Military has been linked to the highest number of documented killings and detentions of land and environmental defenders in the Philippines over the past decade. These abuses have gone unchecked by President Marcos Jr as he oversees the militarisation of "green energy" infrastructure and increased targeting of human rights defenders and mining critics using anti-terror legislation.
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/how-militarisation-mining-threatens-indigenous-defenders-philippines/
Idea that mining for "green" metals is going to lead us to a better future is such a lie.
Gerry McGovern /
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