Thailand: arrest warrants issued against fifteen student Human Rights Defenders
Protection International is concerned about the situation of student human rights defenders in Thailand facing criminal charges for having demonstrated peacefully on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Thai coup d’état. Seven members of the Dao Din Group, a students’ group advocating for community rights, social justice, and democracy-based at Khon Kaen University, in the North […]
Pi Offers an Internship in the Programme Direction Unit (Brussels)
Protection International team is currently offering an internship in the Programme Direction Unit in its Head Office in Brussels, Belgium. Programme Direction runs field programmes in Asia, Africa and Latin-America. Colleagues in the field form small hubs of expertise in protecting human rights defenders (Protection Desks) and work with local civil society and other public actors […]
Protection International continues to support the work of LGBTI human rights defenders
Brussels, 26 March 2014 – Protection International (PI) was invited by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) EU office in Brussels to deliver a workshop on Protection and Security Management for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Defending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Rights in Africa. The session aimed to share PI’s long-standing experience on security and protection with […]