News from PBI

Following Raúl's release, a situation of extreme insecurity returns to threaten indigenous human rights defenders in Ayutla

In the days following the release of the indigenous human rights defender Raúl Hernández Abundio, who was imprisoned unfairly for more than two years, PBI has become increasingly concerned by the growing wave of aggressions...[more]

Video: Human rights defenders and the Wiwa indigenous community, in Colombia

According to the National Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Colombia, more than 1,400 indigenous persons were killed as a result of the armed conflict between 2002 and 2009. The Wiwa indigenous people, numbering approximately...[more]

PBI Mexico: Raul Hernandez (Organisation of Indigenous Me'phaa People), freed and exonerated

Raúl Hernández: free and exonerated

On Friday August 27, PBI accompanied Raúl Hernández Abundio, member of the Organisation of Indigenous Me´phaa People (OPIM) and prisoner for more than two years, as he was released and declared innocent by the Mixed...[more]

The Cerezo Committee México celebrates its ninth anniversary and presents its new report on political prisoners in Mexico.

On August 27, in an event in Mexico City, the Cerezo Committee Mexico celebrated its ninth annivesary as an organisation in defence of human rights, and also presented its new report Prison: a form of criminalisation of social...[more]

UN urges Nepal to obey court ruling on outlawing forced disappearance

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) today urged the Asian country's Government to swiftly implement the landmark Supreme Court decision of 2007 that required the State to...

THT: UNMIN hand-in-glove with Maoists, claims NA

The Nepali Army has accused the United Nations Mission in Nepal of conniving with UCPN-Maoist to tarnish the image of the national army and prolong its stay beyond September 15.