Brent Patterson

News reports on the first three days of court proceedings against Indigenous land defenders charged with criminal contempt

PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Indigenous Community of San Francisco Quezaltepeque at its annual assembly

Land defenders charged with criminal contempt for defending Wet’suwet’en territory now in Canadian court

PBI-Guatemala posts that Guatemalan human rights lawyer Virginia Laparra is free after almost two years in military prison

Thirty-three organizations call on Canada to better regulate the conduct of Canadian companies in the Amazon region

PBI-Mexico accompanies 39th Assembly for the Defense of Territory opposed to the construction of the Atexcaco II dam

PBI-Honduras accompanies National Union of Rural Workers and campesina community threatened by sugar company

PBI-Colombia accompanies return of Indigenous Wounaan community to their territory after displacement by the armed conflict

PBI-Guatemala accompanies Indigenous Maya Kaqchikel journalist Norma Sancir who was arrested after police fired tear gas at a peaceful protest

PBI-Canada reminds the City of Ottawa of its human rights obligations as #CeasefireNow protest is ticketed