Ben Bilua is an award-winning journalist from the Solomon Islands. He’s been uncovering human rights violations towards indigenous people and people with disability since 2009. As a journalist, Bilua uses his knowledge to advocate and protest on behalf of indigenous people from socio-economic imbalances. He is a member of Pacific Human Right Defender and the founder of Indigenous Human Right Solomon Islands (IHRSI) with specific focus on documenting loss of biodiversity due to logging and mining.