Benjamin Bibas

Environmental Justice

Environmental activist Benjamin Bibas founded Radiofonies Europe / La fabrique documentaire in 2005. From the early 2000s he was interested in judicial procedures on grave human rights violations, and then on the links between such violations and the mining business. In this context, he has researched several African countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 2015, he has been documenting the way that the global environmental crisis undermines both environmental rights and human rights.

Why South Africa is fighting for Palestine in The Hague

“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians,” said Nelson Mandela. At a time when the party he brought to power at the end of apartheid has just lost its absolute majority, these words recall the roots of South Africa’s current commitment to helping Palestine on the international […]
By Benjamin Bibas (in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa)
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