PBI-Mexico concerned by 226 attacks against community defenders opposed to Interoceanic Corridor megaproject
Photo: PBI-Mexico was part of the Civilian Observation Mission (MCO) in July 2023 documenting concerns about this megaproject.
PBI-Geneva notes violence related to business investments, calls for a Binding Treaty at UN Human Rights Council
During the Interactive Dialogue on Transnational Corporations at the United Nations Human Rights Council session on June 6 in Geneva, Switzerland, Peace Brigades International expressed “its concerns about violence in business investment contexts in Honduras, Guatemala and Colombia.”
PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC denounces Civil Force violence and water takings by Carroll Farms pig farms
Photo: The Civil Force in Veracruz.
PBI-Colombia accompanies the Peace Community touring villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo
PBI-Colombia has posted:
“We accompanied the Peace Community @sanjoapartado, touring the villages of Mulatos, Resbalosa and Calzón Rojo in #Urabá.
Their community work strengthens the defense of the territory from food sovereignty. We recognize this political project, which persists in search of peace and respect for life. #WeArePBI”
PBI-Guatemala accompanies National Day Against Enforced Disappearances at media conference and former military base
Photo: PBI-Guatemala at the commemoration ceremony at the Memorial of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, Landscapes of Memory that is located at the former San Juan Comalapa military base.
On June 22, PBI-Guatemala posted:
Civil society orgs worldwide release new supplement to UN Declaration protecting human rights defenders
Following a year-long project involving consultations with human rights defenders, Peace Brigades International joined a coalition of human rights organizations to release the Declaration +25, a landmark document systematizing relevant developments in regional and international human rights law and standards of the last 25 years.
PBI-Mexico calls for respect for the Communal Guard of the Indigenous Nahua community of Santa María Ostula following CJNG attack
Photo by Comunicación Ostula.
PBI-Mexico has posted:
PBI-Kenya demands release of at least 210 peaceful protestors arrested at the Occupy Parliament protest
Africa Uncensored video: Wanjira Wanjiru, co-founder of the PBI-Kenya partner Mathare Social Justice Centre, explains today’s protests.
PBI-Kenya has posted:
PBI-Colombia accompanies Peace Community of San José de Apartadó as paramilitary threat intensifies
PBI-Colombia has posted on Instagram:
“We will continue to seek development that respects life and rights” – Germán Graciano, Legal Representative of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó.
Last June 5, we accompanied @sanjoapartado in a meeting with diplomatic body and government to follow up on their social and environmental justice processes.
PBI-Guatemala accompanies media conference denouncing attacks and evictions of Maya Q’eqchi’ communities
On June 11, PBI-Guatemala posted: “PBI accompanies UVOC and the Campesino/Peasant Council, formed by CCDA, CUC, New Day and UVOC, at their press conference in which they denounced the complicity of the authorities of Alta Verapaz with the farmers to evict Indigenous and peasant communities.”