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 […]
Interview with Board Member Mahmoud AbuRahma
INTERVIEW WITH MAHMOUD ABURAHMA European Network Against Racism (ENAR), member of Protection International’s Board To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Protection International (PI) interviewed Mahmoud AbuRahma, currently serving as Programme and Donor Relations Manager at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), as well as a member of PI’s Board. In […]
The Beni military court annuls sentence for the 13 LUCHA human rights defenders
The Beni military court annuls the sentence for the 13 LUCHA human rights defenders Protection International (PI) and Protection International Africa (PIA) welcome the decision of the military court of North Kivu, DR Congo, to annul the sentence of 13 human rights defenders (HRDs) of the citizen movement Lutte pour le changement “LUCHA” in an […]
Belarus: International Human Rights Groups Demand Release of Viasna Members on First Anniversary of Crackdown
[17 September 2021] On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”) in Belarus, 23 international and Belarusian human rights organizations are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members, and highlight the plight of hundreds of others, who have been prosecuted and jailed solely […]
Protection International co-signs a letter to EU Commission’s Vera Jourová on anti-SLAPP legislation
Brussels – 27th January, 2020. Protection International joined 26 other organizations—including Greenpeace and Reporters without Borders —in co-signing a letter to Vera Jourová, Vice-President of the EU Commission, which encourages the adoption of more encompassing anti-SLAPP legislation. At a time when there is no anti-SLAPP legislation in force within any EU member state, it is […]
Drop #LexNGO2018 – We stand in solidarity with civil society in Hungary!
Over 250 organizations and platforms from all over the world have signed a letter expressing their grave concern over the shrinking space for civil society in Hungary: On 13 February 2018, the Hungarian government tabled to Parliament a proposed legislative pack of three laws, commonly referred to as “Stop Soros”. The newly proposed legislation would […]