Philippines: Attacks against peasants escalate as January ends
Event- Country
- Philippines
- Initial Date
- Jan 25, 2018
- Event Description
On January 25, 2017, Arturo Colao was shot by two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Puting Balas, Talisayan town. The victim was attending a birthday party when the assailants stopped a meter from where he was sitting and started shooting. Colao sustained a gunshot wound on his hip. This is the latest of a series of attempts on Colao's life.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Death
- Killing
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Right to life
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Unknown
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Unknown
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Summary for Publications
On 25 January 2017, Arturo Colao, An organiser and provincial leader of the Misamis Oriental Farmers Association (MOFA) - an organisation that works to protect the environment and defend farmers and lumad people's land , was shot by two unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen in Puting Balas, Talisayan town
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