Tag: <span>River Activist</span>

Indigenous dam-fighter Alberto Curamil, is acquitted in Chile

There is always hope, especially if your friends take a stand for you. An indigenous Chilean leader who faced up to 50 years in prison walked free Friday after judges unanimously acquitted him of all charges. Alberto Curamil, 45, was charged with armed robbery and possession of illegal weapons, accusations …

Call for the Immediate Release of Two Activists Detained in Baghdad!

Baghdad, 12 December 2019 Salman Kairallah Al-Mansoori and Omar Kadhem Al-Amri, two Iraqi activists for human and environmental rights, have disappeared in Baghdad since December 11 and are still untraceable. They disappeared at 12 pm when they did not answer the calls of their colleagues, friends and family. The last …

Justice for Golfried Siregar, Who Confronted the Batang Toru Dam

More than 240 civil society organizations, including the Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition, urged Indonesia on Thursday to investigate the extremely suspicious death of an activist who opposed the building of a hydropower dam seen as key to China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the country.  Environmental groups — including …

Statement in Solidarity with Narmada Movement issued by Russian and Eurasian Civil Society Groups

We address the Indian Government, demanding prompt action and to avoid a humanitarian crisis in the Narmada valley. We, express our deep concern for the growing humanitarian crisis in Narmada valley, in Central India, where thousands of families are evicted without rehabilitation due to the Sardar Sarovar (Narmada dam) reservoir …

“Test killing” of Tigris River by Turkish Authorities Has Started

The Turkish government has started filling the controversial Ilisu Dam Reservoir on the Tigris River in the Kurdish Southeast of Turkey. Photos shared on social media from the 23rd July 2019 showed how a road along the Tigris River just upstream of the dam has been flooded. New photos from …