Thailand: End Impunity and Ensure Justice for Community under Attack
Protection International calls for action on the first anniversary of the murder of the human rights defender Chai Bunthonglek, a member of the Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand. His fight for communal land titles continues despite impunity and several attacks on other peasants’ rights defenders. Protection International Thailand calls for action to support and protect community-based human rights […]
PI publishes Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders
All over the world criminal laws and other legal provisions are used to attack human rights defenders (HRDs) to hamper their work in the defense and promotion of human rights. Protection International’s first global report on the criminalization of HRDs: Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders – Categorisation of the problem and measures in response (available also in French and […]
THAILAND – The Southern Peasants Federation claims their rights to cultivate land
The Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand – SPFT (Southern Peasant Cooperatives) demands the Government of Thailand to cease the renewal of land concession permits on state land which has the legal status of natural forest land suitable for farming. This land has been exploited by major palm oil firms for the last 30 years. In their struggle […]
Pi Supports the Campaign “Security For All”
Washington D.C. January 11, 2016 – Protection International joined experts, companies, and organizations in more than 35 countries in asking world leaders to support strong encryption and to reject any law, policy, or mandate that would undermine digital security. The letter is now open to public support and is hosted at https://www.SecureTheInternet.org. In France, India, the UK, China, […]
PI released joint statement with EHAHRDP & CIVICUS on the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Burundi
Joint EHAHRDP, Protection International, and CIVICUS Statement on the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on preventing the further deterioration of the human rights situation in Burundi On 17 December 2015, a Special Session of the Human Rights Council took place to address the deeply concerning deterioration of the human rights situation in Burundi. […]
PI’s Online Course “Security and protection management for human rights defenders and social organisations”
We are pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the online course “Security and Protection Management for Human Rights Defenders and Social Organizations” mainly addressed to NGOs, social organizations, and persons interested in the security work for HRD, their organizations, and/or communities. Why take this course? Education and training for Human Rights Defenders is a broad subject with […]
Burundi human rights crisis: a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council
On November 9th a group of 11 International NGOs, issued a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council, calling for a special session of the Council to adopt a resolution in response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Burundi. Despite the efforts made by the international community to monitor and improve the human rights situation in the […]
New Security Incident at Klong Sai Pattana: Direct threats against the community and SPFT leaders
Protection International has been informed that, on the night of 27th October, at the Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT) member community Khlong Sai Pattana, Chaiburi district, Suratthani province, 40 palm trees were chopped down and removed from the community area. The following day, when two community members went to the Chaiburi Police Station to file a police report […]
Voices that cannot be silenced: Pierre Claver Mbonimpa speaks out on Burundi
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a leading Burundian Human Rights Defender (HRD), speaks about surviving an assassination attempt and the dangers facing activists in Burundi. On 3 August 2015, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa was shot in the face and neck as he returned home in his car from the office. He survived the attack and is currently living […]
A must-read on HRD protection: a new Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Rights
New research on human rights defenders protection has just been published in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Human Rights. This special issue features papers from PI’s Board members Alice Nah, Luis Enrique Eguren Fernandez, and Champa Patel. This is the second collection of papers to come from the research initiative between Amnesty International, the Centre for Applied […]