24/05/2026
๐ฑ The Marihangin Indigenous community in the has spent decades fighting for recognition of their ancestral lands.
โ ๏ธ Since their violent displacement in 1974, families have faced land grabbing, criminalization, and repeated threats of eviction.
๐ข In 2024, 10 Indigenous leaders were charged with โgrave coercion,โ while 282 residents were targeted in civil lawsuits designed to silence community resistance.
๐2005 - The Marihangin community applied for a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) before the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to secure legal recognition of their ancestral territory. Twenty-one years later, the application remains unresolved.
๐These are not isolated cases. They are part of a wider pattern of Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation used to intimidate defending their territories.
๐๐ฝ IPRI support this case through the Legal Defense and Sanctuary Fund. The Marihangin people have been able to access legal assistance, cover travel costs to attend court hearings, and continue their struggle to remain on the lands they have protected for generations.
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