updated Sat. December 9, 2023
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Ekklesia
April 3, 2018
A 2016 report by the NGO Peace Brigades International notes that eight prominent Honduran HRDs were on a government list to be put under illegal surveillance. HRDs frequently report the use of surveillance against them, among other tactics to restrict their rights to exercise freedom of expression andÃâà...
Albany Times Union
March 31, 2018
Later, in the 1980s, working for Peace Brigades International in Guatemala City, I took testimony from people who had seen family members disappear by death squads. The children and grandchildren of these family members are today's Dreamers and teenage activists for immigration justice. Two yearsÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 22, 2018
Peace Brigades International Switzerland was seriously concerned about the situation of human rights defenders in Columbia, Guatemala and Honduras. It regretted the ongoing threats, attacks, murders and criminalization of these people, and the fact that nothing was being done to combat impunity.
The Villager
March 6, 2018
The visitors were accompanied by a translator from Peace Brigades International, which sends international observers to the community to help protect them from death threats. The members explained how international attention can help secure their safety. Despite the signing of the Colombian PeaceÃâà...
Windsor Observer
March 6, 2018
The visitors were accompanied by a translator from Peace Brigades International, which sends international observers to the community to help protect them from death threats. The members explained how international attention can help secure their safety. Despite the signing of the Colombian PeaceÃâà...
Firstpost
January 29, 2018
Shanti Sena's work in India became the inspiration for the formation of Peace Brigades International, now a global organisation supporting human rights workers in situations of civil war and other forms of violent conflict. Unfortunately, the Shanti Sena did not develop as originally envisioned — as aÃâà...
Firstpost
January 29, 2018
Shanti Sena's work in India became the inspiration for the formation of Peace Brigades International, now a global organisation supporting human rights workers in situations of civil war and other forms of violent conflict. Unfortunately, the Shanti Sena did not develop as originally envisioned — as aÃâà...
Niagarathisweek.com
November 28, 2017
Eventually, she went on to join Peace Brigades International, a movement dedicated to protecting local individuals fighting for human rights and justice issues from being silenced by government or corporate interests. “Sustainable change happens when the people involved in the change are the onesÃâà...
Devex
November 6, 2017
CAJAR works with INGOs including Christian Aid and Peace Brigades International, alongside a number of embassies, to bring its cases to court. It maintains a presence in some of Colombia's most violent and abandoned rural regions. Many in Colombia hoped that the one-year-old peace deal wouldÃâà...
The Times
November 1, 2017
The group will operate in harness with Peace Brigades International (PBI), an NGO that has for more than 35 years been seeking to help and protect human rights defenders. It gives practical support in high-risk areas, mainly in Latin America but also in Kenya, Indonesia and Nepal. PBI has staff on theÃâà...
NACLA
October 10, 2017
Moira Birss brings over decade of human rights and social justice advocacy, communications, and field experience to her current role as Communications Manager at Amazon Watch. Previously, Moira was the U.S. Advocacy Officer for Peace Brigades International - Colombia and a Human Rights ObserverÃâà...
Open Democracy
July 13, 2017
However, in 1981, a meeting convened in Canada resulted in the inception of Peace Brigades International (PBI), one of the first modern UCP organizations. From 1990 to 2014, the number of UCP organizations increased fivefold, growing from 7 to 35 (while a total of 50 organizations were activeÃâà...
OpenCanada
February 7, 2017
A spokesperson for Peace Brigades International (PBI), an organization that supports the work of local human rights defenders, said there is a “power vacuum” in the former FARC-held territories, particularly in the regions of Antioquia and Tumaco, as neo-paramilitary groups seek to gain control of drugÃâà...
