Oct 27, 2019
Canadian companies involved in upcoming Colombian fracking projects
Brent Patterson
Colombian human rights defenders to talk fracking and climate change at public forums in Ottawa, Vancouver and Nanaimo this November.
Colombia
Aug 18, 2019
Remembering Colombian land defender Hernán Bedoya
Brent Patterson
The human right to a healthy environment means better protection of environmental human rights defenders and their families.
Jul 28, 2019
Colombian-Canadians and allies rally in opposition to the killing of human rights defenders
Brent Patterson
On July 26, thousands took part in a "march for life and the defence of social leaders" global day of action.
Jul 11, 2019
New book challenges mainstream understandings of violence in Latin America
Brent Patterson
"Organized Violence" is rigorous in its research, scholarly while still being accessible, hard-hitting, and emotionally powerful.
Jun 4, 2019
Colombian environmentalists reject mine that threatens the country's drinking water
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.
May 12, 2019
100,000 march in Colombia to protect drinking water from mining company
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?
Apr 8, 2019
Arms industry a significant force in the suppression of Indigenous peoples
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.
Apr 7, 2019
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian land defenders at risk from business interests backed by paramilitary forces
Brent Patterson
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in Colombia face crushing poverty and logging, mining and agribusiness on their ancestral territories.
Apr 2, 2019
Colombian human-rights group opposes fracking, seeks to protect freshwater
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.
Apr 2, 2019
Colombian journalist Claudia Julieta Duque faces adversity for her investigative reporting
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.
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