Search results for #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) at the annual commemoration of the Los Josefinos massacre. 42 people were killed by the Guatemalan army on April 29-30, 1982. More: pbicanada.org/2024/04/30/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Guatemala (Famdegua) at a hearing for an appeal filed after the acquittal last year of three soldiers accused in the Dos Erres massacre: pbicanada.org/2024/04/27/pbi… #CasoDosErres #PBIaccompanies
. @PBI_Mexico accompanies the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water at march that demands the closure of the San Pedro Cholula landfill that is contaminating the water supply for the communities of Calpan, Juan C. Bonilla and Cholula: pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala is accompanying the trial of General Benedicto Lucas who is accused of genocide against the Maya Ixil people during the Internal Armed Conflict. For context and posts from four of the hearings pbicanada.org/2024/04/27/pbi… #CasoGenocidioIxil #GenocidioIxil #PBIaccompanies
After the murder of Denilson Alberto Vázquez Chacón, the son of Poqomam authority Armando Vásquez, PBI-Guatemala is calling on the international community to be attentive to the safety of members of the Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform: pbicanada.org/2024/04/26/ale… #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala meets with the Chinautla Multisector Urban Platform at their protest site and are updated on their struggle, challenges, progress and upcoming activities. They oppose the pollution of their river and illegal sand extraction. pbicanada.org/2024/04/16/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
Please watch this new 7-minute video from Educa Oaxaca about twelve Indigenous Zapotec communities that are defending their land, water and territory from Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines mining without free, prior and informed consent: pbicanada.org/2024/04/23/edu… #PBIaccompanies
A 4-minute video from Swiss broadcaster @srfnews about @PBI_Mexico field volunteers accompanying Jenny Flores Velazquez, the daughter of Indigenous Náhuatl land defender Samir Flores who was killed for his opposition to the PIM megaproject: youtube.com/watch?v=3j6O-H… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBIColombia accompanies @Nomadesc at a meeting with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights @CIDH in Buenaventura. Among the issues discussed is the continued impunity of the police for their violence during the national strike. pbicanada.org/2024/04/18/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBIColombia accompanies @Credhos_Paz as FEDEPESAN takes National University students to the Rosario and San Silvestre wetlands of Barrancabermeja and shares their organizational experience defending the environment from extractivism: pbicanada.org/2024/04/13/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBIHonduras attends the PRO assembly as ASODEBICOQ defends the land, territory and environment in the department of Santa Bárbara. There are 75 extractive projects (including mines, dams, thermal plants and solar) in that department: pbicanada.org/2024/04/11/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBI_Mexico was at the forum on "Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists" in Sonora. For an excerpt from the Diario del Yaqui coverage on this, please see pbicanada.org/2024/04/23/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBI_Mexico works with the Observatory of Social and Gender Violence of Aguascalientes @FeministAgs to strengthen their security strategies. Their members have received threats as they advocate against femicide and forced disappearances. pbicanada.org/2024/04/17/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBIColombia accompanies the Justice and Peace Commission at a youth meeting at the Amazon Pearl Campesino Reserve Zone in Putumayo. The Estado Mayor Central and Segunda Marquetalia armed groups pose a threat in the area. Read more at: pbicanada.org/2024/04/12/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
Four UN Special Rapporteurs, including @MaryLawlorhrds, have sent a letter to the Colombian government noting concern about threats against @dhColombia lawyer Germán Romero and asking what protection measures have been provided to him. pbicanada.org/2024/04/16/ale… #PBIaccompanies
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque as it seeks to stop part of their communal and ancestral virgin forest of Cerro del Quetzal from being appropriated and sold by an individual. More at: pbicanada.org/2024/04/09/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
. @PBI_Mexico accompanies the @comitecerezo and the families of Edmundo Reyes and Gabriel Cruz as they seek justice for the two men who were forcibly disappeared by agents of the Mexican state on May 25, 2007. Read more: pbicanada.org/2024/04/06/pbi… #HastaEncontrarlos #PBIaccompanies
We celebrate the Senate approval of the Comprehensive Law for the Protection of the Rights of Women Searchers! @PBIColombia has accompanied the @nydia_erika Foundation at key moments during this process. More about the law and a look back: pbicanada.org/2024/04/05/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
Eleven Zapotec communities in the Ocotlán Valley of Oaxaca state have won a court injunction stopping Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver and its subsidiary the Cuzcatlán mining company on their territories. Excerpts from news reports on this at pbicanada.org/2024/04/05/ele… #PBIaccompanies
On a @PBIUK - @AmnestyUK webinar, Maya Q’eqchi’ water protector @BernardoCaal2 said he had been told by the Spanish Ambassador that a French company is now involved with the OXEC dams. They are also linked to Spanish and Canadian companies: pbicanada.org/2024/04/04/oxe… #PBIaccompanies
