On the eve of International #HumanRightsDay scores of New Yorkers braved the first snow of the season to register their condemnation of Rodrigo Duterte’s regime in front of the Philippine Consulate on 5th Avenue. | Full Statement: https://t.co/ROVL1pfvRc
Today, on the second anniversary of the Bloody Sunday assassinations of Filipino labor leader Manny Asuncion and 8 other activists, I'm reintroducing my bill, the Philippine Human Rights Act, to condition U.S. security assistance to the Philippines on respect for human rights.
We stand with our fellow organizers at @ICHRPGlobal who were recently red-tagged in response to holding these human rights violators accountable through peaceful protest. Where criticism is criminalized there is no democracy.
ICHRP Announces “Dirty Dozen” Magnitsky Sanctions Campaign Against Philippine Human Rights Violators
Press Release
March 29, 2022
Read here: https://t.co/SL6dqXsJKd
"We have to get real good at making arguments for our own class, and breaking the bureaucratic control.. We gotta negotiate for ourselves. Filipino workers are an example: they are making the demands, they are amplifying the demands & making them known worldwide." - J. Ferretti
"The series of red-tagging, harassment, intimidation, forced disaffiliation, arbitrary arrests and detention, and worse, killings continue to be a huge threat to workers’ safety." - Kilusang Mayo Uno
The root causes of migration (from the Philippines) is a question of survival, but more importantly is connected to the level of socio-economic development of the country - Migrante NY (AJ Santos)
“Solidarity for us means building up those muscles to take action together, and doing it by proving that you are worthy of trust and have eachothers backs” - Amazonians United (Ira)
“They (students) need to know that their teachers are fighting for them to have better learning conditions, because they do not deserve these conditions.” - MORE (Mary Maddox)
In the spirit of laborers past and present, in the US, the Philippines, and elsewhere, NYCHRP continues to pledge
solidarity with our partners and workers as a whole and strive towards fairer, more just world.
The @Ny4Phra Coalition will also discuss ways we can advocate for workers rights in the Philippines and the ongoing lobbying efforts to pass the Philippine Human Rights Act in US Congress.
Register now: https://t.co/1CwX12HvPI
✊🏾 In preparation for May 1st - International Worker's Day, @NYCHRP is proud to present an International Labor Solidarity Panel. Join us as we learn and discuss workers issues from NYC to the Philippines!
🗓 Tuesday April 27 from 7-830 EST
📩 RSVP: https://t.co/1CwX12HvPI
The attempt on Atty. Angelo Karlo Guillen’s life becomes another reason for alarm. We are called to defend the defenders, stand by them, because despite fear and threats, they stand with us.
READ: https://t.co/EJkvWbNJ40
‼️HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT‼️
On the evening of March 3, 2021, Human Rights Lawyer Atty. Angelo Karlo "AK" Guillen was brutally stabbed by unknown assailants.
The New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP) calls on all authorities to promptly and properly investigate the attempt on the life of Atty. Guillen.
JUSTICE FOR ATTY. ANGELO KARLO "AK" GUILLEN!
STOP THE ATTACKS! PROTECT OUR LAWYERS! DEFEND THE DEFENDERS!
On the eve of International #HumanRightsDay scores of New Yorkers braved the first snow of the season to register their condemnation of Rodrigo Duterte’s regime in front of the Philippine Consulate on 5th Avenue. | Full Statement: https://t.co/ROVL1pfvRc