🇨🇴🕊️WOLA condemns the vile murder of mother and son in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia on March 19, 2024.

“U.S. policymakers need to make a much bolder effort in supporting peace efforts and the protection of civilians,” says Gimena Sánchez.

🤩Want to gain insight into what it’s like to support #HumanRightsDefenders ?

📽️ Register & join PBI-UK online for a short film, followed by a Q&A with a Colombian human rights defender & ex PBI field volunteers!

📅 26th February
⏰ 11am PST / 2pm EST
🎟️ bit.ly/42Emw6A

Peace Brigades International supports the call for an immediate ceasefire, respect for international humanitarian law, an end to collective punishment and a process of negotiations leading to a just and lasting peace. #CeasefireNow

Folks like you helped us raise $6402 in just 3 days during this year's flash fundraiser! Thank you! We are so appreciative of the response we received from across the country. The fundraiser will be up for a few more hours. There's still time to donate! bit.ly/pbiusaflash

Meet Yuli, an environmental defender who works w/fishing communities on conservation efforts in Colombia. She has faced 3 attempts on her life for speaking out about pollution. Stories like Yuli's motivate us to reach our fundraising goals. Help us here: bit.ly/pbiusafund

THIS FRIDAY! Just before the presidential election in Guatemala on Sunday that foreign investors will be watching, we will talk with journalist Carlos Ernesto Choc who has been criminalized for reporting on the controversial Fenix nickel mine: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #PBIaccompanies

It’s day 2 of our flash fundraiser and we’re off to a great start! We have a goal to reach 150 champions for peace who can donate this week! Will you join Faith and others and be one of our 150? Any gift of any amount helps us reach our goal. Donate today! bit.ly/pbiusafund

Support our PBI friends who protect defenders in the americas and elsewhere--PBI-USA! via Givebutter givebutter.com/pbiusaflash Peace Brigades USA Peace Brigades International (PBI) PBI Colombia Andrew E. Miller Latin America Working Group

Our 2023 flash fundraiser is underway! Can you help us reach our goal in just 3 days? With your support, we provide protection/support to threatened human rights defenders. No other organization supports threatened HRDs the way we do. Donate today! bit.ly/pbiusafund

THIS FRIDAY! Join us to hear Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc who is being criminalized for reporting on the controversial Fenix nickel mine in Guatemala. This webinar will have simultaneous English-Spanish translation. Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #PBIaccompanies

PBI-USA’s Flash Fundraiser returns THIS WEEK! Starting this Tuesday, the fundraiser will run August 15th, 16th, and 17th! Please help us spread the word and get your debit cards ready! Can you make a donation today to help us kickoff this fundraiser?! bit.ly/pbiusafund

On August 11th, Peace Brigades International (PBI) Honduras celebrated the release of the human rights defender and Las Galileas community member Nolvia Obando from prison after being arrested 149 days ago for defending her territory.
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Learn more:
tinyurl.com/yza2n7tm

Members of #PBIGuatemala recently released a report on their website regarding a visit they made to the municipality of Chinautla to observe the impacts of large-scale industrial clay extraction.
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Learn more:
tinyurl.com/2ccxr683

Members of #PBIGuatemala accompanied Ccda Verapaz as they helped provide medical care for 20 displaced families in the Alta Verapaz region.
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Learn more:
tinyurl.com/ym3c5nap

Members of Peace Brigades International (PBI) Honduras bring attention to the evictions suffered by the Nueva Esperanza community in El Edén, Comayagua, #Honduras and emphasize the importance of defending the right to land and food sovereignty.
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Learn more:
tinyurl.com/msxtud4t

Members of PBI Colombia recently accompanied ACVC–RAN as they visited the 6th Ecological Camp in the Cimitarra River Valley to observe protected plant and animal species in the area.
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Learn more:
tinyurl.com/mrxv3jmj

📢On #IndigenousPeoplesDay we recognise the resistance of the Indigenous communities & Indigenous rights defenders PBI works with & say THANKYOU

In defending their territory vs violent land grabs & corrupt companies, these courageous communities also defend our planet's future🌎

Members of Peace Brigades International-México recently released their annual report discussing all of the major accompaniment and activism work they completed in 2022.

Read it below:
pbi-mexico.org/es/sobre-nosot…

Hear Maya Q’eqchi’ journalist Carlos Choc talk about his reporting on the open-pit Fenix nickel mine located near the majority-Maya town of El Estor on the shore of Lake Izabal in Guatemala. Register for this webinar on Friday August 18 at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #PBIaccompanies

Members of Peace Brigades International (PBI) Honduras, in celebration of the International Day of Indigenous Villages, highlight the work of the Simpinula community, which has fought to defend its food sovereignty, territories, traditions, and history.
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