Open letter regarding ongoing harassment, criminalization, human rights abuses, and deforestation in the Ekuri forest
As representatives from Indigenous Peoples, civil society, scientific agencies, and community-based organizations around the world, Protection International Africa (PIA) joins the open letter regarding ongoing harassment, criminalization, human rights abuses, and deforestation in the Ekuri Forest, Nigeria. Environmental and human rights defenders from the Indigenous Ekuri community have been peacefully resisting deforestation on their lands, […]
PI launches the new Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders: Defending Rights, Defending Safely
Jornada Internacional por el derecho a defender derechos humanos y la libertad de expresión
Las organizaciones que conforman el Espacio OSC para la protección de personas defensoras y periodistas (Espacio OSC), y la agencia de cooperación alemana Pan Para el Mundo, con apoyo de Protection International, en el marco de los más de 10 años del Espacio OSC, tienen el gusto de anunciar del día miércoles 17 al viernes […]
EU Foreign Interference Law: Is Civil Society at Risk?
Protection International is joining Civil Society Europe and other 230 civil society organisations (CSO) from across Europe to express concern and opposition to a proposed EU Foreign Interference Law which would create a register of Foreign Funded organisations. This legislation could have unintended negative consequences, hindering CSOs’ ability to fulfill their role as defenders of […]
15 Kenyan, regional, and international organisations demand justice in the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif
May 2, 2023 Six months after Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya, we express our deep concern over the failure by Kenyan authorities to fully investigate and provide a credible account of the circumstances surrounding his death. We renew our call for the investigations into Sharif’s killing to be expedited and urge authorities […]
Sudan: PI Africa and 90+ NGOs call for support for an urgent convening for a special session of the UNHRC
26 April 2023 To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, In light of the unfolding human rights crisis in Sudan, and notwithstanding efforts to stop the fighting by the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and other regional and international […]
Protection International Africa Keeps Sharing Knowledge and Reinforcing Capacities For Individuals and Collectives Who Work to Defend Human Rights
West African defenders promoting narratives for the right to defend human rights On April 12 and 13, Protection International Africa in conjunction the West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) conducted a Narratives workshop for 16 Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) collectives from 16 countries in West Africa. The HRDs assessed the dominant narratives in the […]
CSOs request EP Delegation for Brazil to include Bahia in their visit agenda
(La versión en español está disponible para descargas al final de la página) (A versão em português está disponível para download no final da página) Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament members’ visit to Brazil, civil society organisations in the State of Bahia, including Protection International, express their interest to meet with the EP Delegation […]
El Acuerdo de Escazú y los Bancos de Desarrollo [Resumen del evento]
El evento paralelo “Cero tolerancia a represalias: El rol de los bancos de desarrollo y de Escazú en la protección de personas defensoras” tuvo lugar este 19 de abril, en el marco de la reunión COP2 Escazú organizada en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Protection International (PI) fue uno de los co-organizadores del evento en línea, junto […]
[Invitación] Cero tolerancia a represalias: El rol de los bancos en el desarrollo y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la protección de las personas defensoras
Este miércoles, 19 de abril, en el marco de la COP2 del Acuerdo de Escazú, tendrá lugar el webinar en línea “Cero tolerancia a represalias: El rol de los bancos en el desarrollo y del Acuerdo de Escazú en la protección de las personas defensoras”, co-organizado por Protection International. El evento en línea es a […]