Anti-Mining Resident Charged with Cyber Libel
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Environment groups alarmed over cyberlibel raps vs anti-mining advocates
“Alarmingly, these cases continue to increase, as corporations and the state deliberately target communities and defenders.” MANILA – Environmental defenders called for an end to judicial harassment against residents and advocates in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya opposing the North Luzon Mineral Resource Center (NLMRC) mining activities. Lei Jin Dugay, anti-mining advocate from Nueva Vizcaya, is one of those who have been recently charged with cyberlibe…
Anti-mining activities are not as simple as “mines are bad, mining is good”
The North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) has filed a cyberlibel complaint against a resident of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya who is opposing the company’s mineral exploration on an estimated 4,456 hectares of land in their area. The NLMRC filed the case against resident Lei Jim Dugay through Jaime Atayde, a representative of the company. In the subpoena received by Dugay, the NLMRC alleged that Dugay had made “defamatory” Facebook posts. D…
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