In May 2024, Pat Davis completed her eighth and final year with PBI as the U.S. advocacy director. With a child going off to college, Pat and her husband now have the freedom to travel and engage in meaningful work in places near and far. We wish them safe travels and a lifetime of adventure as they continue to do good work around the world.
At the end of May, PBI-USA held a National Gathering, bringing together PBI field volunteers and staff (current and former), members of our growing National Coordinating Committee, multiple colleagues from PBI Canada, as well as PBI supporters for a weekend of reconnecting, reimagining, and recommitting to the work of PBI-USA.
The International Community must act to protect the Nicaraguan opponents exiled in Costa Rica
Geneva, June 23. The 46/2 Collective denounces to the international community the assassination of retired Nicaraguan Army Major Roberto Samcam Ruíz, which occurred on June 19 in his home in San José, Costa Rica.
On June 24, 2025, former PBI Colombia staffers Moira Birss and Zia Candler linked up to produce a very timely article on the power of international protective accompaniment.
Developed in Central America during the civil wars of the 1980s, accompaniment strategies show how movements can reduce authoritarian attacks and resist state repression.
In this report, the Sexual Diversity Committee of Honduras (CDSH) and Peace Brigades International (PBI) seek to both evaluate the implementation of the 2020 UPR recommendations and shed light on the violence faced by LGBTIQ+ people in Honduras due to the absence of laws and measures to ensure comprehensive protection for them.
On May 26, PBI-Nicaragua posted:
“Last Friday [May 23], Nicaraguan human rights defenders in exile in San Jose organized an Emergency Vigil to demand the immediate release of people arbitrarily detained and in a condition of enforced disappearance.
As Pride month begins in the United States, we share updates from Honduras where PBI provides accompaniment to multiple LGBTQ organizations and the United States, where we continue to see alarming rates of murders and governmental actions targeting members of the LGBTQ community, particularly trans individuals and youth.
On March 31st, the International Trans Day of Visibility, PBI Honduras shared:
President Trump has quickly brought on a closing of civic space in the United States since taking office, signing over 150 executive orders in less than 120 days in office. To close civic space is to make the work of non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society difficult, limiting their ability to participate fully in public life.
Published by Brent Patterson on May 18, 2025
Published by Brent Patterson on May 15, 2025