THAILAND: Immediately drop the sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri
(See below for Thai) Thailand: Immediately drop sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri 3 October 2016 The Thai Government should immediately drop all proceedings against human rights lawyer, Sirikan Charoensiri, including the specious accusation of sedition, which relates to her organization’s representation of 14 student activists peacefully protesting in June […]
Letter to the UN Special Representative in DRC on the massacres of Beni
26 August, 2016 Mr Maman Sidikou United Nations Special Representative to the Secretary-General Democratic Republic of Congo Dear Mr. Maman Sidikou, We are writing to share our concerns about the security situation in Beni town and across the territory, and our recommendations as to how MONUSCO can reinforce the protection of civilians there. On Saturday, […]
Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings
Kenya: Set up a judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings The Kenyan government must set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and bring to justice all those suspected of criminal responsibility for extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, said 13 Kenyan and global human rights organizations today as they marked the […]
Cambodia: Support and solidarity for the five detained HRDs
Together with 53 others organisations, Protection International is calling for support and solidarity for the 5 Cambodian human rights defenders who have been detained since 28 April 2016. Senior staff senior staff members from the NGO Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Mr. Ny Sokha, Mr. Yi Soksan, Mr. Nay Vanda and Ms. […]
Call for applications: Finance and Administration Officer Thailand
Protection International (PI) is seeking to recruit a Finance and administration Officer in Thailand PI is an international non-profit organization researching strategies and security management tools that protect human rights defenders and sharing its expertise in this area with people at risk for their human rights work all around the world. PI sees human rights […]
Call for applications: Advocacy Protection Officer Thailand
Protection International (PI) is seeking to recruit a Advocacy Protection Officer in Thailand PI is an international non-profit organization researching strategies and security management tools that protect human rights defenders and sharing its expertise in this area with people at risk for their human rights work all around the world. PI sees human rights defenders […]
Thai court rules against eviction and in favor of Klongsai Pattana community
The Krabi Provincial Court in Thailand ruled on 15 July 2016 that the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) did not have the authority to evict 53 villagers of the Klongsai Pattana community. This ruling confirmed that the villagers were not dependent on the palm oil company. Successive governments established the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand’s […]
Global Call to Ensure Local Communities’ Role in Bank-Financed Projects
Development banks should respect human rights in their investments around the world and ensure their activities are not putting human rights defenders at risk, the Coalition for Human Rights in Development said today in a joint petition signed by over 150 development, human rights, and environment groups. Along with these groups Protection International has signed a letter to International Financial Institutions […]
Online course for human rights defenders
We are pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organisations” mainly addressed to NGOs, social organizations, and persons interested in the security work for HRD, their organizations, and/or communities. Why take this course? Education and training for Human Rights Defenders is a broad subject […]
HRDs demand justice for Berta Caceres in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels
“Today, we say that Berta hasn’t died. The murderers were wrong. She lives.” Bertha Zúñiga A demonstration was held on April 20th in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels in order to call justice for the murders of world-renowned activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres – leader of Lenca Indigenous group COPINH – and her colleague Nelson Garcia but […]