David Ravelo: A year in prison (video)

At the end of August 2011, nearly a year after his initial incarceration, a judge formally opened trial proceedings against human rights defender and economist David Ravelo. Ravelo is accused of a 1991 murder, based on evidence...

PBI UK's Annual Review for 2010 is now online

Read about our work and that of the brave human rights defenders we protect in our 2010 Annual Review. [more]

Colombia: Indigenous women displaced from their land (video)

Iria and her community had lived their whole lives in Santa Rosa de Guayacán, along the Calima river near to the Pacific Ocean. A year ago they had to flee their reservation. Official statistics report that between 2005 and 2010...

Inés and Valentina one step closer to justice

After demanding justice for nine years, Valentina Rosendo Cantú and Inés Fernández Ortega are one step closer to achieving their goal.

The cases of the two indigenous Me’phaa women from Guerrero State, Mexico, who were raped...

European Union visits Guerrero, Mexico

Peace Brigades International, and the accompanied organisation Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre, were among the organisations they met with to talk about the work of human rights defenders in the state and the risks they face.

Protection needs of human rights defenders in Honduras

The situation for human rights defenders in Honduras has deteriorated dramatically since the 2009 coup.

In July 2010, PBI received a formal petition from the National Human Rights Platform of Honduras, requesting that our...

Mexico’s historic ruling brings hope for justice

After struggling for more than 20 years to see her father’s killers brought to justice, the campaign of Tita Radilla and her lawyers at the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Protection of Human Rights achieved a historic...