Brent Patterson

Are there implications for the rights and safety of union activists in Colombia following the election of president Abelardo de la Espriella?

PBI notes concern at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva about the digital surveillance of Indigenous land defenders in Canada

Canadian government congratulates next Colombian president; concerns expressed about the safety of human rights defenders

UN Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders Bolaños Vargas: “Security does not only involve a hard security approach”

PBI calls on OECD to adopt binding measures to hold multinational corporations to account for human rights violations

RCMP CRU-BC vehicle seen at UBC Okanagan campus, CRCC systemic investigation report expected within months

Filipino president to visit Canada, plans to deepen military cooperation as attacks against human rights defenders continue

Israeli arms exports reach record levels in 2025, as does the targeted killings of Palestinian human rights defenders and journalists

PBI accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation legal coordinator Andrea Torres Bautista on advocacy tour in Europe

PBI accompanies COPINH coordinator Bertha Zúniga Cáceres at UN in Geneva and on tour of European countries