In this section Real World Radio aims to expose the murders of social activists and the cases of death threats against leaders. We will report on the wave of criminalization of the social protest. This new section of Real World Radio is also a memorial page for all those who were murdered in their struggle for a socially just world.
27 November 2015 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
Environmental activist, Evgeny Vitishko has been serving a prison sentence for almost 2 years of his 3 year sentence, due to his activism against the construction of ex-governor Alexander Tkachev’s dacha in a protected forest in the region of Sochi, and due to his criticism of the environmental impacts of the Sochi Olympics. Read more
19 November 2015 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
During the second half of October, CENSAT Agua Viva - Friends of the Earth Colombia held a tour through several European cities to expose the El Cerrejon coal mining project, in La Guajira department, to social organizations, companies, pension funds, universities, among others. Read more
19 November 2015 | News | Social activists at risk
The attack took place in 2007 by the armed private security of the company and resulted in the death of rural worker Keno and other three peasants injured. The sentence against Swiss company Syngenta was welcomed by social movements, based on the difficulties faced when trying to make companies accountable for the rights violations they perpetrate. Read more
16 November 2015 | News | Social activists at risk
On Friday afternoon, in Trinidad municipality, renowned social leader Daniel Abril was shot three times. He was renowned for his struggle in defense of the environment and had been exposing oil companies for the drought hitting the region. Read more
10 November 2015 | Photo Galleries | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Social activists at risk
On the 20th anniversary of the execution in Nigeria of social activist Ken Saro Wiwa and other eight members of the Ogoni indigenous community by Sani Abacha´s dictatorship, Friends of the Earth International is circulating several images of the disaster caused by Shell and the oil industry in this African country. See gallery
6 November 2015 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
Several social organizations and people of Uruguay gathered in the “Coordination for Palestine” carried out a demonstration on Wednesday in the capital, Montevideo, in solidarity with the Palestinian people, exactly in front of the headquarters of the Embassy of Israel. Read more
19 October 2015 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
In the first days of October, the chair of Costa Rican environmental organization Union Norte por la Vida (UNOVIDA), Otto Mendez, participated in a community meeting where the San Carlos Electricity Cooperative (COOPELESCA) would talk about their hydroelectric project "La Union", in Tigra de San Carlos, Alajuela province. At the end of the meeting, a participant of the assembly threatened Mendez several times with burning down his car. Read more
15 October 2015 | News | Social activists at risk
La Vía Campesina International issued on Thursday a letter to European Union governments (EU), European countries in general, the US and the public opinion in which they warn about the lack of guarantees for social leaders in Colombia and especially about the numerous death threats by paramilitary groups. Read more
6 October 2015 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
Before the landslides that caused at least 160 deaths, with still missing, in Guatemala city, the country's social organizations had to mourn the murder of another community and territory defender: Rigoberto Lima Choc, a young environmental activist denounced the highly polluting activities of the African palm oil industry. Read more
17 September 2015 | Testimonies | Social activists at risk
The member of the organization Peoples Congress of Colombia and indigenous leader of the South West region of this country, Feliciano Valencia, was arrested last Tuesday, September 15, after a tribunal ordered his detention, violating the indigenous autonomy and incriminating the spokesperson of several social movements. Read more
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