Human rights defenders are supporting their communities to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the urban settlements of Nairobi
Article by PBI-Kenya
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Interview with Dr. Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
In February 2020, Dr. Agnes Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions attended the conference ‘Every Voice Matters – collaborative approaches to safety in Nairobi’s urban settlements’ on an academic visit. In this interview, she speaks with PBI about what human rights activists have shared about the human rights situation in Kenya, impunity, and the role of the international community. She emphasizes the resilience and commitment of the mothers of the victims, youth, and human rights defenders, in the urban settlements.
PBI facilitates meeting with Canadian officials and Colombian human rights defenders
Article by PBI-Canada
Honduran smallholders’ lands and harvests at risk due to COVID-19
Article by PBI-UK
The difficulties faced by rural communities prior to the COVID-19 health crisis were already alarming. However, with the arrival of this global pandemic, smallholder farmers have seen their problems multiply. Under a state of emergency, where basic rights like access to health and food are limited, the helplessness of many families is concerning. This comes in addition to the intensified militarization of the countryside under Decree PCM-052-2019, published in October 2019.
Trans rights violations in Honduras under lockdown
Article by PBI-UK
The situation for Honduras’s LGBTQI+ community was already critical before the current health emergency, but the arrival of COVID-19 to this Central American country has led to a double violation of their rights. This is how the Arcoiris LGBT Association describes their situation, explaining that the coronavirus pandemic has had a greater impact on the most vulnerable sectors of the population.
Social distancing disregarded for Mexican migrants and asylum seekers
In late March, a group of 50 - 70 migrants gathered in the courtyard of the Siglo XXI Migratory Station in Tapachula, Chiapas to protest the indefinite extension of detention times, demanding the detainees be released or returned to their countries of origin. The protesters expressed their fear of contracting Covid-19 and announced their intention to start a hunger strike if they were not released. The protest was dissipated by the internal security brigade and the National Guard, who used water jets and pepper spray against the protestors.
COVID-19: Defending Refugees, Migrants and the Internally Displaced
The world is facing a health crisis on a scale unlike anything seen in our lifetimes, bringing suffering, disruption, and dislocation to people across the globe. From Kenya to Indonesia, many of the countries where PBI work is already facing socio-economic dislocation and political disruption.
EU-Mexico Agreement: PBI and European civil society concerned about human rights implications
Article by PBI-Mexico
Espacio OSC, HRDs and Journalists call to respect the right to defend human rights during the COVID-19 crisis
Article by PBI-Mexico
In the state of the health emergency caused by Covid-19, human rights defenders, journalists and CSOs urge the Mexican Government and its institutions to generate measures in order to guarantee the right to defend human rights, in accordance with national and international recommendations.
PBI-Entrepueblos film ‘La Sangre de la Tierra’ to be screened in Toronto and Quebec City
Article by PBI-Canada
La Sangre de la Tierra (The Blood of the Earth), a documentary film made by Peace Brigades International and Asociación Entrepueblos, is scheduled to be screened at the Planet in Focus film festival (October 15-20) in Toronto and at the International Symposium on Indigenous Languages (February 11, 2021) in Quebec City.