The Colombian Struggle for Rights and Peace
Óscar Ramírez discusses Colombian police form, the quest for 'total peace’ and what the UK can do to help
Defending Mother Earth: Community Initiatives in the Face of Environmental Destruction
A look at the environmental defenders successfully defending our planet, and how you can help
PBI’s latest International Annual Report launched!
An overview of our work in 2022 and its impact around the world supporting human rights defenders at risk
Guatemala in 2022: a year of joy, a year of struggle
A brief summary of PBI’s work and impact in Guatemala accompanying organisations and social processes working peacefully to combat impunity.
The fight for LGBT rights in Honduras continues
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Roslynn Beighton provides an update
RECLAIMING LOST LIVELIHOODS: The Journey of a Zimbabwean Human Rights Defender
Walter Nyabadza is a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer in exile in the UK, following the reprisals he faced back home. He currently works at Peace Brigades International (PBI) UK, advocating for stronger policies for the protection of human rights defenders, as well as mobilising legal support for those at risk. Here, Walter tells his story…
Are you interested in volunteering with PBI in Honduras or Guatemala?
Peace Brigades International is looking for field volunteers for their Guatemala and Honduras teams.
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.
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