ATM Press Release on the launch of the Global Witness report Quezon City – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is extremely distressed with the Duterte administration as a global report was launched today citing the increasing threats and murders of environmental activists in the Philippines. In “Defending Tomorrow”, Global Witness notes that cases in the Philippines have gone up, and in fact recorded the worst situation in Asia in 47 killings. Mining industry is the worst offender glo

ATM Press Statement for SONAgKAISA Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) joins the SONAgKAISA in denouncing the failure of this administration in responding to the pandemic and betraying the Filipino people with its undemocratic policy thrusts in the past few weeks. We are greatly offended that DENR has effectively reversed the suspension and closure orders issued by former DENR Sec. Gina Lopez. Sec. Roy Cimatu has recommended the lifting of the suspension orders to at least nine (9) mi

The Anti-Terror Law will only increase the risks and threats faced by environmental activists, and the Philippines is already considered one of the deadliest countries to be a green activist or a land rights defender. Under the Duterte administration, at least 113 environmental and land rights defenders have been killed, most of them falsely tagged as communists and terrorists before being assassinated. We must stop the Duterte administration and its fixation on disciplinar

Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) joins the chorus of resistance against the Anti-Terror Bill. As environmentalists and land rights defenders, we reject the authoritarian tendencies and myopic view that the law will enforce in countering terrorism. We agree that we need to address terrorism, but the ATB will not be genuinely effective in its current form. In the context of this COVID19 pandemic, we expected the Duterte administration to have clarity and sound leadership in responding