Philippines: Indigenous election candidate/journalist receives death threats
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Mar 23, 2010
- Event Description
Mr. Arthur Allad-Iw is a known activist for indigenous peoples' rights. He used to be the head of Public Information of the Cordillera People's Alliance and served as Deputy Secretary General of the CPA from 1992-1995. Mr. Arthur Allad-Iw is also an active member of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). He has filed his candidacy as independent candidate for a seat in the Baguio City Council. The election is set to take place in May 2010. 23 March 2010 Mr. Arthur Allad-Iw received a letter addressed to the CPA office. The message of the letter expressed clear death threats to him and his family for his alleged connection with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and National People's Army (NPA). A black ribbon was attached to the letter and signed with Mga Nagmamahal sa Bayan at Demokrasya (translation: from those who love the country and democracy).
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 14.58333
Longitude: 120.96667
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
Journalist Arthur Allad-iw who ran for councilor in Baguio City as an independent candidate, received a death threat in March 2010 Allad-iw wrote for the Northern Dispatch before he ran for public office and has written for other alternative publications such as Bulatlat online magazine and the Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project - a project conceived and run by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in partnership with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), MindaNews and the Center For Community Journalism and Development (CCJD).