Llamado urgente a la acción: Espacio ACI y Protection International denuncian represalias violentas contra José Ramiro Lara
La Asociación de Cooperación Internacional (Espacio ACI), de la que Protection International (PI) forma parte junto a otras 35 organizaciones internacionales que operan en Honduras, ha emitido una declaración condenando el ataque armado contra José Ramiro Lara y su familia. El incidente ocurrió en Santa Rosa de Copán el 16 de septiembre por la noche. […]
Attempted Murder Conviction of High-Profile HRD Case is Shockingly Overturned
Impunity Reigns as the Overall Security of Land Rights Defenders in Thailand is Further Undermined The Wiang Sra Provincial Court of Surat Thani in Thailand just issued its verdict from the Region 8 Court of Appeals, acquitting the suspect in the attempted murder case against Mr Dam On-muang, land rights defender and member of The […]
International Organizations Alert over Violence and Attacks in the Context of Upcoming Elections
[Brussels/Bogotá], 2 February 2022.– Oidhaco and the signatory organizations below wish to express our serious concerns about the deterioration of the security situation in Colombian regions, and the increase in attacks against social leaders and political candidates in the pre-electoral period. So far in 2022, at least thirteen social leaders have been assassinated in the […]
[Human Rights Council 40 session] Oral statement on the worrying situation of Human Rights in Burundi
On the occasion of the interactive dialogue with the Commission of Enquiry on Burundi during the 40th session of the Human Rights Council, Protection International endorsed FIACAT’s oral statement on the worrying situation of Human Rights in Burundi. Statement: Thank you, Mr President Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Commission of Inquiry, I am speaking […]
[Press release] String Quartets Take a Stand for Human Rights Defenders
Social media campaign #music4HRDs spread around the globe as quartets video themselves performing a piece dedicated to an HRD who has been murdered or abducted 16/11/2018 – Brussels, BE: In conjunction with today’s release of the string quartet album For Those Who Died Trying and leading up to the United Nations’s World Human Rights Day […]
PI co-signs press statement on the attack and shooting of Tundu Antiphas Lissu, HRD
Protection International, Defenddefenders, and the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Kenya co-signed a press statement on the attack and shooting of Tundu Antiphas Lissu Human rights defender, MP, and President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS). We the undersigned, representing East African human rights organizations, condemn the attempted assassination of Tundu Antipas Lissu, human rights […]