Philippines: Protect Indigenous And Rural Communities, Not Mining Companies

Philippines: Protect Indigenous And Rural Communities, Not Mining Companies   LRC STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT AQUINO’S APPROVAL OF THE CREATION OF MINING MILITIAS   The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center calls on President Aquino to stop the cycle of violence in ancestral domains and rural communities by taking back his approval of the military proposal of mining firms funding and organizing their own Special CAFGU Armed Auxiliary (SCAA) units to secure their operations. It is the...

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