PBI Kenya partner MSJC at grassroots forum on International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Grassroots activists from PBI Kenya's partner
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2016
On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, PBI recognizes the challenges that victims of enforced disappearances face and we also celebrate their resilience.
PBI accompanies CSOs to the Copper Canyon Consultative Council in Mexico
Mexico City, 15 August 2016.– On 19 August, PBI volunteers accompanied the organisations Tierra Nativa, COSYDDHAC and CONTEC to a meeting of the Regional Consultative Council of the Copper Canyon. Various issues were covered in the meeting in relation the tourism project, which led the local communities to write an official letter to President of the Republic Enrique Peña Nieto in 2014.
Federal Protection Mechanism in Mexico adopts Preventative Alert for Chihuahua
Chihuahua, Chih., 15 August 2016.– NGOs from Chihuahua convened a press conference to celebrate the adoption of a Preventative Alert for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and demand Civil Society to be consulted regarding its implementation.
PBI marked its presence during the conference and will be monitoring the implementation of the Preventative Alert.
PBI Accompanies CONTEC in the Sierra Tarahumara
Mexico City, 9 August 2016.– A court judgement in 2014