PBI-Mexico accompanies civil society meeting with United Nations High Commissioner Volker Türk where the Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists is highlighted: pbicanada.org/2026/04/21/p... #PBIaccompanies
Posts by Peace Brigades International-Canada
It was great to join @cfscquakers.bsky.social and @pbicanada.bsky.social last week to explore how Quakers and others working against arms fairs in the UK and Canada can be in solidarity with each other.
Good luck to everyone witnessing against the CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa next month!
Peace Brigades International-Canada congratulates Yuvelis Morales Blanco on winning the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize. We recall the two PBI-Canada webinars she spoke on and the accompaniment provided to her by CREDHOS and PBI-Colombia: pbicanada.org/2026/04/20/p... #PBIaccompanies
Yesterday PBI-Canada participated in a Canadian Friends Service Committee-organized webinar that linked Quaker Roots responses to the DSEI arms show in London, UK with the mobilization to stop the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa this May 27-28: pbicanada.org/2026/04/17/p... #PBIaccompanies
Colombia, Mexico, Philippines, Israel, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States are among the 60+ international delegations that will be at the CANSEC arms and technology trade show in Ottawa, Canada this coming May 27-28: pbicanada.org/2026/04/17/w... #PBIaccompanies
Environmental defender Roberto Chávez was killed in Michoacán on April 12. Today PBI-Mexico will accompany a #ProtegerLaDignidad forum in Michoacán calling for the strengthening of the Protection Mechanism for defenders and journalists: pbicanada.org/2026/04/16/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Colombia accompanies human rights organizations at a court hearing in Buenos Aires, Argentina to hold a former Colombian president accountable for state violence and the extrajudicial executions of at least 6,402 people by the Colombian military: pbicanada.org/2026/04/15/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Canada observes rally in Ottawa where Indigenous leaders from territories in British Columbia call on Export Development Canada (EDC) not to finance the Ksi Lisims LNG terminal and the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion: pbicanada.org/2026/04/14/p... #PBIaccompanies
TODAY. PBI-Canada following CAJAR, CSPP and CJL complaint in Argentina court on extra-judicial killings in Colombia: pbicanada.org/2026/04/14/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Honduras accompanies the National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) at a preliminary court hearing for campesina families from the ‘7 de Febrero’ community: pbicanada.org/2026/04/13/p... #PBIaccompanies
Espacio OSC and Consorcio Oaxaca launch “Proteger La Dignidad” campaign in Oaxaca with call to strengthen Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists: pbicanada.org/2026/04/13/e... #PBIaccompanies
CBC News: “Watchdog’s report on controversial RCMP unit delayed due to lack of chairperson”: pbicanada.org/2026/04/07/c... #PBIaccompanies
Peace Brigades International was present at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland: pbicanada.org/2026/04/07/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala accompanies Network for the Defense of Food Sovereignty (REDSAG) member José Miguel as legal proceedings continue against the El Pilar sugar refinery: pbicanada.org/2026/03/31/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Colombia notes concern over death threats made against human rights defender from the Justice and Peace Commission: pbicanada.org/2026/03/31/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Colombia accompanies humanitarian caravan to areas impacted by armed conflict in Catatumbo: pbicanada.org/2026/03/26/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Maya Ch’orti’ Indigenous Council of Olopa at a "Meeting of Guardians of the Common Home" for communities affected by or at risk of extractivism to share knowledge on security and defence of their territories: pbicanada.org/2026/03/25/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Canada notes No to War march in Madrid, Canada’s participation in ReArm Europe, highlights the risk of increasing militarism to human rights defenders around the world: pbicanada.org/2026/03/22/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Mexico notes concern over break-ins and robberies at the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Centre in Chiapas, an organization that accompanies people in contexts of mobility (migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons): pbicanada.org/2026/03/24/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Mexico accompanies the Human Rights Solidarity Network (Red Solidaria DH), calls for an immediate and effective search for environmental leader and defender José Gabriel Pelayo who has been missing since March 19, 2024: pbicanada.org/2026/03/19/p... #PBIaccompanies
The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project is seeking applications for new field volunteers. The deadline to apply is March 22. For more information and testimonials from several years of incoming volunteers: pbicanada.org/2026/03/19/p... #PBIaccompanies
As major projects could be fast-tracked on Indigenous territories in Canada, the release of the CRCC "systemic investigation" responding to allegations of human rights violations by the RCMP C-IRG against land and environmental defenders is stalled: pbicanada.org/2026/03/19/c... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Colombia accompanies CREDHOS and ACVC on fact-finding mission to the community of Puerto Matilde: pbicanada.org/2026/03/18/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala meets with Spanish Member of the European Parliament José Cepeda in Brussels: pbicanada.org/2026/03/18/p... #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Canada remains attentive to the People’s Front ongoing struggle for justice for Samir Flores Soberanes following acquittal: pbicanada.org/2026/02/24/p... #PBIaccompanies
@pbicolombia.bsky.social accompanies CREDHOS on Verification Commission in the communities of Puerto Matilde and Tamar Bajo: pbicanada.org/2026/03/12/p... #PBIaccompanies
APPLY to be a @pbimexico.bsky.social field volunteer! The deadline to apply is March 15! All the details on how to apply are at pbi-mexico.org/es/invol%C3%... A 1-hour video with Dinah and Jonas from PBI-Mexico explaining more is here www.twitch.tv/videos/27181...
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PBI-Guatemala attends the 14th anniversary of the La Puya mine blockade, PBI-Canada recalls the role of Radius Gold: pbicanada.org/2026/03/11/p... #PBIaccompanies
APPLY to be a Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project field volunteer! The deadline to apply is March 15! All the details on how to apply are at pbi-mexico.org/es/invol%C3%... A 1-hour video with members of the PBI-Mexico team explaining more is at www.twitch.tv/videos/27181...
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PBI-Mexico accompanies International Women’s Day marches in Cuernavaca, Mexico City and Hermosillo: pbicanada.org/2026/03/10/p... #PBIaccompanies