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Ben Leather

@benleather1

Director @PBIUK - Working to support, protect & empower human rights & environmental defenders.
Previously @PBI_Mexico @ISHRglobal @Global_Witness Kamara.
#YNWA

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🌍 Join Peace Brigades International (PBI) Honduras as a field volunteer! Support human rights defenders, live & work in Honduras for 1 year,. 📅 Apply by 9 Nov 2025 🔗 bit.ly/48ceuXj #volunteering #HumanRights

🌍 Join <a href="/PBIHonduras/">Peace Brigades International (PBI) Honduras</a> as a field volunteer!
Support human rights defenders, live &amp; work in Honduras for 1 year,.
📅 Apply by 9 Nov 2025
🔗 bit.ly/48ceuXj
#volunteering #HumanRights
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It will never stop being shocking to witness hundreds of peaceful protesters being hauled from the streets into police vans. Police chiefs have a choice about how they police protests. These arrests are in breach of the UK's international human rights obligations and should not

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Good God, if they put as much energy into working to end the genocide being perpetrated by Israel as they do into restricting protest rights... And this from a "Labour" government led by a former human rights lawyer! Disgraceful.

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This "we've got to curb protests because the cops are distracted and knackered from policing them" line is tosh. The Government chose to proscribe Palestine Action & the Met chose to enforce it in this way. Reversing both decisions would free up resources whilst upholding rights.

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UNLAWFUL ARREST This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group. wedonotcomply.org

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The Government's language has been inflammatory and irresponsible and its proposed policy response would represent yet another step back backwards for protest rights from a party rooted in the Labour movement and led by a human rights lawyer. Deeply disturbing.

Farrukh (@implausibleblog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Surreal, Labour's leadership repeatedly said the UK is not selling arms to Israel But Israel's tax authority shows the value of UK arms sales to Israel Shame on Labour - thank you #C4News for doing what others dont bother to do

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The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the past two years equals the capacity of a full Anfield. Take a moment to take that in. #Palestine #YNWA

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the past two years equals the capacity of a full Anfield.
Take a moment to take that in.
#Palestine #YNWA
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🌾Rural women grow food, defend land, and lead change. On #RuralWomenDay, we stand with the women defenders protecting land, water & communities  - often at great personal risk. Their leadership keeps communities alive. It’s time the world matched their courage.

🌾Rural women grow food, defend land, and lead change.

On #RuralWomenDay, we stand with the women defenders protecting land, water &amp; communities  - often at great personal risk.

Their leadership keeps communities alive. It’s time the world matched their courage.
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Who are we? We’re Peace Brigades International — protecting those who protect human rights. 🌍✊ #WhoArePBI #HumanRights #Peace #Solidarity #HumanRightsDefenders

Who are we?
We’re Peace Brigades International — protecting those who protect human rights. 🌍✊
#WhoArePBI #HumanRights #Peace #Solidarity
#HumanRightsDefenders
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Our 2024 Global Annual Review is here! 🌍 3,900+ defenders directly protected 👥 307,000+ others also kept safe through training and other activities Read how solidarity saves lives ⬇️ bit.ly/PBIrise #TogetherWeRise #HumanRights #PBIUK

Our 2024 Global Annual Review is here!
🌍 3,900+ defenders directly protected
 👥 307,000+ others also kept safe through training and other activities
Read how solidarity saves lives ⬇️
 bit.ly/PBIrise
#TogetherWeRise #HumanRights #PBIUK
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🌟 Peace Brigades International's new Global Annual Review is live 🌟 🌍 It's full to the brim with stories of how environmental and human rights defenders are changing the world, and how PBI's keeping them safe and supported enough to do so. ✊ 🥸 Give it a read!

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2024 in numbers 👇 💪 3,900+ defenders accompanied 🌿 307,000+ more protected 🏡 1,200+ communities supported Behind each figure, we find courage. Read the full report ➡️ bit.ly/PBIrise #TogetherWeRise #HumanRights #Impact

2024 in numbers 👇

💪 3,900+ defenders accompanied
 🌿 307,000+ more protected
 🏡 1,200+ communities supported

Behind each figure, we find courage.

Read the full report ➡️ bit.ly/PBIrise

#TogetherWeRise #HumanRights #Impact
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“When women start searching, we become human rights defenders.” Yanette Bautista’s courage helped pass Colombia’s Law 2364 — the first to recognise women searching for the disappeared. Her story ➡️ bit.ly/PBIrise #WomensRights #Justice #TogetherWeRise

“When women start searching, we become human rights defenders.”

Yanette Bautista’s courage helped pass Colombia’s Law 2364 — the first to recognise women searching for the disappeared.

Her story ➡️ bit.ly/PBIrise

#WomensRights #Justice #TogetherWeRise
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Far, far too late. The King and Royal Family covered for slimeball Andrew until they had no alternative. This outdated hereditary institution is fundamentally rotten. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/o…

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From Kenya to Mexico to Nepal — defenders are rising for justice. 🌿 Reckless nuclear plans halted in Kenya 💜 Women’s rights advanced in Nepal 🌎 Culture and land defended in Mexico Read how 👉 bit.ly/PBIrise #TogetherWeRise #ClimateJustice #HumanRights

From Kenya to Mexico to Nepal — defenders are rising for justice.
🌿 Reckless nuclear plans halted in Kenya
 💜 Women’s rights advanced in Nepal
 🌎 Culture and land defended in Mexico
Read how 👉 bit.ly/PBIrise
#TogetherWeRise #ClimateJustice #HumanRights
Republic (@republicstaff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you're accused of sexual abuse and corruption, the royal family will move you from one mansion to another and then give you a few hundred grand. Andrew is rotten to the core. The monarchy is rotten to the core. Abolish them now. #AbolishTheMonarchy #Epstein

Ben Leather (@benleather1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For their own gain, influential figures are conning the public that life would be better without the #ECHR. It wouldn't. Human rights laws let us hold power to account, uphold freedom of speech, and underpin democracy. Why are these people happy to throw those things away...?