Brent Patterson

PBI-Guatemala observes Mayan ceremony in honour of Ramón Cadena, lawyer criminalized in the USAC case

PBI-Kenya visits with the Indigenous Ogiek peoples, hears about erasure and forced displacement from ancestral lands

PBI-Colombia accompanies Nydia Erika Bautista Foundation as it honours Yanette Bautista, launches network and campaign on Law 2364

Alternative Federal Budget 2026 notes importance of Canada supporting human rights defenders

PBI-Canada notes language on trade unions and workers in UN talks on a Binding Treaty on business and human rights

The COP30 climate conference starts in two weeks; will land and environmental defenders be on the agenda?

Union activists continue to face death threats and physical attacks in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico

PBI-Canada attentive as Mesoamerican Caravan learns about the Canadian Aura Minerals “Era Dorada” mine in Jutiapa, Guatemala

PBI-Honduras visits National Union of Rural Workers (CNTC) community of 17 de Junio whose members are being criminalized for land “usurpation”

PBI-Canada congratulates the Amazon Pearl Campesina Reserve Zone on the 25th anniversary of its formation