‘Today more than ever, we need to stand up to threats against the environment’
Honduran human rights defender Reynaldo Dominguez on the struggle for environmental justice in Guapinol
Defending the environment is not a crime
PBI UK meets Indigenous community journalist Carlos Choc and environmental rights defender Reynaldo Dominguez, who are calling on the European Union and the UK to enact due diligence legislation that protects the environment and the individuals and communities who defend it.
Parliamentary Briefing Paper: A Business, Human Rights and Environment Act
Last week, Peace Brigades International (PBI) joined a group of civil society organisations in publishing a joint briefing paper for MPs making the case for a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act.
Environmental defenders on COP27 and their struggles on the frontline
Whose voices were heard at COP27, and whose were ignored? As the talks come to a close, we reflect on the messages of front line environmental defenders
“A stalk of sugarcane is worth more than the life of a human being”
The destructive impact of monocultural practices on local communities in Guatemala
Murky waters: criminalised environmental defenders visit the UK
PBI UK welcomes two human rights defenders from Honduras and Guatemala to London
COP27: why we need greater recognition of environmental defenders
Ahead of the COP27, we ask for the increased recognition and protection of environmental defenders.
Defiant and unsilenced
Carlos Ernesto Choc Chub, indigenous Maya Q'eqchi’ human rights defender and journalist, has been forced to relocate several times to protect his own safety. He faces criminalisation, threats, physical attacks and raids on his home. His ‘crime’? Investigating and reporting the truth.
Meet the defenders: Diana from CONTEC
PBI interviewed Diana Villalobos Diaz, Director of the Consultoria Técnica Comunitaria, A.C. (CONTEC) during her advocacy tour in the UK and Spain in October 2022.
PBI has accompanied CONTEC in Chihuahua, Mexico since early 2022.
PBI Colombia Call for Volunteers
PBI Colombia Call for Volunteers: Apply before the November 27 to become work in Colombia alongside human rights defenders
Visiting the UK to defend Indigenous rights in Mexico
This week, we welcomed Diana Villalobos Díaz, a prominent Mexican human rights defender, and Director of local human rights organisation CONTEC which defends indigenous communities in the Sierra Tarahumara, to London.
Forced displacement in Mexico: Human rights defender Diana Villalobos in London to raise awareness
PBI UK hosts speaker tour focused on defending indigenous rights in Mexico, the most dangerous country in the world for land and environmental rights defenders
Crimes of the Valley
In a context of extreme violence and political corruption, human rights defenders in Ciudad Juárez are supporting victims and advocating for the changes needed to stem the tide of disappearances
Why nonviolent activists take the risks that they do
In light of the International Day of Non-Violence, PBI UK’s Samantha-Rose Parvin looks at the threats facing nonviolent human rights defenders, and why they do it
PBI Webinar: Volunteering for Human Rights
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PBI Mexico Call for Volunteers
PBI Mexico Call for Volunteers: Apply before the October 28 to become work in Mexico alongside human rights defenders
Celebrating International Day of Peace
On the International Day of Peace, join us in celebrating Kenyan human rights defenders bringing peace to their communities through the Social Justice Centre movement
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