Melissa Roxas Case: Military Is Accountable
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Soldiers ‘Abducted, Tortured’ Fil-Am Activist
“I thought I was going to die there and then,” Melissa Roxas says. “They held my feet and my hands down and doubled-up plastic bags were pulled down on my head and face and closed on my neck and I started to suffocate and I could not breathe anymore and I was seeing white and thinking I was going to die.” | JOHN EDWARD JANDOC, MELISSA’S COMPANION, REMAINS MISSING
Abduction of Fil-Am Activist Reflects Political Repression in the Philippines
By the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines The abduction, captivity, and surfacing of Filipina-American activist Melissa Roxas serves as a due wakeup call to many Filipinos in the United States that no critic of the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo regime, even US citizens, is immune to political repression enacted as a means to…
Ermita-Led Human-Rights Body Says Abduction of Fil-Am, 2 Others a ‘Fabrication’
Bayan countered by saying that “the PHRC, by prejudging the incident as a mere propaganda tool by Bayan and Karapatan, shows that it has really no intention of uncovering the truth behind the abduction of Roxas and company. The Philippine government is more interested in saving face. From their statements, it is clear that the…
Melissa Roxas Moved to Philippines to Pursue Human-Rights Advocacy
MANILA — In 2007, Melissa Roxas moved to the Philippines to pursue what a colleague of hers described as “human-rights advocacy full-time.” Prior to Roxas’s move, she had been active as a founding member of the cultural organization Habi-Arts in Los Angeles. She was also a founding representative in Southern California for Bayan-USA. Two years…
Filipino-American Activist Freed, Two Companions Remain Missing
Update: Melissa Roxas Moved to Philippines to Pursue Human-Rights Advocacy
Melissa Roxas, from Los Angeles, California, has been reunited with her family. The fate of her two companions — Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc – is unknown.
What They Say of Papo de Asis
Papo was ever eager to know better the workers and peasants that he depicted in his works. He either lived with them or he renewed his links with them through visits and serious social investigation… He made manifest his position on social reality not only in the relatively cozy art galleries with framed paintings but…
Filipinos in LA Rally for GMA’s Ouster
Fil-Americans picketed the Philippine Consulate in Los Angeles June 20 to call for the immediate ouster of embattled President Macapagal-Arroyo. by Angel Buensuceso Contributed to Bulatlat Bulatlat.com Los Angeles, California – More than 30 Filipino protesters picketed the Philippine Consulate at noon June 30, calling for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Holding placards…