On March 1, the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC) tweeted: “Eleven years after the cowardly murder of the defender Ernesto Rábago, the events remain unpunished, @ASMACChihuahua demands #JusticiaParaErnestoRábago.” Norte Digital has explained: “Ernesto Rábago Martínez was a defence lawyer for the territory who supported the Baquéachi community, which was the victim Read more…
Photo by Avispa. To register for our webinar on Thursday March 11 at 3:30 pm EST featuring Neftali Reyes of Educa Oaxaca and Isela Gonzalez of ASMAC, please click here. Independent journalist Samantha Demby has reported on opposition to the Cuzcatlán Mining Company, the wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver-based Fortuna Read more…
PBI-Mexico accompanied the People’s Front in Defence of Land and Water at a march against the PIM on November 28, 2020. On February 26, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted on its Facebook page: “We express concern about criminalizing human rights defender in the context of extraction of natural resources Read more…
Photo: Isela Gonzalez, director of the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC). Photo by PBI-Mexico. This upcoming webinar jointly organized by Peace Brigades International and Amnesty International Canada will feature Isela Gonzalez, a nurse turned activist and director of the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC). PBI-Mexico has accompanied ASMAC since 2018 and in Read more…
Peace Brigades International (in Mexico and Canada) in collaboration with Amnesty International Canada is hosting a webinar with Isela González, the director of the Sierra Madre Alliance (ASMAC) and Neftalí Reyes Méndez, a coordinator with Services for an Alternative Education (Educa Oaxaca). The webinar will take place on Thursday March Read more…
Photo: PBI-Mexico accompanied ASMAC at the media conference in which Amnesty International released their report on the situation faced by Indigenous land defenders in the Sierra Tarahumara region in the state of Chihuahua. Two suspects in the murder of Julian Carrillo, a Raramuri defender of the Coloradas de la Virgen Read more…
On February 16, Miguel Urbán Crespo tweeted: “Thank you the compañeras from #PBIGuatemala, @PBI_Mexico and @PBIColombia for taking the time to inform us about the situation of defenders and coordinate actions and proposals.” The top row in the photo shows advocacy representatives from the Peace Brigades International frontline entities in Read more…
PBI-Mexico has posted: “Two years after the murder of human rights defender Samir Flores Soberanes, the Frente De Pueblos Morelos Puebla Tlaxcala calls for actions for life, against the mega projects and for Samir.” Those action include: “Friday February 19: Demonstration at Calvary, Cuernavaca, 11 am; Saturday February 20: Commemoration Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on its Facebook a statement from the German Coordination for Human Rights in Mexico about a Federal Superior Court hearing related to illegal arms exports to Mexico. The statement notes: “The oral hearing before the Federal Superior Court of the case for the Read more…
On February 2, the Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project posted: “Today at 9:30 hrs., in Parral, Chihuahua, the trial will be opened against one of the persons identified as responsible for the murder of Julián Carrillo Martinez and his son Victor Carrillo.” PBI-Mexico highlights: “We are monitoring the case and urge Read more…