December 9, a militant farmer and two anti-mining activists were killed in separate incidents. RThe farmer's relatives believe the attack is linked to his opposition to large-scale mining and illegal logging. Anti-mining advocates were also killed. One was a member of a people’s organisation opposed to the Didipio gold-copper project, owned by OceanaGold. An alarm was raised over the rising death toll of environmental activists this year.Human rights groups have urge the Philippines government to stop the killings of environmental activists. The Aquino administration is scored for the extrajudicial killings and illegal arrests of activists under the state’s counter-insurgency programme.

December 9, a militant farmer and two anti-mining activists were killed in separate incidents. RThe farmer's relatives believe the attack is linked to his opposition to large-scale mining and illegal logging. Anti-mining advocates were also killed. One was a member of a people’s organisation opposed to the Didipio gold-copper project, owned by OceanaGold. An alarm was raised over the rising death toll of environmental activists this year.Human rights groups have urge the Philippines government to stop the killings of environmental activists. The Aquino administration is scored for the extrajudicial killings and illegal arrests of activists under the state’s counter-insurgency programme.

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The integrated Philippines Electronics Network (iPEN), the Philippines branch of the GoodElectronics network, has looked into the conditons under which mining is being developed at the moment in the Philippines. The electronics industry is an important user of metals mined in the Philippines, including gold. iPEN is also highly concerned by the violence that human rights defenders continue to face in the Philippines.