…[O]n 13 March after attending a prayer service at a picket line disrupting large-scale mining…Orlando Bulay was attacked for his efforts to stop drilling exploration for iron ore…[I]n Canatuan, another anti-mining protester was shot and killed a week earlier on 6 March…near a mining project run by…TVI Resource Development…by a company guard…In Midsalip, regular instances of intimidation and violence are being witnessed by Columban priests and sisters…There appears to be a culture of impunity for those connected with mining who attack individuals and communities peacefully protesting…People are concerned that their livelihoods in agriculture and fisheries will be destroyed by numerous large scale mining projects…