Since October 2010, PBI has provided accompaniment to the “Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño” Regional Human Rights Centre (Barca-DH) in the state of Oaxaca. Barca-DH’s members have been victims of smear campaigns and serious attacks because of their work in defence of human rights. PBI focuses its accompaniment on Minerva Martínez Lázaro, Barca-DH’s coordinator, Padre Wilfrido Mayrén Peláez (better known as Padre Uvi) and Padre Martín Octavio García Ortiz.

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