OIDHACO and European civil society organisations make a request to the United Nations Security Council during its visit to Colombia in February 2024
Versión en español más abajo Oidhaco and European civil society organisations from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, welcome the visit of the Security Council to Colombia at a time when it is necessary to strengthen the processes that promote peace. We ask that the Security Council during its visit […]
Organizaciones latinoamericanas acompañan a periodistas de El Salvador en el marco de las elecciones presidenciales
Integrantes de las organizaciones Artículo 19 México y Centroamérica, Protection International Mesoamérica, Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) y la Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) viajamos a El Salvador para acompañar a las y los periodistas antes y durante las elecciones presidenciales, que se realizarán el próximo domingo 4 de febrero. Junto con la Asociación […]
Indonesian Companies Accused of Arming Myanmar’s Military Junta: PI Joins Call for Immediate Action
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Myanmar/Burma Solidarity has expressed support for the report submitted to the National Human Rights Institution of Indonesia (Komnas HAM). The report alleges that Indonesian companies PT. Pindad, PT. PAL, and PT. Dirgantara Indonesia has been involved in supplying arms and equipment to the military junta in Myanmar. While […]
Pronunciamiento ante el asesinato del defensor Oqueli Domínguez
El Observatorio por la Justicia de los Defensores del Río Guapinol y más de 220 organizaciones nacionales e internacionales requieren al Estado de Honduras a implementar medidas contundentes para revertir violencia sostenida contra las comunidades de Guapinol, el Sector San Pedro y el Municipio de Tocoa. Las Américas a 22 de junio de 2023 – […]
PI Joins Statement Supporting UDEFEGUA’s Director Jorge Santos
Protection International Mesoamérica, together with other NGOs and civil society organisations, stand in solidarity with UDEFEGUA and its Director, Jorge Santos, due the false information that has been disseminated during one of the hearings of the trial against the journalist, founder and president of the newspaper ElPeriódico, Rubén Zamora. For years, UDEFEGUA’s work has helped […]
PI se une a organismos internacionales en carta a la Fiscalía de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) sobre situación crítica de derechos humanos en Guatemala
Junto con una coalición diversa de organizaciones internacionales y regionales, Protection International (PI) se unió a una carta al Fiscal de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) Karim A. A. Khan KC enfatizando nuestra profunda preocupación por sus comentarios y tuits sobre la misión de la CPI en Guatemala, en particular con respecto a Guatemala. compromiso […]
PI joins the statement of local and international organizations in the face of the growing escalation of attacks on the press in Guatemala and we regret the closure of elPeriódico
Las organizaciones locales e internacionales firmantes manifestamos nuestra profunda preocupación por el cierre de elPeriódico en Guatemala, un medio de comunicación independiente y con una larga trayectoria de fiscalización al poder, que ha anunciado hoy el término de su edición diaria por la persecución y hostigamiento al que han sido sometidos los y las periodistas, […]
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, […]
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 […]