Cases / Killings and repression of defenders · Philippines · 2016
Gloria Capitan, who opposed a coal storage site, shot dead in Bataan
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Gloria Capitan, who opposed an open coal storage facility in Bataan, Philippines, was shot dead in July 2016. The sources reviewed identify no suspects.
What?
A woman who opposed an open coal storage facility was shot dead in Mariveles, Bataan, in July 2016. FIDH
Where?
Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines FIDH
When?
Shot on 1 July 2016 FIDH
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Shot dead; no suspects identified in the sources reviewed. FIDH
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The sources reviewed record that a woman was shot dead on 1 July 2016 in Mariveles, Bataan.
She had opposed an open coal storage facility of Sea Front Shipyard, which is linked to Limay Bulk Handling Terminal.
FIDH reported that no suspects had been identified.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record No suspects identified in the sources reviewed.
- Unclear Whether the shooting was connected to the storage facility is not established in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state what role, if any, Limay Bulk Handling Terminal had.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts— Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers