“To effectively serve our community, we need to organise.”
Junia on youth and gender inequality in Kenya
“My calling is to be exactly who I am and I need to fight”
Riska Carolina on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Indonesia
PBI in 2022
2022 was a turbulent year for human rights around the world. It was also a very busy one for PBI UK. Whether organising training and legal support, facilitating access to decision-makers and support networks, or providing protection and solidarity, in 2022 PBI supported defenders when they needed us most, so that they could mobilise safely and effectively.
Mexico: Solidarity in the face of adversity
On International Human Solidarity Day, PBI’s UK Director Ben Leather reflects upon his recent trip to Mexico
YOUR DONATIONS DOUBLED! When you support human rights defenders this week
The Big Give is an opportunity to double your donation to PBI, and help us protect human rights defenders and get their voices heard in 2023!
The promise unfulfilled: justice for survivors in Nepal
This week, PBI UK welcomes Dr Mandira Sharma to London to discuss human rights, justice, and truth in Nepal.
Accompanying the women human rights defenders transforming Honduras
The experience of a PBI Volunteer: Accompanying the women human rights defenders transforming Honduras
Mandatory due diligence: an opportunity for the UK to protect the planet and those who defend it
Ahead of the UN Forum on business and human rights - and with companies, investors, consumers, and campaigners unequivocally united in their support for a Business, Human Rights and Environment Act - PBI UK Director Ben Leather explains why it is high time the UK Government got on board
‘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
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