Racial discrimination and the dispossession of natural resources in indigenous territories: The case of Choréachi
April 11, 2019
Leaders from the Bajo Atrato express their concerns to the international community
April 5, 2019
“Our lives are confined, we cannot leave, the illegal armed actors are disputing our lands, and those who speak out or try to speak out become military objectives.”
Turning the Tide on Impunity: Protection and Access to Justice for Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Mexico
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office after campaigning on a platform focused heavily on combating corruption and insecurity and bringing peace and reconciliation to the Mexican people.
A new report from the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA and PBI) focuses on how the new government can approach an important aspect of this endeavor: creating a safer and more enabling environment for journalists and human rights defenders to carry out their important work.
Impunity and siege on civil society mark human rights crisis in Guatemala
March 4, 2019
The following is a joint press release of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and Union for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala (UDEFEGUA), released in Spanish and translated into English by PBI-USA.
Imminent Risk of Attacks and Forced Displacement Against Land Claimants in the Bajo Atrato Area
February 25, 2019
Despite multiple alerts, illegal armed actors continue to fight for control of the territory in the Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó river basin areas (in the region of Urabá in northwest Colombia), resulting in ongoing violence and killings, placing the Afro-Colombian, mixed-ethnicity and indigenous communities in the region at serious risk and affecting their physical and emotional security and integrity.
VICTORY: Human rights defender Obtilia Eugenio Manuel released safely
February 20, 2019
On February 12th, between 07:00 and 07:40 am, human rights defender Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and her companion Hilario Cornelio Castro disappeared. They were last seen in the town of Tierra Colorada in Guerrero, Mexico. Obtilia works for the Organization of Me Phaa Indigenous People and in years past has received accompaniment from PBI. She is a beneficiary of provisional measures granted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, but the measures were not being adequately implemented.
Operation Dragon, 14 Years Later: An historic ruling and starting the path to achieve justice and truth
February 11, 2019
The need to implement collective protection measures: ACVC
February 8, 2019
Pasta de Conchos: a symbol in the fight for labor rights
February 7, 2019