The Green Match Fund: environmental rights defenders need you
As attacks against land activists spike across Latin America, we launch an urgent call for help. From 20 - 27 April, whilst match funds last, your donation towards PBI UK’s work with environmental rights defenders will be doubled.
International legal experts gravely concerned at lack of protections for Indigenous peoples and human rights defenders in Guatemala
International legal experts call for urgent action to protect Indigenous peoples; express grave concern at impact of violent forced evictions in Guatemala.
PBI Webinar - Sunday April 2: Volunteering for Human Rights
Sign up to learn how to become a PBI Field Volunteer and protect human rights defenders in our projects overseas!
PBI UK launches new strategy
Download PBI UK’s new 4-page strategy explainer and infographic here!
Nicaragua: a human rights update
In 2020 PBI launched a new accompaniment project in Costa Rica focused on providing support to exiled Nicaraguan human rights defenders. As civic and democratic spaces continue to shrink, we provide an insight into the deepening human rights crisis.
PBI Guatemala call for volunteers
Applications to join the PBI Guatemala team close April 9th
A Week in the Life of a Volunteer
Sahara, a PBI volunteer in Northern Mexico, shared some of their experiences with us about what it’s like to be on the frontline of PBI.
Protecting Defenders and Combatting Criminalisation through Legal Support
Following on from the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, we take a look at how the law is being used to restrict the work of human rights defenders, and what the international legal community can do to help.
“When I decided to go down this path, I knew what I was facing. You can lose your life, and many have lost theirs.”
Mexican defender Alejandro of the United Peoples' Association of the Cholulteca Region, home to Mexico’s two famous volcanoes Iztaccihuatl and Popocatépetl, speaks out against the “projects of death” being imposed upon indigenous Nahuatl communities in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, Puebla.
Addressing legacies of the past: Mandira Sharma on her work as a human rights defender in Nepal
Human Rights Defender award winner Mandira Sharma on the situation in Nepal and how the international community can support victims of torture.
“The Sierra is divine, the forest is precious… but it is being taken away from its people and communities.”
Lupita Hernández discusses the critical situation for the indigenous community of Coloradas in the Sierra Tarahumara region of Chihuahua, Mexico.
“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
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