"What PBI can bring is its close connection with really marginalised defenders”

In an interview conducted by PBI, Mary Lawlor, new UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders (HRDs), also referred to "criminalization as a tool to silence defenders", as they are forced to face several legal accusations, which means they have less energy to dedicate to their human rights defence work

Another year putting human rights defenders at the centre

During 2019, PBI Honduras held 46 meetings with national authorities, 56 with international authorities and the diplomatic corps, and more than 310 accompaniments, observations and office visits with human rights organizations. In addition, in the seventh year of accompaniment, it contributed to 8 people having the opportunity to travel to the United States and Europe to share the situation in Honduras and its organizations

Freedom of expression, a human right in quarantine

Safeguarding an “ecosystem of free information” begins with recognising the important role of journalists and social communicators as well as their needs in times of pandemic. The Committee for Freedom of Expression (C-Libre) has registered at least 23 attacks against this group since the beginning of the emergency. A situation that, according to social organizations, will get worse with the introduction of the new penal code on 25 June

Under lockdown in Honduras, trans women face a double violation of their rights

The lack of work opportunities means that sex work in the streets of Tegucigalpa is one of the very few options this group has to make a living. Since the beginning of the health crisis, we have received reports of at least 10 attacks against trans women by soldiers, the National Police and private security agents, including verbal and physical attacks, threats and the use of tear gas.