Blog
Brent Patterson
| Concerns are being raised about a Toronto-based oil company's contract with the Colombian army following community protests against its operations. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| Colombian human rights defenders to talk fracking and climate change at public forums in Ottawa, Vancouver and Nanaimo this November. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| The human right to a healthy environment means better protection of environmental human rights defenders and their families. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| On July 26, thousands took part in a "march for life and the defence of social leaders" global day of action. |
Book Review
Brent Patterson
| "Organized Violence" is rigorous in its research, scholarly while still being accessible, hard-hitting, and emotionally powerful. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| The Luis Carlos Perez Lawyers' Collective and the Comité Santurbán are leading voices in the campaign to defend the drinking water of 2 million people from a proposed mine. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| A massive march recently took place in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Given that all of the media coverage is in Spanish, what was the protest about? |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| From the Gatling gun to armoured vehicles and assault rifles, arms manufacturers have profited from the production of weapons used against Indigenous peoples. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Colombia face crushing poverty and logging, mining and agribusiness on their ancestral territories. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| CREDHOS seeks to prevent the water depletion and violations to the right to water that would come with the fracking boom expected in the war-torn country. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| A reporter with the Colombian human rights radio station Radio Nizkor who has received death threats and been kidnapped is now reporting on a dam partially financed by Export Development Canada. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| Eco Oro wanted to build a gold and silver mine in an area that provides 2 million people with their drinking water. When they didn't get their way, they sued. |