New documentary ‘Protecting the Rainbow’ screens at ASEAN film festival

  Wednesday, April 23rd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Protection International (PI) and its local Indonesian partner Arus Pelangi screened for the first time their new documentary “Protecting the Rainbow” at this year’s ASEAN People’s Forum Film Festival. The film was screened in the second session under the theme of Non-Discrimination and equality and had more than 200 attendees. The Story Since 2010, […]

A draft Law to protect Human Rights Defenders in Honduras in crisis

NGOs sent an open letter to the National Congress with concerns about the draft Law to protect Human Rights Defenders in Honduras A new draft law to protect Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators, and Legal Practitioners  is currently before Congress in Honduras. The bill allows for the creation of a protection mechanism and a National Protection […]

Women Who Defend Human Rights – Irene Petras

The human rights record of Zimbabwe is a tainted one. Despite challenges, Zimbabwe has a dedicated human rights community, Irene Petras tells us. Irene is the Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). She tells us about the context in which human rights defenders must work in Zimbabwe. Irene joined ZLHR in 2002 and has […]

Volunteer Opportunity: Translators

Volunteer Opportunity at Protection International: Translators  Protection International is seeking experienced translators to help make our materials on protection for human rights defenders available to a larger audience. Our current translation needs to require French and Spanish translators, as well as Thai and Bahasa translators. We hope to offer our materials in additional languages soon. Specific language, word count, and type of materials (i.e. […]

The Women Who Defend Human Rights – Eva Bande

Eva had been sentenced to 4 years in prison because of her work peacefully defending farmers’ rights against a national palm oil company in her province, Central Sulawesi. She was arrested and criminal charges were brought against her in 2011. In May 2014 she was sentenced to 4 years and returned to prison. This ruling […]

Security and protection management for human rights defenders and social organisations

PI online training course Summary Designed for: NGOs, social organisations and individuals. Duration: 60 hours over 12 weeks (approximately 5 hours per week) (2 February-27 April 2015) Online Distance learning course (using Moodle) Hosted by PI training staff (protection experts with extensive training experience in many countries). Why take this course? Education and training for […]

The Women Who Defend Human Rights – Rehana Hashmi

Protection International interviews Rehana Hashmi It’s dangerous being a woman in Pakistan. A report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan shows just how much by listing the numerous challenges that are faced by Pakistani women. It’s even more dangerous being a Pakistani woman who defends human rights. Being the target of death threats and harassment, one […]

Call for applications: Advocacy Officer based in Bangkok

Protection International (PI) is seeking to recruit an Advocacy Officer in Thailand supporting advocacy tasks. 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 […]

“To mark International Women’s Day, PI pays tribute to all Women Human Rights Defenders” is locked To mark International Women’s Day, PI pays tribute to all Women Human Rights Defenders

To mark International Women’s Day, Protection International pays tribute to women around the world fighting to defend their rights and the rights of their communities to achieve a more just future. We are proud of the women struggling peacefully to highlight and combat violence, the crimes committed during armed conflict, sexual violence, impunity, and LGBTI rights. Struggling […]