News from PBI

PBI Mexico: Over 90% of the WHRDs in Mexico have suffered violence or attacks related to her work

January 20, Mexico City.- On Tuesday, January 19 in Mexico City women human rights defenders and organizations launched the report Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico. 2010-2011 A diagnosis of the conditions and risks they...[more]

Death threat at gunpoint against member of CREDHOS

PBI expresses its profound concern regarding the threat received by Abelardo Sánchez Serrano, member of the board of directors of the Regional Corporation for Human Rights Defence (CREDHOS), on 13 January 2012 in Barrancabermeja.[more]

PBI Mexico: Press Release following meeting between PBI and Guerrero State Governor

Press Release

On January 16th, Peace Brigades International, an international non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations (UN) and with more than 11 years of permanent presence in the state of Guerrero met...[more]

Tlachinollan: Mexico's Human Rights Commission confirms serious HRs violations against students in Guerrero

Press Release, January 9, 2011

CNDH CONFIRMS MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST STUDENTS OF THE NORMAL RURAL SCHOOL RAUL ISIDRO BURGOS, AYOTZINAPA, GUERRERO

National Ombudsman [Mexico's National Human Rights Commission...[more]

Stars add magic at PBI UK's 30th Anniversary Gala

On 21 November, the grand Middle Temple venue of PBI’s 30th Anniversary gala in London resounded with a capacity audience of almost 300 supporters.

The actors Simon Russell Beale, Jack Fortune, Juliet Stevenson, Stephanie...[more]

Codigo DH: New threats against Marcelino Coache

Once again, the trade unionist and social activist of the APPO [Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, in Spanish: Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca], tortured in 2009, has been threatened with death. On 29 November,...[more]

Peace Brigades International (PBI) wins the 2011 Jaime Brunet Prize for the Promotion of Human Rights

Peace Brigades International has just won the 2011 Jaime Brunet Prize for its "commendable work" providing support and international protection to human rights defenders, "where they are subjected to attacks or serious threats...[more]