Voices for Peace – The critical role of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in Nigeria’s peacebuilding landscape
Human rights defenders (HRDs) play an indispensable role in promoting peace, justice and human dignity in conflict-affected countries like Nigeria. However, their work often challenges entrenched power dynamics, making them targets of threats, harassment and violence, particularly in volatile and fragile environments. In such contexts, women HRDs face heightened risks, including gender-based violence, threats and […]
Celebrating Women HRDs in Peace and Security: Join Our Webinar on November 25
Protection International Africa (PIA) welcomes you to our next event: an online webinar on peace and security “No Excuse; Women HRDs Working on Peace and Security in Africa”, that will take place next November 25 from 14:00 to 15:30h (CET) / 16:00 to 17:30 (EAT), to mark the Int. Day of Elimination of All Forms […]
Open letter regarding ongoing harassment, criminalization, human rights abuses, and deforestation in the Ekuri forest
As representatives from Indigenous Peoples, civil society, scientific agencies, and community-based organizations around the world, Protection International Africa (PIA) joins the open letter regarding ongoing harassment, criminalization, human rights abuses, and deforestation in the Ekuri Forest, Nigeria. Environmental and human rights defenders from the Indigenous Ekuri community have been peacefully resisting deforestation on their lands, […]
Protection International Africa Keeps Sharing Knowledge and Reinforcing Capacities For Individuals and Collectives Who Work to Defend Human Rights
West African defenders promoting narratives for the right to defend human rights On April 12 and 13, Protection International Africa in conjunction the West African Human Rights Defenders Network (WAHRDN) conducted a Narratives workshop for 16 Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) collectives from 16 countries in West Africa. The HRDs assessed the dominant narratives in the […]
Solidarity Statement with HEDA Resource Centre, Nigeria
Nairobi, 4 April 2022 We, the undersigned pan-African and international human rights organisations, are deeply concerned about the latest attacks against human rights defenders (HRDs) in Nigeria, and Africa. On the night of 28 March 2022, five armed men forcibly entered the home of Mr Olanrewaju Suraju, the Chairman of the Human and Environmental Development […]