News from PBI

Mexico: Indigenous People From the Montaña of Guerrero Meet with UN High Comissioner

· In the space of 2 hours, indigenous na savi, me´phaa, nahua and amuzgo people put forward 10 cases of human rights violations.

· They ask for an end to militarization and to the criminalization of social...[more]

Incarceration of Social Leaders and Human Rights Defenders in Guerrero

Throughout 2007 in Guerrero, social and human rights organizations have denounced a lack of dialog and attention to conflicts and social demands by the government led by Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo. In many cases the response...[more]

No guarantees for victims’ participation in the trials of paramilitary leaders

Alirio Uribe, from the José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective, offers legal aid to more than 200 victims who are struggling to obtain truth, justice and reparation in the trials of paramilitary leaders under Law 975. In this...[more]

ASFADDES: 25 years of demanding to be told the whereabouts of their family members

They are mainly women, heads of single parent families, who came from different parts of Colombia and, united by the same pain, arrived one day at the door of the Association of Family Members of the Detained - Disappeared...[more]

New Tactics Project needs your input

New Tactics in Human Rights is pleased to announce the January on-line discussion that will take place from January 23 to January 29. [more]

Indonesia Project volunteer wins 2007 Winnipeg YMCA-YWCA Peace Medal

Kevin Freedman, a recently returned PBI Indonesia Project Volunteer, won the 2007 Winnipeg, Canada YMCA-YWCA Peace Medal. The YMCA-YWCA of Winnipeg marks YMCA World Peace Week by engaging people of all ages in exploring peace...[more]

The Times Online: The human cordon that protects human rights lawyers

Eduardo Carreno Wilches, a Colombian lawyer, works under the constant threat of death. Staff of the charity Peace Brigades International safeguard him so that he can carry on his work