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Kalikasan condemns violent dispersal of anti-mining protesters in Palawan, calls for end to ‘illegal’ mining

Press Release 27 October 2023 Environmental group condemns violent dispersal of anti-mining protesters in Palawan, calls for end to ‘illegal’ mining Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) condemned the recent violent dispersal of advocates protesting against mining operations in Brooke’s Point, Palawan, and expressed its support in the demand to immediately […]

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Killings, disappearances of Filipino envi, indigenous defenders draw UN concern

PRESS RELEASE, 10 October 2023 REFERENCE Beverly Longid, Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas +639279019830 ((Whatsapp) Atty. Krissy Conti, National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers +639298207000 (Whatsapp, Viber, Telegram) Clemente Bautista. Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment +639171372930 (Whatsapp, Viber) Killings, disappearances of Filipino envi, indigenous defenders draw UN concern Geneva, Switzerland — Several experts

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Acquittal of Palparan, CAFGUs Raises Alarming Issues for Environmental Defenders

KALIKASAN PRESS STATEMENTOctober 7, 2023 Acquittal of Palparan, CAFGUs Raises Alarming Issues for Environmental Defenders The Environmental Defenders Congress is deeply disturbed by the recent acquittal of retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan and the CAFGU members who were involved in the abduction (in Bulacan on February 14, 2006) and subsequent torture of the two Manalo

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Fighting against a destructive reclamation project

PRESS RELEASESeptember 29, 2023 REFERENCE:Gary RosalesKinaiyahan & FENOrEmail: kinabuhi.ug.kinaiyahan@gmail.com Ombudsman complaint filed against Dumaguete Mayors illegal project Dumaguete City – The unauthorized extension of Pantawan 2 by Mayor Felipe Remollo’s administration raised concerning evidence of impunity as the latter again failed to comply with its legal obligations connected with the reclamation project, thereby illegally disbursing government

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Green groups sound alarm over latest disappearance of Indigenous rights advocate

KALIKASAN PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PRESS RELEASE 4 October 2023 Green groups sound alarm over latest disappearance of Indigenous rights advocates Environmental groups expressed “grave concern” over the recent disappearance of Indigenous rights advocates Job David, Peter Del Monte Jr., and Alia Encela in Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro, who were reportedly abducted by the 4th

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Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups

UPR Watch Press ReleaseSeptember 26, 2023 Lacks “safer environment for civil society”: Philippines Unworthy of UN Security Council Membership, Say Human Rights Groups Geneva, Switzerland—Grave human rights violations in the Philippines, already acknowledged by various UN offices and agencies, alongside insincerity in cooperating with the UN and other international bodies, should stop the Philippine bid

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UN Special Procedures urged to investigate Bulacan reclamation, airport project

Philippine UPR Watch Press ReleaseSeptember 24, 202 Groups hit Philippine gov’t, San Miguel, and Dutch businesses UN Special Procedures urged to investigate Bulacan reclamation, airport project Geneva, Switzerland – Environmental defenders have urged United Special Procedures mandate holders to investigate the negative environmental and social impacts of the USD 15-billion reclamation and airport “aerotropolis’ project

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