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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 July 2014 | Testimonies | Social activists at risk

Interview with Francisca Rodriguez (CLOC-VC) about the need for a UN Peasant Rights Charter

Last June 27, the Assembly of the Human Rights Council voted in favor of a resolution that authorizes to continue a process towards drafting an international declaration on the rights of peasants and other rural workers. Read more
22 July 2014 | Testimonies | Social activists at risk

Colombia: Interview with Nury Martínez about the peace agenda after the national elections

The Colombian social sphere faced a dilemma in the framework of the second electoral round held in May, where a large part of social movements supported the re-election of Juan Manuel Santos, winner in the end, understanding that he, at least, ensured the continuation of a peace dialogue agenda with the leftist insurgent forces, both the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Read more
19 July 2014 | News | Social activists at risk

Stop the massacre in Gaza!

Lead-up to the Social Pre-COP: Social Movements Demonstrate Against Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza

On Friday, dozens of organizations and social movements from all over the world met on Margarita Island, Venezuela, for the International Preparatory Meeting for the Social Pre-COP on Climate Change, issued a letter of solidarity with the people of Gaza, Palestine and to condemn the Israeli attacks. Read more
18 July 2014 | News | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk

Garifuna Community Members Kidnapped by Paramilitary Groups in Honduras

The leader of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH), Miriam Miranda, and another twenty members of the community were kidnapped by paramilitary forces in Vallecito, in Colon department. Community members managed to rescue them. Read more
16 July 2014 | Photo Galleries | Social activists at risk

Palestine Solidarity Demonstration Held in Uruguay

A demonstration against the Israeli attacks on Gaza and to demand action by the international community to defend Palestinian citizens was held on Tuesday, 15th July, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The campaign to boycott Israeli companies was mentioned during the demonstration as part of the resistance. See gallery
16 July 2014 | News | Social activists at risk

Guatemala: International Peace Activists Intimidated by Government

Organizations providing accompaniment to threatened human rights and environmental defenders in Guatemala are facing increasing intimidation by the Otto Perez Molina administration. Read more
16 July 2014 | News | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk

Ten years since ICJ declared the “Apartheid Wall” in Palestine illegal

Ten years ago, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared the “Apartheid Wall” built in Palestinian Occupied Territories illegal. Meanwhile, the death toll of a new military attack against the Palestinian people has already reached 170. The destruction of family homes and public infrastructure in Gaza has inspired international solidarity and calls by the international community to stop what might be considered a massacre. Read more
16 July 2014 | News | Social activists at risk

New Testimony on Palestine by the Advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Violating the rights of the Palestinians and denying them access to natural resources is commonplace in the Occupied Territories in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and in the Gaza Strip. This situation is bordering on genocide, Xavier Abu Eid, a Chilean-Palestinian advisor to the Negotiations Division of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), told Real World Radio. Read more
13 July 2014 | Interviews | Stop Corporate Impunity - Geneva 2014 | Social activists at risk | Mano a Mano

Interview with Juan Hernández Zubizarreta, PPT Chair

Twelve cases, several countries, different fundamental rights violated and the same modus operandi: transnational corporations act in the exact same way when it comes to avoiding responsibilities and duplicating profits. Read more
8 July 2014 | Videos | All for the release of the political prisoners of Santa Cruz Barillas | Stop Corporate Impunity - Geneva 2014 | Social activists at risk

From the Resistance in Santa Cruz Barillas to the United Nations Human Rights Council: the voices of the victims of Hidralia SA

Political prisoners, arrest warrants and attacks against women and Mayan indigenous communities is the result of investments in Guatemala by Spanish company Hidralia SA, responsible for the Hidro Santa Cruz project in Huehuetenango department. Watch video