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Lawyers call for action on impunity in Oaxaca and Guerrero

On July 15 2010, in the House of Lords, Lord Brennan hosted the launch of the Bar Human Rights Committee’s (BHRC) new report on the protection of human rights defenders and the rule of law in the Mexican states of Guerrero and...

Video: Colombia: Human Rights defenders and the Wiwa indigenous community

Indigenous peoples in Colombia exist in a precarious situation: assassinations, kidnappings, forced disappearances, threats and forced displacement continue to plague indigenous communities in Colombia.

Video: Voices from Nepal - We are not giving up!

Human rights defenders accompanied by PBI talk about the human rights situation in Nepal two years after the elections that brought so much hope; what needs to happen now and the role of the international community.

Report: Guatemala's Indigenous Women in Resistance

Guatemala's Indigenous Women in Resistance: On the frontline of the communities struggle to defend mother earth and her natural resources.[more]

Mexico: Following release of Raúl Hernández, extreme insecurity threatens indigenous of Guerrero

In the days following the release of the indigenous human rights defender Raúl Hernández Abundio, who was imprisoned unfairly for more than two years, PBI has become increasingly concerned by the growing wave of aggressions...[more]

Video: David Ravelo, Colombian Human Rights Defender under Threat

Video: David Ravelo, Colombian Human Rights Defender under Threat

Mexico: PBI Facilitates links between indigenous human rights defender and EU embassies

On 29 June, 2010, PBI in Mexico facilitated a meeting between human rights lawyer Alba Cruz and the embassies of Britain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, and the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Mexico.

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