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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.

This special section is funded in part by the European Commission.

27 November 2013 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk

Interview with Juan Almendares

International Observers Should Stay in Honduras Until Election Results Are Clear

Keeping human rights observers in Honduras until the results of last Sunday’s presidential elections are clarified is essential to avoid the worsening of political and social violence in the country, said Juan Almendares in interview with Real World Radio two days after the vote. Read more
21 November 2013 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk

Miserable balance

The Garifuna Movement’s Balance 4 Years After the Coup d’État in Honduras and Ahead of Sunday’s Elections

Nahun Lalin is a member of the youth front of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH) which, together with social organizations of the country has suffered repression and constitutional rights violations after the coup d’état staged in 2009. Read more
27 October 2013 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Alerts!

People Displaced by Dam in Colombia Return to their Lands Under Unsafe Conditions

Nearly 350 people of the more than 400 who have taken refuge for over seven months at the University of Antioquia, in Medellin, Colombia, decided to return to their lands. They were displaced by hydroelectric project Hidroituango and will go back to their lands on Friday. Read more
17 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Friends of the Earth International Chair Jagoda Munic Condemns Israeli Occupation

We share the speech by the chair of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) Jagoda Munic during a press conference held on Sunday to wrap up the federation’s solidarity mission in Palestine. The mission began on October 10th. Read more
14 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Reclaiming Sovereignty

Interview with Ayman Rabi of PENGON – Friends of the Earth Palestine

The Friends of the Earth International solidarity mission in Palestine ended on Sunday with a press conference held in Ramallah (West Bank), at the office of PENGON-Friends of the Earth Palestine. Read more
14 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

A Common Scene

House Demolition in the Jordan Valley and the Palestinian Resistance

On September 16 the Makhoul village, in the Jordan Valley (West Bank) suffered an attack by the Israeli military. They tore down peasant houses, which is a common practice. Read more
14 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Water Monopoly

Injustice in Jordan Valley, Palestine

On Saturday, the Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) mission in Palestine visited the Jordan Valley, to the east of the West Bank, to verify the serious conditions the different villages are enduring in the area. They live on cattle growing and agriculture. The lack of water, the seizure of Palestinian lands by the Israeli military and the demolition of houses are part of every day life there. Read more
13 October 2013 | News | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Media advisory - Friends of the Earth International

Visit to Palestine exposes environmental injustice and Israeli occupation

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (PALESTINE), October 14, 2013 – A four day high-level Friends of the Earth International visit to Friends of the Earth Palestine (also known as PENGON) concluded on October 13th, when Friends of the Earth International chair Jagoda Munic presented a report during a press conference in Ramallah. Read more
12 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Palestinian Voices

Palestinian Residents Affected by the Israeli Apartheid Speak up

A solidarity mission of Friends of the Earth International visited the village Jubet al deeb, near Bethlehem, to the south of the West Bank, in Palestine. Read more
11 October 2013 | Interviews | FOEI Mission of Solidarity with Palestine | Social activists at risk

Lethal Industry

Industrial Pollution and Disease in the West Bank

Seven Israeli industrial plants in the complex known as Geshuri in Palestine, to the north of the West Bank, have caused serious environmental pollution in the area and six workers died as a result. Read more