• 18 December 2017
    International Observatory formed in response to Mexico's Internal Security Law
    December 18, 2017 Washington, DC / New York / Stuttgart / Geneva  
  • 5 December 2017
    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.
  • 20 November 2017
    In her own words: Olga Silva, Humanidad Vigente, Colombia
    The following is from an interview conducted in 2017 with Olga Silva by PBI UK.
  • 20 October 2017
    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.
  • 13 October 2017
    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).
  • 15 September 2017
    "For violence to reduce you must stand up strongly."
    I was born in Kibera and I grew up in Kibera; growing up here was both a privilege and a struggle. Life is difficult in Kibera and we live in poverty here, but this place makes a woman strong and I believe that I am strong today because I grew up in Kibera.
  • 12 September 2017
    Pushing for Change: Maria Mutauta's Story
    I come from a family of four daughters. My father was never really in the picture, but I never felt the absence of a father-figure in the house; Mama has been such a role model in that sense. She would say “whatever you want to do, you can do it.” Whenever we would complain about not having a brother to help us fix household things, she would push us to learn how to do it ourselves.
  • 22 June 2017
    Colombian human rights defender is finally freed
  • 31 May 2017
    Writing for Rights
    The Indonesian NGO ELSAM (Institute for Research Policy and Advocacy) has made the book Writing for Rights: Human Rights Documentation from the Land of Papua available for free download on their website at http://elsam.or.id/2017/05/writing-for-rights-human-rights-documentation-from-the-land-of-papua/
  • 5 May 2017
    In his own words: Dipendra Jha, Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance, Nepal
    Dipendra Jha (pictured above with lawyer Courtenay Barklem) is a Nepalese Human Rights lawyer. He has been working as a human rights and constitutional lawyer since 2007, working on cases of human rights abuses in the Terai region including cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and threats to human rights defenders. He leads the Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRDA) and the Terai Justice Centre (TJC). In April 2017, he visited the UK and PBI UK spoke to him about the human rights situation in Nepal. The following is based on excerpts from that interview.

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