Contact: Rhonda Ramiro Secretary-General, BAYAN-USA secgen@bayanusa.org U.N. Day in Support of Torture Victims Marked with Press Conference by Torture Survivor Melissa Roxas What: Press Conference… Read More »US citizen abducted and tortured by suspected Philippine military agents to speak publicly for first time
Contact: Rhonda Ramiro Secretary General, BAYAN-USA secgen@bayanusa.org Los Angeles, CA — On early Saturday morning, Filipino Americans launched a lightning rally to greet Philippine President… Read More »Lightning rally strikes Arroyo visit to Los Angeles. Thunderous outcry from Fil-Ams: ‘No to Con-Ass, No to Cha-Cha. Gloria has got to go.’
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and the human rights group Karapatan believe that there is sufficient evidence to point out the military’s involvement in… Read More »Groups confident of evidence on Melissa Roxas’ abduction
Contact: Rhonda Ramiro Secretary General, BAYAN-USA secgen@bayanusa.org The US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN-USA, denounced the abduction and torture of Melissa Roxas by… Read More »US-trained and funded Philippine military implicated in abduction and torture of American citizen: Alliance of Filipino American organizations vows to hold US and Philippine governments accountable and demands end to US taxpayer support for Philippine military
Now it can be told. Abducted Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas, who was forcibly taken by armed men in La Paz, Tarlac last May 19 and… Read More »Abducted Fil-Am activist tortured, files Writ of Amparo
Contact: Rhonda Ramiro Secretary-General, BAYAN USA secgen@bayanusa.org All efforts to cover up the truth must be stopped and exposed, starting with the removal of the… Read More »Stop the Arroyo gov’t cover-up of the abduction of Roxas, Carabeo, and Handoc!