According to reports by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, on 13 February 2004, Mrs. Juvy Magsino and Mrs. Leima Fortu, both human rights defenders working in the Philippines, were reportedly killed by members of the Philippines Army (IBPA). Mrs. Juvy Magsino had allegedly previously received two death threats claiming that she would not live past 15 February 2004.
According to the information received, on 13 February 2004 at approximately 23.00, members of the 204th Infantry Brigade of the Philippines Army (IBPA) followed Mrs. Magsino and Mrs. Fortu while they were driving to Pinagsabangan to get a computer from a friend. Two men on a motorcycle without a license plate armed with a 9mm and an armalite allegedly covered Mrs. Magsino's vehicle with bullets and shot Mrs. Magsino and Mrs. Fortu to death in Barangay Amuguis.
