Philippines: fisherfolk leader summoned for supporting development workers, house raided
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Jun 9, 2024
- Event Description
In Negros, elements of the 15th IBPA elements barged into the house of fisherfolk leader Joselito Macapobre in Barangay Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on June 11, 2024 while he was out selling fish. According to Macapobre’s wife, the men introduced themselves as “kaupod” (comrades), asked for his whereabouts and opened the bags inside his home, claiming to be in search of something Macapobre left for them. The soldiers had earlier summoned Macapobre on June 9 to “discuss” his submission of an affidavit in support of development workers of Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group Inc (PDG) facing trumped-up terrorism financing cases. Macapobre refused the summons for fear of being coerced into retracting his affidavit.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to privacy
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 16.91547840556254
Longitude: 121.77874483825036
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 June 2024, fisherfolk leader Joselito Macapobre, was summoned by the military and then had his house raided in an intimidation attempt for supporting judicially harassed development workers in Cauayan, the Philippines.