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ENOUGH is ENOUGH: Attacks on IPs escalate, another Indigenous leader killed in Misamis Oriental!

Rural Missionaries of the Philippinest| Wednesday, 03 October 2012

ENOUGH is ENOUGH: Attacks on IPs Escalate, Another Indigenous Leader Killed in Misamis Oriental!

Gilbert Paborada, Chairperson of PANGALASAG was shot dead just this afternoon. PANGALASAG is an IP organization resisting the oil palm expansion of A. Brown in Opol, Misamis Oriental; and a member of KALUMBAY, a sub-regional IPs Alliance in Northern Mindanao.

He was shot dead around 2pm this afternoon inside a house that has become his sanctuary for months now. He is a human rights defender at-risk. Initial report by Jonah Cossma Jumagbas, Alternate Coordinator of RMP-NMR, who is in the site now with the quick reaction team composed of human rights organizations revealed that 8 bullets peppered Paborada's body.

Details to follow.

(Background here: http://www.rmp-nmr.org/index.php/campaigns/101-indigenous-organization-under-constant-harassment-and-threats-calls-for-the-pulling-out-of-a-palm-oil-plantation-project-in-their-community)

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https://farmlandgrab.org/post/21099

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RMR-NMR http://www.rmp-nmr.org/index.php/recent-releases/241-enough-is-enough-attacks-on-ips-escalate-another-indigenous-leader-killed-in-misamis-oriental

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[2] http://www.rmp-nmr.org/index.php/campaigns/101-indigenous-organization-under-constant-harassment-and-threats-calls-for-the-pulling-out-of-a-palm-oil-plantation-project-in-their-community