UPCOMING EVENT: For Those Who Died Trying – Protection International, Frank Horvat & MIVOS Quartet | 6 August | Toronto
Brussels, 16 July 2018 For Those Who Died Trying Protection International announces For Those Who Died Trying, Mivos Quartet’s world premiere concert in Toronto of the Canadian composer Frank Horvat‘s compositions inspired by the homonymous photo exhibition, by British photographer Luke Duggleby. Monday 6 August | 5:00 pm Gathering Hall Mount Pleasant Cemetery 375 Mount Pleasant Rd. Toronto, […]
Open letter to the Government of Honduras: MEPs express their concerns regarding the state of human rights and its defenders in Honduras
Brussels, 26 June 2018 Protection International welcomes the fact that 50 members of the European Parliament have publicly expressed their concerns about human rights violations in Honduras. In this open letter, MEPs wish to encourage the government to swiftly implement comprehensive mechanisms to effectively protect human rights defenders as a fundamental step in the consolidation of the […]
Open letter to the Government of Honduras: MEPs express their concerns regarding the state of human rights and its defenders in Honduras
Brussels, 26 June 2018 Protection International welcomes the fact that 50 members of the European Parliament have publicly expressed their concerns about human rights violations in Honduras. In this open letter, MEPs wish to encourage the government to swiftly implement comprehensive mechanisms to effectively protect human rights defenders as a fundamental step in the consolidation of the […]
The short film “No estamos solas”, co-produced by PI Mesoamerica, COPINH and ADES, nominated for the best short documentary at the Americas Film Festival of New York.
23 May 2018 The short film “No estamos solos” (“We are not alone”), directed by María Aizpuru, in which Protection International Mesoamerica, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and the Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES) participated, has been nominated for the best documentary short film by the Americas Film […]
The short film “No estamos solas”, co-produced by PI Mesoamerica, COPINH and ADES, nominated for the best short documentary at the Americas Film Festival of New York.
23 May 2018 The short film “No estamos solas” (“We are not alone”), directed by María Aizpuru, in which Protection International Mesoamerica, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) and the Association for Economic and Social Development (ADES) participated, has been nominated for the best documentary short film by the Americas Film […]
Protection International, OIDHACO and 22 other civil society organisations call on the EU to pressure the Colombian state to protect MRVA
Brussels, 22 May 2018 The International Office for Human Rights – Acción Colombia (OIDHACO) and the signatory organizations wish to express their deep concern to the European Union, its Member States, Switzerland, and Norway about the situation of the population affected by the Hidroituango project in Colombia and the Ríos Vivos Antioquia Movement (MRVA), made up […]
Protection International, OIDHACO and 22 other civil society organisations call on the EU to pressure the Colombian state to protect MRVA
Brussels, 22 May 2018 The International Office for Human Rights – Acción Colombia (OIDHACO) and the signatory organizations wish to express their deep concern to the European Union, its Member States, Switzerland and Norway about the situation of the population affected by the Hidroituango project in Colombia and the Ríos Vivos Antioquia Movement (MRVA), made up […]
Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]
Guatemala Human Rights Group Wins 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for the Americas
For the first time in its 13-year history, the Front Line Defenders Award human rights defenders at risk was given to activists from five countries #communitiesareHRDs Protection International celebrates that the Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis has received the award, which is a recognition of the collective nature of the defense of […]
No to mining, Yes to life – Appeal for solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa
No to mining, Yes to life Appeal of solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa This Tuesday, May 15, Protection International, Open Society Foundation y the Fund for Global Human Rights visited and expressed their solidarity with the Peaceful Resistance of Santa Rosa and Jalapa, which has been fighting for the defense of its territory, the environment, […]