Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

Please join Concerned Canadians and Filipinos in Canada in marking the 34-year anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines.

On September 21, 1972 in the Philippines, former dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law. For 14 years, the Filipino people suffered unprecedented human rights violations and terror — drawing the attention and sympathy of the world. The iron-fisted dictator Marcos was eventually defeated by the Filipino people and the solidarity of peace-loving people all over the world.

Now, 34 years later, the Filipino people are once again facing another iron-fisted president. Since 2001, there have been 750 extra-judicial killings, 184 forced disapperances, and more arbitrary arrests under Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration. These gross human rights violations have intensified under Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her military counter-insurgency campaign Oplan Bantay Laya (Operation Freedom Watch). The overwhelming majority of the victims of Oplan Bantay Laya are leaders and members of progressive community organizations, like the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance, trade unions, human rights groups, and political parties, like Bayan Muna (People First) asserting national freedom, social justice, democracy, and lasting peace in the Philippines.

Across Canada, Filipinos and Canadians will join the internationally-coordinated day of action on September 21 as part of the international ‘Stop The Political Killings in the Phillipines’ campaign

Join us in Vancouver:

• Martial Law Never Again! Stop the Political Killings in the Philippines!
• Protest Rally at the Philippine Consulate
• 700 West Pender (Downtown Vancouver-corner of Pender & Granville)
• 3:30 PM

Organized by the “Stop the Political Killings in the Philippines!” Campaign Vancouver Steering Committee
- B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines | Bus Riders’ Union | Filipino Nurses Support Group | Grassroots Women | Group of Friends and Relatives of Political Prisoners in Mexico | Philippine Women Centre of B.C. | SIKLAB – B.C. | Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada (Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance)-Vancouver