3 Indigenous People, Farmers or Land Activists Killed Every 2 Weeks Due to Land Conflicts and Struggles | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

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3 Indigenous People, Farmers or Land Activists Killed Every 2 Weeks Due to Land Conflicts and Struggles | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization: The data are from the Land & Rights Watch (LR Watch), the latest initiative of PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) to closely monitor and expose human rights abuses against communities opposing land and resource grabbing.

Of the total number of cases, 31 are killings that claimed 36 victims while 6 cases are frustrated killings with 20 victims.

This means that 6 are killed every month – or three every two weeks – among members of indigenous and farming communities as well land activists in Asia and Latin America – in the context of land struggles and conflicts in the first half of 2015.

Most of the killings happened in the Philippines with 15 victims, followed by Honduras (5 victims); Colombia (4); Brazil (3); Indonesia, Pakistan and Mexico (2 each); Thailand Guatemala, and Peru (1 each).

Other common cases are threats and harassment (5 cases, 5 victims); arbitrary arrest and detention (4 cases, 9 victims); and trumped up charges (4 cases, 80 victims).