Where’s The Peace? Why Protection of Human Rights Defenders is Still Necessary
Peace Brigades International (PBI) and Horizons of Friendship will be cohosting a speaking event in Cobourg on January 16, 2008, which will look at the human rights situation in Guatemala since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996.
Owen Campbell , a Canadian volunteer with PBI, has recently returned from spending 12 months providing protective accompaniment to some of the most threatened human rights defenders in Guatemala. He will speak about his experiences as a volunteer and his observations on the realities of human rights workers in Guatemala.
More than 10 years after the signing of the Peace Accords, Guatemala suffers from conflict and an environment of violence that is comparable to the years of the war. In 2006, Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detention and torture, blamed the Guatemalan government for doing little to stop the violence.
When and Where: January 16 at 7pm, Horizons of Friendship, 50 Covert Street, Cobourg
For more information, please contact PBI-Canada at 613-237-6968 or by email at info@pbicanada.org. Or you can contact Michelle Switzer at Horizons of Friendship at 905-372-5483 x. 24 or by email at mswitzer@horizons.ca
