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Anti-mining advocate arrested in Philippines over Facebook posting

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 06, 2012 | 5:58 pm Asia Europe 

A 62 year-old anti-mining activist was arrested in the Philippines for promoting, via Facebook,  an upcoming demonstration opposing magnetite mining in her hometown back in 2011. Agents of the National Bureau of Intelligence arrested Esperlita Garcia on October 19 and...

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