Peace Brigades International USA
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Peace Brigades International (PBI) provides protection, support and recognition to human rights defenders who work in conflict zones around the world and have requested our support.
This week high level meetings kick off at the UN General Assembly in NYC-marking the 80th bday of the UN, UN Climate Week, a High-Level Conference on Palestine & a two-state solution. Visit bit.ly/4mwuWoT for the human rights concerns that PBI teams & defenders are raising @ this year’s sessions.
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This week high level meetings kick off at the UN General Assembly in NYC-marking the 80th bday of the UN, UN Climate Week, a High-Level Conference on Palestine & a two-state solution. Visit bit.ly/4mwuWoT for the human rights concerns that PBI teams & defenders are raising @ this year’s sessions.
Today @globalwitness.org released their annual report on attacks on environmental defenders. Figures show 80% of land defenders killed or disappeared last year were in Latin America (120), w/ Colombia accounting for ~ 1/3 of the global total (48 of 146). Read the full report - gwitness.org/4mfM5Tu
September 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today @globalwitness.org released their annual report on attacks on environmental defenders. Figures show 80% of land defenders killed or disappeared last year were in Latin America (120), w/ Colombia accounting for ~ 1/3 of the global total (48 of 146). Read the full report - gwitness.org/4mfM5Tu
PBI is Recruiting Field Volunteers to our Teams in Mexico & Guatemala! Applications for Mexico are due Sept 15, 2025 & for Guatemala, Oct 5th!
👉 Apply TODAY to stand alongside human rights defenders in:
🇲🇽 Mexico: bit.ly/41epoHQ
🇬🇹 Guatemala: bit.ly/45y5vgl
Read more on our website @ bit.ly/4oywjWe
👉 Apply TODAY to stand alongside human rights defenders in:
🇲🇽 Mexico: bit.ly/41epoHQ
🇬🇹 Guatemala: bit.ly/45y5vgl
Read more on our website @ bit.ly/4oywjWe
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
PBI is Recruiting Field Volunteers to our Teams in Mexico & Guatemala! Applications for Mexico are due Sept 15, 2025 & for Guatemala, Oct 5th!
👉 Apply TODAY to stand alongside human rights defenders in:
🇲🇽 Mexico: bit.ly/41epoHQ
🇬🇹 Guatemala: bit.ly/45y5vgl
Read more on our website @ bit.ly/4oywjWe
👉 Apply TODAY to stand alongside human rights defenders in:
🇲🇽 Mexico: bit.ly/41epoHQ
🇬🇹 Guatemala: bit.ly/45y5vgl
Read more on our website @ bit.ly/4oywjWe
PBI stands in solidarity w/ peaceful protesters in Nepal demanding justice & we reaffirm our support for all who are committed to defending fundamental freedoms, justice, & human rights in Nepal. Their voices are vital to a vibrant democracy. Read our full statement @ bit.ly/4nlevMP
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
PBI stands in solidarity w/ peaceful protesters in Nepal demanding justice & we reaffirm our support for all who are committed to defending fundamental freedoms, justice, & human rights in Nepal. Their voices are vital to a vibrant democracy. Read our full statement @ bit.ly/4nlevMP
Violent crackdowns on protestors in Kenya involving enforced disappearances underscore the profound sacrifices HRDs make. Today we recognize the suffering of victims & affirm the urgent need for greater state action & accountability to end enforced disappearances. Read more here. shorturl.at/VQQIA
August 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Violent crackdowns on protestors in Kenya involving enforced disappearances underscore the profound sacrifices HRDs make. Today we recognize the suffering of victims & affirm the urgent need for greater state action & accountability to end enforced disappearances. Read more here. shorturl.at/VQQIA
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive! We ended Day 3 with $4,396 raised or 22% of our goal. Our work is too important to stop now. Our 3-Day flash fundraiser is now PBI-USA’s 30-Day Fiscal Yearend Fundraising Drive …. EXTRAVAGANZA! Donate TODAY @ bit.ly/45MjChX
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive! We ended Day 3 with $4,396 raised or 22% of our goal. Our work is too important to stop now. Our 3-Day flash fundraiser is now PBI-USA’s 30-Day Fiscal Yearend Fundraising Drive …. EXTRAVAGANZA! Donate TODAY @ bit.ly/45MjChX
It’s the third & final day of our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive! Have you donated to PBI yet? Your donations help support the work of PBI not only in the U.S. but also in Colombia, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, & Nepal. Donate TODAY @ givebutter.com/pbiusaflash
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s the third & final day of our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive! Have you donated to PBI yet? Your donations help support the work of PBI not only in the U.S. but also in Colombia, Costa Rica/Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, & Nepal. Donate TODAY @ givebutter.com/pbiusaflash
It’s Day 2 of our Flash fundraiser, our effort to raise funds to support PBI’s work under a new strategic plan focused on ensuring PBI’s sustainability & making PBI more inclusive & responsive to the complex realities faced by defenders. To support us in this work, donate today! bit.ly/45MjChX
August 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s Day 2 of our Flash fundraiser, our effort to raise funds to support PBI’s work under a new strategic plan focused on ensuring PBI’s sustainability & making PBI more inclusive & responsive to the complex realities faced by defenders. To support us in this work, donate today! bit.ly/45MjChX
Today PBI-USA kicks off our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive with a goal to raise $20,000 in just 3 days & we need your help! Are you Team East Coast or West Coast? Pick the team member of your choice and let's see what our collective efforts are able to achieve! Donate @ bit.ly/45MjChX
August 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today PBI-USA kicks off our 2025 Flash Fundraising Drive with a goal to raise $20,000 in just 3 days & we need your help! Are you Team East Coast or West Coast? Pick the team member of your choice and let's see what our collective efforts are able to achieve! Donate @ bit.ly/45MjChX
The growing disconnect between Kenyan political leaders and the citizens they serve, marked by a failure to listen, engage, and prioritize public interest, raises deep concern. Dive deeper into this and more in PBI Kenya’s 2025 Second Quarter Newsletter. mailchi.mp/peacebrigade...
July 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The growing disconnect between Kenyan political leaders and the citizens they serve, marked by a failure to listen, engage, and prioritize public interest, raises deep concern. Dive deeper into this and more in PBI Kenya’s 2025 Second Quarter Newsletter. mailchi.mp/peacebrigade...
Since Trump has taken office, his administration has taken daily actions that impact the work of PBI both at home and abroad and threaten the rights of U.S. citizens as well as non-citizens who are within the U.S., whether legally or not. Read more at: pbiusa.org/en/news/trum...
March 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Since Trump has taken office, his administration has taken daily actions that impact the work of PBI both at home and abroad and threaten the rights of U.S. citizens as well as non-citizens who are within the U.S., whether legally or not. Read more at: pbiusa.org/en/news/trum...
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼On Int’l Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we stand in solidarity with all who are fighting for equity, justice, and self-determination.
At PBI-USA, we are committed to the ongoing work needed to end racial discrimination both within our orgs & within our countries. #EndRacism
At PBI-USA, we are committed to the ongoing work needed to end racial discrimination both within our orgs & within our countries. #EndRacism
March 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼On Int’l Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we stand in solidarity with all who are fighting for equity, justice, and self-determination.
At PBI-USA, we are committed to the ongoing work needed to end racial discrimination both within our orgs & within our countries. #EndRacism
At PBI-USA, we are committed to the ongoing work needed to end racial discrimination both within our orgs & within our countries. #EndRacism
On Wednesday, a federal judge denied a request by USIP to stop the takeover stating it was difficult to determine whether DOGE’s actions were lawful & whether USIP, which works to prevent violent conflicts abroad, is an independent agency or part of the executive branch. pbiusa.org/en/news/us-i...
March 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On Wednesday, a federal judge denied a request by USIP to stop the takeover stating it was difficult to determine whether DOGE’s actions were lawful & whether USIP, which works to prevent violent conflicts abroad, is an independent agency or part of the executive branch. pbiusa.org/en/news/us-i...
⚖️ Yesterday, PBI-Honduras awaited the verdict in the case against 13 people in the Black, English-speaking community of Diamond Rock, Roatan. PBI is concerned about criminalization processes against Afro-Honduran & Garifuna communities who defend their ancestral territories against tourist projects.
March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
⚖️ Yesterday, PBI-Honduras awaited the verdict in the case against 13 people in the Black, English-speaking community of Diamond Rock, Roatan. PBI is concerned about criminalization processes against Afro-Honduran & Garifuna communities who defend their ancestral territories against tourist projects.
Reminder - Apply to our team in Colombia by April 6, 2025! Learn more at PBIUSA.org.
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reminder - Apply to our team in Colombia by April 6, 2025! Learn more at PBIUSA.org.
Significant layoffs in USAID offices around the world and the funding freeze have already seriously affected the U.S. delivery of humanitarian aid in Colombia and elsewhere.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Significant layoffs in USAID offices around the world and the funding freeze have already seriously affected the U.S. delivery of humanitarian aid in Colombia and elsewhere.
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Yesterday, PBI joined w/ women human rights defenders around the world to honor the women on the frontlines, fighting for justice in their communities, often at great personal risk. Learn more about these brave women @ pbiusa.org.
#IWD2025 #WomenOnTheFrontlines #HumanRights
#internationalwomensday
#IWD2025 #WomenOnTheFrontlines #HumanRights
#internationalwomensday
March 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yesterday, PBI joined w/ women human rights defenders around the world to honor the women on the frontlines, fighting for justice in their communities, often at great personal risk. Learn more about these brave women @ pbiusa.org.
#IWD2025 #WomenOnTheFrontlines #HumanRights
#internationalwomensday
#IWD2025 #WomenOnTheFrontlines #HumanRights
#internationalwomensday
⏰ PBI Honduras is seeking ex-volunteers with work experience with PBI in Latin America to join our team on the ground starting April this year. The time period we need to cover is between 3 and 6 months. Applications are due by March 9th!
👉Learn more details here: pbi-honduras.org/es/%C2%A1inv...
👉Learn more details here: pbi-honduras.org/es/%C2%A1inv...
March 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
⏰ PBI Honduras is seeking ex-volunteers with work experience with PBI in Latin America to join our team on the ground starting April this year. The time period we need to cover is between 3 and 6 months. Applications are due by March 9th!
👉Learn more details here: pbi-honduras.org/es/%C2%A1inv...
👉Learn more details here: pbi-honduras.org/es/%C2%A1inv...
🕊️“Nicaragua has become a place of surveillance & enforced silence for those who remain, while those who dare to resist … face a life of statelessness & exile,” said Reed Brody, a member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua.
🔗 View their latest report at
bit.ly/3XkV1gJ
🔗 View their latest report at
bit.ly/3XkV1gJ
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🕊️“Nicaragua has become a place of surveillance & enforced silence for those who remain, while those who dare to resist … face a life of statelessness & exile,” said Reed Brody, a member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua.
🔗 View their latest report at
bit.ly/3XkV1gJ
🔗 View their latest report at
bit.ly/3XkV1gJ
🚨 We’re Recruiting! 🚨
📢 Do you share our passion for human rights protection? Want to help shape PBI’s future?
📩 Apply today to join the PBI board by sending your CV & cover letter to recruitment@peacebrigades.org by March 16, 2025.
📜 Full details here: bit.ly/4bcgWfK
#HumanRights #PBIaccompanies
📢 Do you share our passion for human rights protection? Want to help shape PBI’s future?
📩 Apply today to join the PBI board by sending your CV & cover letter to recruitment@peacebrigades.org by March 16, 2025.
📜 Full details here: bit.ly/4bcgWfK
#HumanRights #PBIaccompanies
February 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 We’re Recruiting! 🚨
📢 Do you share our passion for human rights protection? Want to help shape PBI’s future?
📩 Apply today to join the PBI board by sending your CV & cover letter to recruitment@peacebrigades.org by March 16, 2025.
📜 Full details here: bit.ly/4bcgWfK
#HumanRights #PBIaccompanies
📢 Do you share our passion for human rights protection? Want to help shape PBI’s future?
📩 Apply today to join the PBI board by sending your CV & cover letter to recruitment@peacebrigades.org by March 16, 2025.
📜 Full details here: bit.ly/4bcgWfK
#HumanRights #PBIaccompanies
PBI accompanied the German Embassy to the Rio Grande where ARCAH called for legislation on atmospheric pollution in Honduras & denounced river pollution allegedly caused by poultry company El Cortijo. Read more: pbiusa.org/en/news/pbi-honduras-together-pbi-germany-meets-defenders-arcah-and-cofadeh
January 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
PBI accompanied the German Embassy to the Rio Grande where ARCAH called for legislation on atmospheric pollution in Honduras & denounced river pollution allegedly caused by poultry company El Cortijo. Read more: pbiusa.org/en/news/pbi-honduras-together-pbi-germany-meets-defenders-arcah-and-cofadeh
🎁Happy holidays from PBI-USA!🎁
Sending wishes to all for a joyous & peaceful 2025. We look forward to fighting the good fight in solidarity alongside you next year! If you have yet to make a yearend gift, there’s still time & we need you! Visit bit.ly/PBIUSA24 to donate today!
Sending wishes to all for a joyous & peaceful 2025. We look forward to fighting the good fight in solidarity alongside you next year! If you have yet to make a yearend gift, there’s still time & we need you! Visit bit.ly/PBIUSA24 to donate today!
December 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM
🎁Happy holidays from PBI-USA!🎁
Sending wishes to all for a joyous & peaceful 2025. We look forward to fighting the good fight in solidarity alongside you next year! If you have yet to make a yearend gift, there’s still time & we need you! Visit bit.ly/PBIUSA24 to donate today!
Sending wishes to all for a joyous & peaceful 2025. We look forward to fighting the good fight in solidarity alongside you next year! If you have yet to make a yearend gift, there’s still time & we need you! Visit bit.ly/PBIUSA24 to donate today!
⏰ Countdown to 2025 ⏰
Help PBI bring the hope of solidarity, support, and protection to threatened human rights defenders. Help us start 2025 on strong financial footing by making your tax-deductible gift right now. All gifts of any size are appreciated!
💰4 ☮️ 👉🏽 bit.ly/PBIUSA24
Help PBI bring the hope of solidarity, support, and protection to threatened human rights defenders. Help us start 2025 on strong financial footing by making your tax-deductible gift right now. All gifts of any size are appreciated!
💰4 ☮️ 👉🏽 bit.ly/PBIUSA24
December 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
⏰ Countdown to 2025 ⏰
Help PBI bring the hope of solidarity, support, and protection to threatened human rights defenders. Help us start 2025 on strong financial footing by making your tax-deductible gift right now. All gifts of any size are appreciated!
💰4 ☮️ 👉🏽 bit.ly/PBIUSA24
Help PBI bring the hope of solidarity, support, and protection to threatened human rights defenders. Help us start 2025 on strong financial footing by making your tax-deductible gift right now. All gifts of any size are appreciated!
💰4 ☮️ 👉🏽 bit.ly/PBIUSA24
🔔NEW-HELP BRING HOPE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON🔔
🇨🇴Jani Silva is a Colombian defender who fights tirelessly for the protection of the environment & her community. Donate today to help us continue our support so Jani can continue her important work. 📖💰👉🏽 bit.ly/3ZPMin9
🇨🇴Jani Silva is a Colombian defender who fights tirelessly for the protection of the environment & her community. Donate today to help us continue our support so Jani can continue her important work. 📖💰👉🏽 bit.ly/3ZPMin9
December 21, 2024 at 5:22 PM
🔔NEW-HELP BRING HOPE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON🔔
🇨🇴Jani Silva is a Colombian defender who fights tirelessly for the protection of the environment & her community. Donate today to help us continue our support so Jani can continue her important work. 📖💰👉🏽 bit.ly/3ZPMin9
🇨🇴Jani Silva is a Colombian defender who fights tirelessly for the protection of the environment & her community. Donate today to help us continue our support so Jani can continue her important work. 📖💰👉🏽 bit.ly/3ZPMin9
🚨NEW BLOG OUT NOW🚨
🇨🇴 Water #defender Yuli Velásquez is fighting for the protection of clean water to ensure a future for the animals, the plants, and her community, in #Colombia, that also means fighting for her own life.
Read more here👉🏼: bit.ly/YuliV
🇨🇴 Water #defender Yuli Velásquez is fighting for the protection of clean water to ensure a future for the animals, the plants, and her community, in #Colombia, that also means fighting for her own life.
Read more here👉🏼: bit.ly/YuliV
December 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
🚨NEW BLOG OUT NOW🚨
🇨🇴 Water #defender Yuli Velásquez is fighting for the protection of clean water to ensure a future for the animals, the plants, and her community, in #Colombia, that also means fighting for her own life.
Read more here👉🏼: bit.ly/YuliV
🇨🇴 Water #defender Yuli Velásquez is fighting for the protection of clean water to ensure a future for the animals, the plants, and her community, in #Colombia, that also means fighting for her own life.
Read more here👉🏼: bit.ly/YuliV