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10 April 2024
Foreign Policy reports: “Nicaragua asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday [April 8, 2024] to order Germany to stop all arms exports to Israel. …Germany is Israel’s second-largest arms provider after Washington, with the former having sent $353.7 million in military equipment to Israel in 2023.”“[This case] raises new questions about the liability of other countries that have supplied weapons to Israel.”
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9 April 2024
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque as it protects Cerro del Quetzal ancestral landsPBI-Guatemala has posted:
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6 April 2024
PBI-Mexico accompanies Cerezo Committee and families in the call to find Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz4-minute read.PBI-Mexico has posted: “Yesterday [April 4], we accompanied the families of Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz together with the @comitecerezo [Cerezo Committee]. We are also working with the Special Search Commission ruled by the SCJN [Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation] in 2022. #PBIaccompanies #Until We Find Them”
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5 April 2024
PBI-Colombia accompanies the Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as Comprehensive Law on the Rights of Women Searchers receives Senate approvalOn April 4 (at 12:05 pm ET), PBI-Colombia posted: “#Rights For Women Seekers At this moment accompanying the @nydia_erika Foundation in the last Senate debate on the draft Law for the Protection of Women Searchers of the #Disappeared.”
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30 March 2024
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu at World Water Day commemorationPBI-Guatemala has posted:“On March 16 #PBI accompanies the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu in the commemoration of #WorldWaterDay in the communities of Champerico.
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10 March 2024
On March 8, 2024, PBI-accompanied groups around the world mobilized to commemorate International Women's Day, now in its 114th year. Women human rights defenders advocate and lobby for human rights within their community and are not only targeted for their activism, but also face gender-specific rights violations. At Peace Brigades International, we stand alongside these women, supporting them to continue their vital work even amidst repression and violence.
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6 March 2024
Around the world, human rights defenders are winning their struggles for justice and rights - for them, and their communities. We take a quick look at six examples from the year so far.
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1 March 2024
PBI calls for respect for international law, protection of human rights defenders and an immediate cease-fire
Peace Brigades International (PBI), an organization that seeks to create space for peace and participate in the protection of human rights,
shares the words of the UN Secretary General that "only a negotiated peace that satisfies the legitimate national aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis
alike ... can bring long-term stability to the people of this land and the broader Middle East region.“
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27 February 2024
Spanish RTVE radio-television recently interviewed Donald Hernández, the executive director of CEHPRODEC.
Below is an excerpt from that full interview.
QUESTION: Have you ever suffered threats?
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28 January 2024
PBI-Honduras observes trial of student activist accused of arson at US Embassy during national strike protestsOn January 26, PBI-Honduras posted:“We observe the trial of Henry Bonilla [Acevedo] for the burning of [tires in front of] the US embassy in a protest on [May 31st, 2019]. The @defencofadeh [Committee of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras/COFADEH] denounces the criminalization of the national strike. We highlight the work of the #DDHH [human rights] of COFADEH and their work to respect the right to demonstrate.”
