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.
16 August 2016 | Videos | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
"Communication is a tool for capacity-building, it allows us to have a wide reach and it provides us with diversity to create new things adapted to our reality, for instance, with community radios, because many people in our region can´t read or write and the radio is key. This is why we continue in our efforts to strengthen the radio, an essential part of the political process of COPINH". Watch video
12 August 2016 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
The Second Journey of the COA will take place from August 8-14 in Antioquia, to the North-West of Colombia. The activity is supported by CENSAT Agua Viva / Friends of the Earth Colombia, among other organizations, and it gathers over 100 people from different parts of the region and the Andean country. Read more
9 August 2016 | News | Social activists at risk
Over 150 social groups from approximately 40 countries and almost 5700 people signed in only five days an urgent call to stop the building of four US military helipads in the Japanese area of Takae, Higashi in Okinawa prefecture. National organizations are denouncing police abuses against the resistance of local citizens. Read more
9 August 2016 | News | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
The Human Rights Meeting of La Vía Campesina International will take place from August 18-20 at the Florestan Fernandes National School, in Guararema municipality, São Paulo. Read more
26 July 2016 | News | All for the release of the political prisoners of Santa Cruz Barillas | Social activists at risk
Several Guatemalan social sectors have celebrated the release of the political prisoners of Santa Eulalia and Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango department, after a year of being imprisoned for defending their communities. Read more
25 July 2016 | News | Social activists at risk
The rise of militarization, fundamentalism, violence and extreme right groups is more and more obvious and is shaking the life of women and communities all over the world in many different ways. Religious and cultural fundamentalism keeps spreading terror, death and oppression, and this is feeding the far-right groups that are quickly becoming more and more powerful. Read more
14 July 2016 | Interviews | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk
The corrupt Paraguayan judicial system, the de facto powers of landowners and communication media “have made up a story which has resulted in a conviction without investigating absolutely nothing”. The defense attorneys of the peasants were not allowed to summon witnesses and evidence pointing to the State´s role in the events was ignored. Read more
23 June 2016 | Chronicles | Criminalization of COPINH | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Regional Agrarian Platform of Valle del Aguán, Honduras, denounced on Monday afternoon the murder of Alan Reyneri Martínez Pérez (19) and Manuel Milla (25), members of the “Gregorio Chávez” Peasant Project of Panamá Community, Trujillo, Colón, before the eyes of many children who were watching a football match. Read more
20 June 2016 | Interviews | Social activists at risk
The third annual Environmental Justice School organized by groundWork – Friends of the Earth South Africa for three weeks, with 20 activists from South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya, is coming to an end in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In November, the participants of the School will meet again, and groundWork is planning to repeat this capacity-building experience at least in the next two years. Read more
17 June 2016 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Monitoring transnationals | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity & for Peoples Sovereignty carried out on Thursday a side event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more
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