Killing of Genesis Ambason
On 13 September 2012, human rights defender Mr Genesis Ambason was killed just outside Sitio Tambo, Barangay Binikalan, San Luis, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao. It is reported that members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) of the 26th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were responsible for the killing. Genesis Ambason was the Secretary-General of Tagdumahan, a grassroots indigenous organisation that has been campaigning against the entry of large-scale mining ventures into their ancestral domain. He had also campaigned for the release of community members who had reportedly been illegally detained by the military.
Genesis Ambason was the Secretary-General of Tagdumahan, a grassroots indigenous organisation that has been campaigning against the entry of large-scale mining ventures into their ancestral domain. He had also campaigned for the release of community members who had reportedly been illegally detained by the military.
