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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.

24 May 2013 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

The Founder Of FOE Korea In Jail : Human Rights At Stake ?

South-Korean Activist Threatened By Government’s By Criminalization Of Social Protest

Mr Yul Choi, founder of Friends of the Earth in Korea, was jailed in February 2013 in response to his campaign against a government project. Student, Choi Yul had opposed the military regime and was in prison for six years from 1975. Read more
13 May 2013 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Meeting of Environmental Activists in Latin America

Report on the Activities of Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean in Colombia

Monday is the final day of the 5th edition of the Sustainability School of Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC), which comprises environmental organizations from the region. A Workshop of Nature Defenders will be held tomorrow. It will be focused on the permanent threats suffered by environmental and social activists and the ways to confront them. Read more
9 May 2013 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Leaders of the Resistance

Women’s Role in Guatemala’s Extractive Model

Paula Irene del Cid, member of the Guatemalan feminist group La Cuerda, participated in a European tour in April, together with Natalia Atz, to expose the action of transnational corporations in Guatemala. Read more
9 May 2013 | News | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk

Sustainability and Justice

Friends of the Earth Organizes Several Activities in Colombia

The chair of Friends of the Earth International, Jagoda Munic, from Croatia, members of the International Secretariat of the environmental federation, as well as delegates from groups of Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and Latin America are in Colombia to participate in different activities. Read more
7 May 2013 | Community Radios | Social activists at risk

Antimining Salvadoran

A Radio Temblor (Panama) Production on the Resistance to Mining in El Salvador

In a tour around the land of Oscar Romero and Farbundo Marti, the voices of men and women meet to exchange their realities and experiences with Mother Earth. San Isidro municipality, department of Cabañas, was the scene of our journey where a struggle began in April of 2004 when river Viejo in the community Llano de la Hacienda, dried out as a result of the overexploitation of water by Canadian mining corporation Pacific Rim. Read more
3 May 2013 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

The Same Recipe

“State of Emergency” Declared in Four Guatemalan Municipalities Resisting Mining

Otto Perez Molina’s administration in Guatemala seems to be trying to get rid of the human rights abuses accusations by committing more violence and atrocities. A state of emergency was recently declared in four municipalities that resist Canadian mining corporation San Rafael. Read more
29 April 2013 | Interviews | All for the release of the political prisoners of Santa Cruz Barillas | Social activists at risk

Face to Face

Spain: Guatemalan women at Hidralia’s headquarters in Galicia

Amid an intense and long tour through Europe, women activists from Guatemalan environmentalist and feminist organizations arrived to Galicia, Spain, where this Tuesday, April 30th, they will participate in an action to denounce transnational company Hidralia Energía SA, responsible for human rights violations in Santa Cruz Barillas municipalities. Read more
29 April 2013 | Interviews | National Peace Congress in Colombia | Social activists at risk

Big National Dialogue

Social Movements and Insurgents Speak Up At Peace Talks in Colombia

The National Peace Talks took place in a packed auditorium at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in Bogota prior to a new day of mobilization in the city as the closing event of the Peace Congress that took place from April 19 to 22. Read more
23 April 2013 | Interviews | National Peace Congress in Colombia | Social activists at risk

Peace Dreams

Progress and Setbacks in Colombia’s Peace Process

The beginning of the Peace Congress in the Colombian capital, Bogota, from April 19 to 22, filled Leon de Grieff’s auditorium at the Universidad Nacional of Colombia, the country’s biggest university. Over 15,000 people met there to talk about the proposals of the organized society for four days. Read more
23 April 2013 | Special reports | Social activists at risk

Free Rubén Herrera

Guatemala: International Call to Protect Human Rights Defenders; The Case of Ruben Herrera

Ruben Herrera has been detained for over a month in Guatemala. He is a member of the Peoples’ Assembly of Huehuetenango (ADH) and the leader of the resistance to projects such as Hidro Santa Cruz (originally Hidralia SA). As a result of his activism his life is in danger, considering the many murders of activists in the country ruled by Otto Perez Molina. Read more