Thursday, April 20, 2006

Philippines: Earth Day Martyr and Price on Environmental Lawyer's Head

Article by Prof. John Bonine at the Univ. of Oregon School of Law:

http://thnlnk.com/ens-newswire/John.Bonine.Article/oXE/lRq


CEBU, Philippines, April 20, 2006 (ENS) - As Earth Day dawned around the world, word came that one environmental advocate in the Philippines was gunned down last week and another is living under threat to his life. A leading Philippines newspaper today called the murdered man an “Earth Day martyr.”

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Commercial fishing interests are rumored to have collected a fund of one million pesos (nearly $20,000) to kill de la Victoria and his colleague, world-renowned environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa, Philippines news outlets have reported. Both de la Victoria and Oposa received numerous threats in recent days.


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