Collective protection of HRDs: defenders of the right to land and territory
Protection International, in collaboration with its Colombian partner Pensamiento y Acción Social (PAS), launches an innovative publication exploring broader approaches to the protection of human rights defenders, particularly those defending the right to land and territory: COLLECTIVE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHT TO LAND AND TERRITORY – CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES. […]
David Ravelo is freed after nearly seven years in prison
Colombian human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo left prison on 20th June 2017. As reported by Peace Brigades International (PBI), Ravelo was detained and incarcerated on 14th September 2010, accused of being the intellectual author of the 1991 murder of David Núñez Cala, a civil servant from Barrancabermeja. On 5th December 2012, the Specialised Criminal […]
Guatemala – Attacks Against Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders Denounced
• Communities and organizations appealed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, urging the State of Guatemala, private businesses, and investors to guarantee the human rights of people and communities affected by large hydroelectric projects. • They presented a report, outlining 10 different cases, which documents 273 incidents of threats, criminalization, and attacks against defenders, […]
GUATEMALA: European Parliament (EP) mobilises for HRDs
Worrying statistics for human rights defenders (HRDs) in Guatemala have led the European Parliament to approve an urgent resolution on the situation of HRDs in Guatemala during its plenary session on 16 February in Strasbourg. Between January and November 2016, 223 assaults were registered against HDRs as well as 14 killings and 7 attempted murders. […]
Manual to prevent the criminalisation of defenders of the right to land and territory (2016)
It is the result of the accompaniment that PAS and PI carried out with peasant, Afro-descendant and Indigenous communities in different regions of Colombia and is part of the effort carried out by PI to characterise and prevent the phenomenon of criminalisation worldwide.
[Spanish] Manual para prevenir la criminalización de los defensores del derecho a la tierra y el territorio
The following Manual is only available in Spanish.
Honduras: COPINH member arbitrarily detained by police forces
Today, Olban Milla of COPINH community radio stations was arbitrarily arrested and detained at the Police station of La Esperanza, Honduras. He was on his way with other members of the Lenca organization to attend a hearing. Police officers grabbed and threatened Olban with a gun before putting him into custody. He was released about 4 hours […]
IACHR welcomes progress on the human rights of LGBTI Persons
The IACHR has issued a press release welcoming the laws and measures approved by the US and several states of Latin America while encouraging them to continue their efforts to ensure the human rights of LGBTI persons. In the past few months, countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, […]
HRDs demand justice for Berta Caceres in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels
“Today, we say that Berta hasn’t died. The murderers were wrong. She lives.” Bertha Zúñiga A demonstration was held on April 20th in front of the Honduran embassy in Brussels in order to call justice for the murders of world-renowned activist and Goldman Environmental Prize winner Berta Cáceres – leader of Lenca Indigenous group COPINH – and her colleague Nelson Garcia but […]
Honduran Environmental Hrds Visit Brussels
This week two human rights and environmental defenders from COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) will be visiting Brussels. Afterwards, the Indigenous Lenca activists will tour five European countries to demand justice for the murder of their leader Berta Cáceres, call on involved European companies to withdraw indefinitely from the Agua […]