Various Peace Brigades International entities have highlighted in their social media posts the importance of upholding human rights during the coronavirus pandemic. Many of those posts have drawn attention to the rights to water and sanitation. Mexico On March 22, PBI-Mexico shared this post from Onudh Mexico that states, “Washing Read more…
Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom has posted on social media, “Our friends at the Social Justice Centre Working Group [SJCWG] point out ‘that the government’s measures to tackle the Coronavirus do not take into consideration the varying levels of need, especially those of vulnerable populations in’ Kenya.” The Nairobi-based Daily Nation Read more…
On March 17, The New York Times reported, “The more people stay home to avoid the coronavirus pandemic, the more they find themselves glued to their screens.” It’s also important to get outside if possible and we are aware that for many people paying the cost of subscription entertainment services Read more…
On this International Women’s Day, Peace Brigades International highlights one of the women human rights defenders we accompany. Sandra Alarcon is a 25-year-old human rights lawyer working for the Human Rights Centre of Montaña de Tlachinolan in Mexico. PBI-Mexico has noted, “Tlachinollan works to defend and protect the collective rights Read more…
On March 2, Peace Brigades International-United Kingdom tweeted, “Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay2020 by learning about some of the inspiring women we work with!” The event page for an IWD event in Lewes (about 90 kilometres south of London) highlights, “Photographs of Women Human Rights Defenders, from Lawyers to Indigenous Grassroots Organisers, on Read more…
Camila Marin was a Peace Brigades International brigadista accompanying human rights defenders in Mexico in 2019. The United Kingdom-based activist reflects, “I began my time as a ‘brigadista’ a month after Andres Manuel López Obrador took office.” “Three months prior to my arrival, Julián Carrillo, a Rarámuri community leader from Read more…