Honduras: COPINH member arbitrarily detained by police forces

Today, Olban Milla of COPINH community radio stations was arbitrarily arrested and detained at the Police station of La Esperanza, Honduras. He was on his way with other members of the Lenca organization to attend a hearing. Police officers grabbed and threatened Olban with a gun before putting him into custody. He was released about 4 hours […]

IACHR welcomes progress on the human rights of LGBTI Persons

The IACHR has issued a press release welcoming the laws and measures approved by the US and several states of Latin America while encouraging them to continue their efforts to ensure the human rights of LGBTI persons. In the past few months, countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, […]

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 […]

Honduran Environmental Hrds Visit Brussels

This week two human rights and environmental defenders from COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) will be visiting Brussels. Afterwards, the Indigenous Lenca activists will tour five European countries to demand justice for the murder of their leader Berta Cáceres, call on involved European companies to withdraw indefinitely from the Agua […]

Berta Cáceres, a human rights and environmental defender, murdered

According to COPINH, Berta did not receive the protection the CIDH had asked for, from the government side. Therefore, Protection International calls on the international community to demand the Honduran government investigate the murder of Berta Cáceres and offer immediate protection to all witnesses of the case. We also released a joint statement at the 31st session […]

Colombian defender David Ravelo: 5 years in prison

While evidence of his innocence outweighs the allegations against him, Mr. Ravelo remains in detainment. There is little integrity in his conviction, starting with the dependability of the two paramilitary witnesses. Throughout Mr. Ravelo’s trial, these two witnesses contradicted themselves and the more than 30 testimonies from other individuals in the city of Barrancabermeja presented […]

Pi Supports the Campaign “Security For All”

Washington D.C. January 11, 2016 – Protection International joined experts, companies, and organizations in more than 35 countries in asking world leaders to support strong encryption and to reject any law, policy, or mandate that would undermine digital security. The letter is now open to public support and is hosted at https://www.SecureTheInternet.org. In France, India, the UK, China, […]

Colombia: The Role of Women in The Defence of The Territory

First Regional Meeting of Women from the Network Protection of Magdalena Medio. Since 2013, Protection International and Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS)—PD COL— have been driving a networking strategy with five rural communities in the region of Magdalena Medio, which are affected by high levels of risk resulting from land tenure disputes. As a part […]