
We defend the defenders.
PBI is a leading NGO working to protect human rights and environmental defenders at risk. Each day human rights defenders speak out for the rights of others and the future of our planet. Each day they risk their livelihoods, their liberty and, in many cases, their lives. Attacks, abductions, and assassinations are on the increase - over 350 peaceful defenders were murdered for their peaceful human rights work in 2021, and thousands more faced threats, harassment, and wrongful arrest.
No other organisation in the world supports threatened human rights and environmental defenders in the way PBI does. We stand alongside these brave activists, we learn from them, and echo their call. We keep them safe, and we work to ensure their voices are heard.
We provide life-saving support to community leaders, environmentalists and other human rights defenders in some of the most dangerous contexts in the world, with teams of trained professionals and volunteers embedded in communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Leonie Malin Höher reflects on her time in Guatemala as a volunteer with PBI in Guatemala, during a turbulent time for Indigenous peoples rights and the wider human rights movement.
Around the world, human rights defenders are winning their struggles for rights and justice - for them, their communities and our planet. We take a quick look at four examples from 2025 so far.
To mark International Women’s Day, Dolly, a Papuan woman human rights defender, tells her story and shares her perspective on the importance of women as human rights and environmental defenders.
This International Women's Day, read the stories of women defending human rights from the frontlines in Honduras, Kenya, Mexico and Nepal.
Take a look at what we got up to ahead of International Women’s Day, alongside three inspiring LGBTIQ+ and women human rights defenders!
We're currently recruiting for several exciting positions at PBI UK. We're looking for Officers to handle external relations, communications, grants and policy work
PBI UK is stunned and disappointed by the UK government's decision to slash aid in order to fund defence spending. We urge them to reconsider and to ensure effective support for human rights defenders.
Join us as we celebrate 10 years providing protective accompaniment to human rights defenders in Honduras! Together with those we support, we look back at key moments of PBI’s work in Honduras throughout 2024.
We spoke with Sebastián Escobar Uribe, a lawyer working with the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CCAJAR) in Colombia. Sebastián has supported the documentation of crimes committed by members of police and armed forces, which involved arbitrary detention and extrajudicial execution of civilians who were reported as members of illicit groups killed as a result of armed confrontation.
PBI UK launches its end of year update, summarising the support provided to multiple human rights defenders from around the world to mobilise action in support of their cases.
PBI UK is delighted to announce that Stephen Cragg KC has joined us as Coordinating Ambassador of our new Ambassadors Network
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