PRESS RELEASE BAYAN Philippines The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemned in the strongest terms the statement coming from the Philippine government and its Presidential Human Rights Commission on the circumstances of the abduction and eventually surfacing of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas and her companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc. “The PHRC has shown utter incompetence [...]

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PRESS RELEASE BAYAN Philippines While happy that Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas was surfaced yesterday morning, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said that the search for her companions Juanito Carabeo and John Edward Handoc continues. “It is regrettable that military and the police are either clueless or in a state of denial over the abductions of Roxas, [...]

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PRESS RELEASE BAYAN Philippines The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan is calling on the Arroyo government, the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to immediately surface Melissa Roxas, an American citizen of Filipino descent, and a member of BAYAN-USA and the cultural group Habi Arts based in Los Angeles, California. Roxas was [...]

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