November 2025

PBI-Canada hosts webinar on COP30 with Indigenous West Papuan land and environmental defenders, Global Witness policy advisor in Brazil

On Tuesday November 18, PBI-Canada hosted a webinar that featured Indigenous West Papuan environmental defenders Dina Danomira and Teddy Wakum along with Global Witness policy advisor Javier Garate. They offered their insights about COP30 in Belém, Brazil in a discussion with PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson in Ottawa and an audience Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Canada signs Declaration at COP30 that commits to proactive policies for the safety of environmental journalists and defenders

Photo by UNESCO. A growing number of countries, now including Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain, have signed a “Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change” at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. The Declaration includes the language: “Concerned by the growing impact of disinformation, misinformation, denialism, deliberate attacks Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

CBC News reports on Canadian spy agency CSIS surveillance of Indigenous land and environmental defenders

Photo: Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) defender Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel speaking not far from the Kanehsatà:ke Pines in August 2017. Photo by Brent Patterson. CBC News journalist Brett Forester is reporting on the surveillance of Indigenous land and environmental defenders in Canada, including Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) defender Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, by the Canadian Security Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

“Making space for peace”: Peace Brigades International-Canada annual review 2025

Photo: PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson with PBI-Mexico accompanied Espacio OSC defenders during an advocacy intervention in Ottawa, September 2025. Throughout 2025, PBI-Canada worked to communicate the struggles of accompanied defenders, organizations and communities; advocate for specific measures to address the aggressions they face; both research and act on business and Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

Tuesday webinar on COP30

Join us this TUESDAY November 18 at 1 pm ET to hear from Indigenous West Papuan environmental defenders and a Global Witness policy advisor about #COP30 and the protection needs of defenders resisting climate-destructive megaprojects on their territories. To register, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7tA_xT0KQxGkkHNsly9udA Brent

By Brent Patterson, ago

Indigenous peoples from Indonesia, Honduras, Guatemala and around the world march in defence of life and territories outside COP30

Photo: The delegation from West Papua at the Great People’s March in Belem, Brazil. Indigenous West Papuan environmental defenders Teddy Wakum and Dina Danomira participated in the Great People’s March in Belem, Brazil yesterday (Saturday November 15) in the context of the ongoing United Nations COP30 climate summit. Global Witness Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

CANSEC attendee to be sentenced on November 24 for assault in Ottawa against Palestinian woman in May 2024

This past July, CBC News reported: “A Swiss man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman at an anti-war, pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ottawa during the 2024 CANSEC conference, a defence industry showcase hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI).” That article notes: “He is expected to Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago

PBI-Honduras visits Travesía as ancestral Garifuna lands continue to be sold to private developers, agribusiness without consent

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media: “Last week, we visited the Garifuna community of Travesía (Cortés). In 2011, the Honduran Black Fraternal Organisation (OFRANEH) filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for alleged violation of the right to collective property and prior Read more

By Brent Patterson, ago