Stop the Political Killings in the Philippines Rally

With 869 deaths and over 200+ disappearances, illegal arrests, torture, intimidation, and harassment, political killings continue to be an almost daily occurrence in the Philippines since GMA took power in 2001. No one has yet been prosecuted for these crimes and there continues to be complete denial and lack of action from the Philippine government in regards to this issue. The recent reports of United Nations Rapporteur Philip Alston, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and along with the report of the GMA government-appointed Melo Commission, have found strong evidence of the Philippine military and police as the perpetrators of these killings.

Monday, July 23 marks GMA's State of the Nation Address (SONA). She will be going on Philippine national television to express her administration's accomplishments in the last year. But the truth is, GMA is bleeding the Philippine nation dry with her Administration's rampant human rights violations and economic policies that continue to keep the majority of Filipinos in poverty and drive an alarming number of Filipinos to work overseas.

Join us as we express our outrage in front of the Philippine Consulate to relay a strong message to GMA that Filipinos and freedom-loving people in the U.S. are outraged by her Administration's atrocities.

WHEN: Monday, July 23, 2007, 5:30-7:00pm
WHERE: San Francisco Philippine Consulate, 447 Sutter St,
(between Powell and Stockton Streets) San Francisco, CA

*Please wear black to commemorate the 869 Filipino victims.

Sponsored by: Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-USA (BAYAN-USA), Anakbayan – East Bay, babae – San Francisco, and League of Filipino Students-SFSU