Protests expected at CANSEC military equipment trade show starting Wednesday morning ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

Protesters will gather starting around 7 am. A rally is also planned on Parliament Hill for noon.

Han pasado 17 años de impunidad desde la desaparición forzada de Edmundo Reyes y Gabriel Cruz. Junto con el @ComiteCerezo acompañamos a los familiares en su reunión con la Comisión Especial de Búsqueda, dónde siguen exigiendo condiciones dignas para la investigación del crimen.

MUST READ: Front Line Defenders just issued their annual 'Global Analysis' report & the numbers are shocking. At least 300 human rights defenders were killed around the world in 2023. 79% of which were in the Americas alone. #HRDs Front Line Defenders Read here: frontlinedefenders.org/en/resource-pu…

Con profunda preocupación ante la continua situación grave de ddhh y dih en el ⚠️ #NordesteAntioqueño ⚠️.

MinInterior Colombia Mindefensa Embajada de Irlanda en Colombia Canadá en Colombia Unión Europea en Colombia 🇪🇺 ONU Derechos Humanos Colombia

Human rights defenders in the Americas continue to operate in precarious, dangerous contexts. Death threats and killings of human rights defenders remained high in this region, and those defending their land and indigenous culture faced resistance.

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📢 News: PBI in Guatemala – Annual Report 2023 📢
Discover the resilience and bravery of #Guatemala 's Indigenous communities in their fight for #democracy , from battling judicial delays to facing violent evictions.

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This new report from Front Line Defenders documents the killings of 300 human rights defenders in 2023 including 142 in Colombia, 30 in Mexico, 19 in Honduras and 6 in Guatemala. For key findings and excerpts about Canada and Palestine: pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/at-… #PBIaccompanies

#CONVOCATORIA | 🗣️Te interesa el acompañamiento internacional a personas defensoras de #DerechosHumanos ?

¡Forma parte de nuestro equipo en terreno! 🇲🇽 Recibimos postulaciones hasta el 3 de junio de 2024.

👉 Ver la convocatoria aquí: pbi-mexico.org/es/invol%C3%BA…

#PBIAcompaña

📌 La pasada semana estuvimos visitando y apoyando a Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso del Norte A.C. en #CiudadJuárez en el trabajo que realizan en pro de las victimas de desaparición en esta ciudad.

We will follow with interest the visit of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights to Colombia on July 29 to August 9: pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/uni… #PBIaccompanies

On #BiodiversityDay we look at #COP16Colombia and the hope that Target 22 promising 'the full protection of environmental human rights defenders' by 2030 could spark the inclusion of needed language in the text of #COP30 in Brazil in 2025: pbicanada.org/2024/05/22/wil… #PBIaccompanies

🏳️‍⚧️ El viernes pasado acompañamos la marcha LGTBI+ en el marco del Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, la Bifobia, la Interfobia y la Transfobia.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️¿A qué retos se enfrentan las personas defensoras de la comunidad #LGBTIQA + en #Guatemala , #Honduras e #Indonesia ? ¿Qué puede hacer la comunidad internacional?
Escúchalo en el seminario que organiza pbi Deutschland
📆29 mayo. 17:00h
👉 Inscripciones: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🌱 Ayer, acompañamos a la CNTC Progreso en el Instituto Nacional Agrario (INA). Desde PBI, resaltamos la labor de la CNTC, en el marco del proceso de obtención de la titulación de las tierras para las bases campesinas y recordamos su importancia para la soberanía alimentaria.

We draw the attention of the international community to the crucial frontline journalism of Brandi Morin who reports that a Canadian oil company is seeking the arrest of the Woodland Cree Nation Chief leading a blockade on his territory: pbicanada.org/2024/05/15/obs… #IndigenousRights

BREAKING: Oil company asks judge to arrest and jail Cree chief leading ‘Alberta’ blockade

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Story by Brandi Morin Brandi Morin co-published with Ricochet Media

❤️🙌 We were thrilled to receive this message from Honorary Council member, Diego Luna diego luna, congratulating WOLA in its 50th anniversary as well as the 2024 WOLA's Human Rights Awards honorees #WOLA50 Hasta Encontrarte Proyecto De Búsqueda Gto.

What’s different about the Woodland Cree blockade compared to other Indigenous frontlines I’ve reported on is that non-Native industries such as Weaver & multiple others have joined in. Here one of Weaver’s heavy equipment is moved onto the blockade to show solidarity. The local

Drone shots of Woodland Cree blockade by paul lavoie