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 se une al pronunciamiento de organizaciones locales e internacionales ante la creciente escalada de ataques a la prensa en Guatemala y lamentamos el cierre de 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, criminalisation, 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, criminalisation, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Joint Public Statement: The EU should prioritize human rights in deepening relations with LAC
April 17, 2023 Originally publish at the EULAT Network website. Joint Public Statement available to download in English and Spanish. “Human rights should lie at the centre of the forthcoming Joint Communication and of EU-LAC relations, mainstreamed across all issues and countries, not only as one of multiple priorities.” Ahead of the Joint Communication by […]