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Open letter from Civil Society to EU member states. For the Right to Defend Human Rights: Criminalization of HRDs in Latin America

This letter came about from the work of civil society organizations from the Spanish State during the International Forum “For the Right to Defend Human Rights: Criminalization of HRDs in Central America” which took place in Madrid on September 22, 2014.

PBI Mexico: PBI expresses profound concern over defamation and surveillance committed against the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center within the context of their accompaniment of the families of the disappeared students from Ayotzinapa

15 December, 2014

Presentation: Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala

As part of our activities for JASS Mesoamerica's 16 days of activism campaign we are presenting a series of mini-documentaries produced by the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI) Women Crossing the Line: Women Defenders in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala in coordination with allied organizations in the region.

Event: "Improving Protection and Ensuring Participation of Land and Environment Defenders in All Business Initiatives and Discussions"

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

a joint programme of

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

in partnership with

CIDSE, Franciscans International, Peace Brigades International (PBI)

PBI commemorates one year of permanent presence in the North with a dialogue between representatives of the Diplomatic Corps and Human Rights Defenders

Chihuahua City, Mexico – On November 6, Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project (PBI Mexico) facilitated a meeting between five European embassies in Mexico and representatives from civil society organizations from the states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. The objective of the meeting was to publicize the risk situation that HRDs continue to face and the state of human rights in the north of Mexico.

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