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Blog
Brent Patterson
| Questions persist about the role of Canadian-built light armoured vehicles in human rights violations abroad. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| A webinar on June 3 will convene human rights defenders to discuss what's next in the social struggle in Colombia. |
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News
Cristina Rojas, Daniel Tubb
| The world is watching and learning what Indigenous and Afro-Colombians have never been allowed to forget: death can come at any time at the hands of the paramilitary, police, or army. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| As violence by state security forces against the national strike in Colombia continues, there are calls for Canada to end any support of the police and army. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| Two Canadian companies have expressed their support for fracking in Colombia, despite significant threats to human rights defenders, the climate and aquatic wildlife. |
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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. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| Colombian human rights defenders to talk fracking and climate change at public forums in Ottawa, Vancouver and Nanaimo this November. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| The human right to a healthy environment means better protection of environmental human rights defenders and their families. |
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Blog
Brent Patterson
| On July 26, thousands took part in a "march for life and the defence of social leaders" global day of action. |
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Book Review
Brent Patterson
| "Organized Violence" is rigorous in its research, scholarly while still being accessible, hard-hitting, and emotionally powerful. |
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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. |
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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? |
