Álvaro Sandoval of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya and Edgar Pérez of the Human Rights Law Firm (BDH) spoke on the webinar “Mining Injustice through International Arbitration” organized by Earthworks and the Institute for Policy Studies on October 1. To watch the video of that webinar (in Spanish), please click Read more…