Justice for Melissa Week of Actions 2014
Posted in Action Alerts, Events, Press Statements on May 19th, 2014
Join Week of Actions for Justice for Melissa! 5 years later-no justice! Justice Delayed is Justice Denied for Melissa Roxas and Others
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Filipino Activists Hold Picket at UN Over Rights Abuses: Hullabaloo about Chief Justice Conviction Diverts Attention from Outstanding Rights Impunity
Posted in Press Statements on May 31st, 2012
PRESS RELEASE May 31, 2012 GENEVA – Filipino activists, Geneva-based migrants, and representatives from international NGOs conducted a picket-protest in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to express their criticism of the Philippine government report immediately after the Universal Periodic Review on the Philippines at the UN Human Rights Council last Tuesday, […]
PH Government Hounded by Persistent Concerns On Extrajudicial Killings, Disappearances and Torture at UN Rights Review
Posted in Press Statements on May 29th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2012 GENEVA–As the Chief Justice of the Philippines was being handed down a verdict in the impeachment trial, the Philippine government was also undergoing a similar process of accountability, this time before the United Nations. Around 69 countries quizzed the Philippine government on its human rights record, Tuesday May 29 […]
Rights Victims Recount Ordeal Before Philippine Review by UN
Posted in Press Statements on May 26th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE May 26, 2012 GENEVA–They could not hold back tears as they recounted their experiences before a crowd of international human rights organizations and representatives of foreign missions. Ernan Baldomero, a municipal councilor in Aklan and son of Fernando Baldomero, the first victim of extrajudicial killing under the Aquino regime in 2010, recounted his […]
Justice for Fr. Fausto Tentorio! Justice for Ramon Batoy! Justice for All Victims of Human Rights Violations!
Posted in Press Statements on Oct 24th, 2011
PRESS STATEMENT October 24, 2011 Contact: Rhonda Ramiro Justice for Melissa Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org The Justice for Melissa campaign expresses its deepest condolences to the families of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio and Ramon Batoy. The Justice for Melissa campaign condemns the brutal extra-judicial killings of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio and farmer activist Ramon […]
Melissa Roxas, Survivor of Abduction and Torture in the Philippines, Honored Nationally as a Filipina of Distinction
Posted in Press Statements on Oct 13th, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2011 Contact: Rhonda Ramiro or Kuusela Hilo Justice for Melissa Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — The Filipina Women’s Network has selected Melissa Roxas as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the United States. While doing community health work in the Philippines, Ms. Roxas was abducted, […]
Wikileaks Cables Reveal Contradictions and Lack of Compassion in US Embassy's Response to Abduction, Torture of Melissa Roxas
Posted in Press Statements on Sep 21st, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2011 Reference: Justice for Melissa Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org Website: www.justiceformelissa.org Online whistleblower Wikileaks released three classified cables earlier this month which included then-US ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney’s comments on the abduction and torture of Melissa Roxas from May 19-25, 2009 at the hands of the Philippine military. The […]
Remembering the Disappeared: Survivor of Torture and Abduction in the Philippines Appeals to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture for Justice (UPDATED)
Posted in Press Statements on Aug 22nd, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY August 22, 2011 Contact: Kuusela Hilo Justice for Melissa Roxas Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org Website: www.justiceformelissa.org What: Justice for Melissa Press Conference; Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Where: Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010 When: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6 PM – 7 PM *** PHOTO OPPORTUNITY *** […]
Remembering the Disappeared: Survivor of Torture and Abduction in the Philippines Appeals to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture for Justice
Posted in Press Statements on Aug 16th, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Kuusela Hilo Justice for Melissa Roxas Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org Website: www.justiceformelissa.org What: Justice for Melissa Press Conference; Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Where: Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010 When: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6 PM – 7 PM Los Angeles, CA. In commemoration of the […]
Hundreds of Supporters Worldwide Offer Open Letter to Demand Justice for Melissa Roxas, Marking May 25th a Day of Survival
Posted in Press Statements on May 25th, 2011
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Kuusela Hilo Justice for Melissa Roxas Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org Website: www.justiceformelissa.org To mark the 2nd year anniversary of Melissa Roxas’s survival of enforced disappearance and torture and the international campaign to surface Melissa, hundreds of supporters have signed on to an open letter addressing Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, Department of […]