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Peace Brigades International - protecting human rights defenders at risk since 1981.

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[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

🔴 Today the trial begins against the Guapinol River Defenders, #SakharovPrize finalists, for their legitimate protest in defence of water

👉#UN calls for freedom and compensation for the defenders

👉@UEenHonduras will observe the trial

We ask for #LibertadParaGuapinol

[European Coalition for Corporate Justice @ECCJorg]

The voluntary approach where corporations police themselves doesn’t work – Ireland 🇮🇪 needs to ensure corporations respect human rights overseas by making it a legal obligation.

📣 Find out more in this excellent report: https://t.co/GyBIDFih3F

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

📝 A new report from Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights highlights how companies in Ireland must do more to ensure supply chains are free of human rights violations.
Read @Trocaire's explainer below, and find out how you can #MakeItYourBusiness:
https://t.co/HLPKgl7Tp8

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

In #Honduras 🇭🇳, 39 journalists were attacked between January and September this year for exercising their right to #FreeSpeech, according to journalist and human rights defender, Dina Meza @ASOPODEHU_HN @PBIHonduras

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

"We want the EU's foreign policy with Latin America to have the voice of women, and be green, participative, coherent, and defined by the promotion of human rights and social justice" - Giovanna Tejido Sánchez, President of @eulatnetwork and Coordinator of @PBIHonduras

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

Members of the @Europarl_EN voiced their concerns to the @eu_eeas over serious violations of #HumanRights and the risks faced by human rights defenders in #Mexico.

@PBI_Mexico tells us that there is a pattern of defamation and criminalisation prior to attacks and assassinations:

[Peace Brigades International-México @PBI_Mexico]

📌Integrantes del @Europarl expresaron su preocupación al @eu_eeas por las graves violaciones a #DDHH en #México y por el alto riesgo para las #personasdefensoras.

👉🏾Existe un patrón de amenazas o campañas de desprestigio y criminalización previo a ataques directos y asesinatos.

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

We urge @UN_HRC members to support the adoption of the draft resolution in cooperation with the UN and resist any efforts to undermine it. People who defend #HumanRights must be able to access and communicate with the UN freely & safely! #EndReprisals at the UN. Read more: 👇

[ISHR @ISHRglobal]

As @UN_HRC members prepare on 7 or 8 October to discuss a draft resolution to #EndReprisals against those who engage with the UN, let's remind them some important facts and data compiled recently by ISHR on why they should support the resolution. 🧵👇 #HRC48

[EU - LAT Network @eulatnetwork]

48th #ConsejoDerechosHumanos@ONU, @UE must demand from the #Honduras Government immediate adoption of the Opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for #Guapinol defenders, finalists of the #SakharovPrize @UeenHonduras @EU_UNGeneva @MetzTilly

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

On the occasion of the 48th @UN #HumanRightsCouncil, the @EU must demand that the #Honduras Government immediately adopt the Opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for #Guapinol defenders, finalists of the #SakharovPrize @UeenHonduras @EU_UNGeneva

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

📷🇨🇴 @PBIColombia has shared a photo report from their latest accompaniment with Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz to the indigenous communities of the Río Chageradó reserve in the municipality of Murindó.

Click below to find out more! 👇
https://t.co/Py8Y3iLcO0

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

ZEDEs, special economic zones proposed by the government of #Honduras, are meeting resistance from community organisations, who warn of environmental devastation, increased poverty, and the privatisation of natural goods 🇭🇳

Read more from @PBIHonduras 👇
https://t.co/B90CKu2NLV

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

According to the World Food Programme, Guatemala is one of the most at-risk countries for climate shocks.

As this article shows, it is often society's most marginalised who are forced to bear the brunt of these crises.

https://t.co/0yxPcl1OR1

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

⚖ Yesterday, David Castillo was found guilty of planning the murder of #BertaCaceres, Honduran indigenous leader and environmental defender. 🇭🇳

As Berta said, “They believe their impunity is eternal. But they are wrong. The people know how to achieve justice". ⚖

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

Did you know - This year PBI celebrates 40 years of opening space for peace! 🕊

From Sri Lanka to El Salvador, Kenya to Colombia, find out more about PBI projects past and present by checking out the 2020 PBI Annual Report at the link below:
https://t.co/GtU7JPJDqW

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

📣 Thinking of joining a PBI field team?

🇲🇽 @PBI_Mexico has extended deadlines for applications for field volunteers until 28 June!

👇Click the link below to apply!

https://t.co/9IZrTAoHAx

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

⌛️ Just one day left until #LatinAmericaMonth 2021! Tune in from 5pm tomorrow for an evening celebrating Latin American culture and activism.🌿🌎

Click here for registration 👉 https://t.co/ccOJc33jF5

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

📣 PBI Ireland is excited to announce our involvement in #LatinAmericaMonth, organised by @LASCDublin.

Tune in on Saturday, 12 June to hear from Honduran environmental defenders! 🇭🇳🌎

Follow the link below to find out more 👇
https://t.co/cfx7lcRjx7

[Peace Brigades International - Canada @PBIcanada]

There have been 129 people disappeared and 21 victims of sexual assault by the public force during the national strike in Colombia. The @PBIColombia accompanied @nydia_erika foundation for human rights is marking this with this event in Bogota this morning. #PBIaccompanies

[Peace Brigades International - Canada @PBIcanada]

On May 17, @PBIHonduras observed the march in Tegucigalpa marking the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. PBI has accompanied the Arcoíris LGTB Association of Honduras since July 2015. More at: https://t.co/LltPgptNcD #IDAHOBIT #IDAHOT #PBIaccompanies

[PBI IRELAND @PBI_IRELAND]

👇 Click through the Photo Journal below to see how @PBIColombia has supported Colombian #HumanRightsDefenders throughout the #NationalStrike 🇨🇴

https://t.co/HrTe1z427q