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Philippine authorities are using “red-tagging” and other forms of threats and violence to intimidate Indigenous leaders and activists opposed to government-backed projects in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch said today.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said that red-tagging—or the practice of labeling individuals and organizations as fighters or supporters of the communist armed struggle—has often proved deadly and put indigenous communities at risk.
According to the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, mega dams result in the destruction of river ecosystems and the dwindling of underground water resources.
The dam projects in Apayao threaten to displace thousands of indigenous peoples, farmers and fisherfolk.
A Cordillera review team of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples notes irregularities in the process of getting free prior and informed consent for a series of dam projects in the Apayao-Abulog river basin