Alert: Attacks against HRDs in Honduras increase following elections
January 22, 2018
Report on implementation of Colombian peace treaty
January 22, 2018
Peace Accord implementation has been slow and lacking in many areas, especially as the country has turned its attention to presidential elections, which will be held in Colombia on May 27th. Some progress, however, has been made. Luz Marina Monzon has been appointed head of the Search Unit for Disappeared Persons (Unidad de Busqueada para las Personas Desaparecidas), which must be set up as mandated by the Peace Accords.
In her own words: Aurelia Arzú, Fraternal Black Organisation of Honduras (OFRANEH), Honduras
Aurelia Arzú is a human rights defender from the Garifuna community in Honduras and vice coordinator of the Fraternal Black Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH). OFRANEH work to safeguard the economic, social, and cultural rights of the unique Garifuna ethnic community.
Atiriri Bururi ma Chuka: The struggle to reclaim ancestral lands
January 18, 2018
Dam Opponents Suffer Killings and Mass Arrests in La Concepión
January 12, 2018
On January 7, 2018, in the village of La Concepción in Guerrero in southern Mexico, extrajudicial executions, acts of torture, and arbitrary detentions were carried out against members of a community group (CECOP, Communities Opposing the Dam La Parota) and against community police (Regional Coordination of Community Authorities – Community Police, or CRAC-PC, a community self-defense initiative). The community groups are targeted for their opposition to a dam on the Papagayo River.
International Observatory formed in response to Mexico's Internal Security Law
December 18, 2017
Washington, DC / New York / Stuttgart / Geneva
PBI: The defense of human rights is key in the present context of Honduras
PBI is observing with deep concern the situacion in Honduras in the days following the general elections that took place on November 26th, 2017. We hereby make an urgent call to the international community to call on the Honduran government to comply with their obligation to guarantee the protection, promotion, and respect of human rights and fundamental liberties.
In her own words: Olga Silva, Humanidad Vigente, Colombia
The following is from an interview conducted in 2017 with Olga Silva by PBI UK.
In their own words: Wangui Kimari, Mathare Social Justice Centre, Kenya
Wangui Kimari works as the participatory action research coordinator for the Mathare Social Justice Center in Nairobi, Kenya, a community-based organization in the poor urban settlement Mathare. The organization strives for social justice by means of community engagement and the use of social movement platforms. The following is from an interview with Kimari conduced by PBI.
Documentary: “Police violence in the slums of Kenya”
Police violence in the slums of Kenya: “I learned that he had been shot down by a police officer” is a short documentary with Kenyan human rights defender Stephen Mwangi from Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC).