PBI UK would like to say a huge THANK YOU! to everyone who donated in response to our BBC Radio 4 Appeal, which actress and PBI UK patron Julie Christie presented in February.

The appeal has so far raised over £6,000 to support PBI’s protection of threatened human rights defenders around the world.

Julie Christie told the story of Valentina Rosendo Cantú, a Mexican indigenous woman who was raped by soldiers, and who took her fight for justice all the way to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, so that the rights of other indigenous women would be better protected in future.

You can still listen to the appeal on the BBC Radio 4 website.

The money raised will help PBI to strengthen its work protecting human rights defenders like Valentina, so that they can keep speaking out against injustice without having to fear for their lives.

If you missed the appeal, you can still donate, either via JustGiving or by downloading a postal donation form.

Once again, we are enormously grateful to all those who donated and to Julie Christie for her generous support of our work.