When Elections Go Digital: What Tanzania Teaches East Africa
In recent days, Tanzania has offered a sobering reminder of how fragile our digital freedoms can become during politically charged times. The country’s election season has been marked by internet shutdowns, platform blocks, and intensified online surveillance, a pattern we’ve seen before across Africa, and one that may soon echo in Uganda and Kenya as […]
Deaf Awareness Month: Time to Open Our Eyes to Deaf Defenders
The meeting has already begun. Papers shuffle, voices overlap, decisions are being made. In the corner of the room sits a deaf defender—alert, ready to contribute, but excluded. No interpreter has been provided. No captions are available. While colleagues debate the future of human rights protection, their words remain out of reach. The excuse is […]
JUSTICE PREVAILS! Thai Court Dismisses SLAPP Case Against Six Women and Human Rights Defenders from Khon Rak Ban Kerd Dan Khun Thot Group
A major victory for human rights and the environment in Thailand! Human Rights Defenders Celebrate Legal Win, Call for Urgent Reforms on SLAPPS February 24, 2025 Four Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) and two Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) from the Khon Rak Ban Kerd Dan Khun Thot Group celebrated after the Sikhio Provincial Court (Pak […]
The Manaus Declaration: A Call to Protect Human Rights Defenders in the Context of the Climate Crisis [ESP]
[Abajo en español] On 20 August 2024, more than 400 Indigenous communities, tribal peoples, civil society organisations, and collectives presented the “Manaus Declaration on Human Rights in the Climate Emergency” to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). This landmark document emerges as an urgent response to the global climate crisis, aiming to reinforce climate […]
Rest in power, Mel de Vera (1971- 2024). Padayon!!
Rest in power, Mel de Vera. It is with great sadness that the team at Protection International from all offices around the world share the sad news of the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Romel Cardenas de Vera. We extend our deepest condolences, solidarity, and strength to Mel’s family—especially to his wife Che […]
Announcing PI’s Global Strategy Framework 2024-2028: “An Enabling Environment for the Right to Defend Human Rights”
Protection International (PI) is proud to announce the launch of our Global Strategy Framework for the years 2024-2028 entitled “An Enabling Environment for the Right to Defend Human Rights”, which will guide our work for the next five years. Drafted after extensive conversations and discussions with human rights defenders (HRDs), as well as with our […]
New look, same commitment to the right to defend human rights
We are excited to unveil Protection International (PI)’s new visual identity! We have worked to defend the right to defend human rights (RDHR) since 2007. Over the years, we have evolved and grown significantly, starting from just a few inspired activists with a vision to now a global organisation of nearly 100 staff. After 17 […]
World Environment Day: to save the planet, we need to protect environmental human rights defenders. Here is how Protection International does it.
The triple planetary crisis encompassing climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss is a global reality with far-reaching consequences, including a negative impact on human rights. In the words of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, this crisis “threatens the well-being and survival of millions of people around the world”. The European Commission also alerts, “Biodiversity […]
« Droits humains par les femmes »: PI met en avant le travail des femmes défenseures congolaises
Tout le long du mois de mars, Protection International (PI) et son partenaire SOFEPADI ont contribué à la valorisation sur les médias sociaux du travail des femmes défenseures congolaises à travers la campagne en ligne « Droits humains par les femmes » dans le cadre du projet « « Protéger la participation et amplifier la voix des femmes qui […]
Les autorités congolaises s’engagent pour plus de protection en faveur des défenseur.e.s des droits humains en RDC
Protection International (PI), dans le cadre du projet « Protéger la participation et amplifier la voix des femmes qui construisent la paix en République démocratique du Congo » mis en œuvre en collaboration avec la SOFEPADI depuis 2022, a réuni au premier trimestre de cette année 2024, des autorités étatiques dans les villes de Kinshasa, Bunia, Bukavu, […]