• 5 September 2019
    PBI turns 38 years
    38 years ago, on September 4, 1981, the international human rights organization Peace Brigades International was founded.
  • 9 July 2019
    2018, sixth year of accompaniment in Honduras
    “We feel safer since we started being accompanied by PBI”. “Whenever I travel to certain places in the country I always ask for PBI accompaniment”. “The presence of PBI during hearings helps a lot. Our people feel supported and can identify as human rights defenders”.
  • 27 May 2019
    “It is safer to be a war journalist than writing about social issues in Honduras”
    “Today, as we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, it is important to consider what is happening in Honduras. A country where there is no war but it seems as though there is. It is safer to be a war journalist than a journalist writing about social issues in Honduras, where around every corner we sense danger waiting for us”.
  • 1 February 2019
    Dina Meza visits the UK
    In December 2018 Dina Meza, a celebrated Honduran independent journalist, was invited to the UK to speak at the FCO’s Human Rights Day event.
  • 20 December 2018
    The struggle for life in Honduras
    Honduras is full of natural riches: coral reefs, mountains covered in trees, clear rivers and abundant flora and fauna. However, defending these natural resources can be a high-risk activitie. According to an investigation by Global Witness, since 2010 more than 120 environmental defenders have been killed in Honduras.Concessions
  • 3 October 2018
    "Rural women are most strongly affected": Rosa Santamaría
    Many people know that according to Global Witness,1 Honduras is the most dangerous place in the world for environmental rights defenders, a fact that was reiterated by Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, in his recent visit to the country,2 however, the situation is even more serious if the defender is a woman.

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