Category Archives: Canada
Canadians across the country call for an end to killings of Colombian rights workers
August 1, 2019In Colombia almost 700 rights defenders and over 135 former FARC members have been assassinated since January 2016.
Posted in Canada, Colombia, Human Rights | Tagged Colombia, human rights, social leaders | Comments Off on Canadians across the country call for an end to killings of Colombian rights workersCoDev Exec Director Testifies to Citizenship and Immigration Committee
July 26, 2019Last December, CoDev Executive Director Steve Stewart, in his capacity of Co-Chair of the Americas Policy Group (a national coalition of organizations working for human rights and development in the Americas) testified to the Canadian Parliament’s immigration committee on the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Central America, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Human Rights, Latin America, Mexico | Tagged Americas Policy Group, Canadian Parlimentary committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Migration | Comments Off on CoDev Exec Director Testifies to Citizenship and Immigration CommitteeUrgent Action: Colombia, Abuse of Force Against Protestors
March 29, 2019CALL ON COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT IVAN DUQUE TO CEASE MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST INDIGENOUS PROTESTORS IN THE CAUCA REGION
Posted in Canada, Colombia, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Urgent Action | Comments Off on Urgent Action: Colombia, Abuse of Force Against ProtestorsTake Action: Attack on Guatemalan Women’s Sector
March 14, 2019CoDevelopment Canada is alarmed by a break-in that took place early on March 8 at the Women’s Sector’s offices in Guatemala City. Sensitive information, such as accounting documents and files on women’s organizations in Guatemala, were stolen. As well, the … Continue reading
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