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‘A bigger threat to our way of life than Coastal GasLink’: Wet’suwet’en land defender Sleydo’ on the Berg Copper Project

That article also highlights that the territory of Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, a wing chief in the Cas Yikh house of the Gidimt’en ...
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Will COP18 in Ecuador be an opportunity to advance Target 22 and the full protection of environmental defenders?

COP16 took place in Colombia (2024), COP17 in Armenia (2026). Target 22, to be completed by 2030, includes the pledge to ...
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PBI-Canada observes protest against Defence Construction Canada conference on military infrastructure on Indigenous lands

Peace Brigades International-Canada recalls the historic opposition of Innu land defenders to NATO low-level fight testing for the cruise missile in the late 1980s. More than one hundred Innu land ...
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The implications of the new Canada-Philippines free trade agreement, Luzon Economic Corridor for human rights defenders

PBI-Canada is attentive to the implications for Filipino land and environmental defenders from the new Canada-Philippines ...
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PBI-Honduras meets with CEHPRODEC, hears concerns about how terrorism law could be applied to Indigenous leaders defending land rights

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media: “’Our concern is that the amendment to the ...
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PBI-Mexico issues appeal for protest encampment established by Choluteca peoples of Puebla to uphold agreement on landfill

The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media: “We issue an appeal and express our concern ...
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Will human rights defenders be on the agenda of the Canada-Mexico Comprehensive Strategic Partnership meeting this month?

PBI-Canada continues to call on the Government of Canada to help strengthen the Protection Mechanism for human rights ...
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PBI-Canada attentive to Shaykachiwikaan encampment where Northern Road Link would cross Attawapiskat River

The Australian mining company Wyloo and the Canadian firm Juno Corp. are planning to mine in the McFaulds Lake area. Juno has ...
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Yuvelis Morales: “The struggle continues because we remain alive, and in that vitality, we find a sense of defiance—a spirit of rebellion”

“The struggle continues because we remain alive, and in that vitality, we find a sense of defiance—a spirit of rebellion. Defending water, life, and our territories in this country—the nation with the ...
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As the UN COP31 climate talks begin in Türkiye, attacks against frontline environmental defenders continue

Photo: Indigenous Náhuatl environmental defender Samir Flores Soberanes was killed for his opposition to the PIM megaproject and Morelos Gas Pipeline. PBI accompanied a commemoration of his life on ...