MEDIA ADVISORY 12 November 2005
Reference: Dorotea Mendoza Secretary General, GABRIELA Network [EMAIL PROTECTED], (212) 592-3507 WOMENS GROUP GABRIELA NETWORK RALLY TO CONDEMN CUSTODY TRANSFER OF U.S. MARINE RAPE SUSPECTS; DEMAND U.S. GOVT. TO BACK OFF PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS, FULL WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. MILITARY FROM THE PHILIPPINES WHAT: Indignation Rally condemning custody transfer of US marine rape suspects, demanding US government to back off Philippine affairs and full withdrawal of US military from the Philippines. WHEN: Monday, 14 November 2005, 5PM WHERE: In front of the Philippine Consulate- 3600 Wilshire Blvd. (corner of Wilshire & Kingsley), Los Angeles, CA 90010 Simultaneous actions in Chicago, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Portland, Pullman/Washington State Univ., San Diego, San Francisco/Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, DC. WHO: Organized by GABRIELA Network USA, a Philippine-US womens solidarity organization, established 1989. PHOTO AND INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES. STATEMENT: The transfer of the six US marines suspected of raping a 22-year old Filipina from the Philippines to Okinawa is a glaring example of the more than century-long inequitable, colonial relationship between the US and the Philippines. It is a glaring example of the constant violence and violation of a nations sovereignty perpetrated by the US military and US intervention in the Philippines. It is a glaring example of the US government pulling the strings on Philippine affairs and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It is a glaring example of Macapagal Arroyo kowtowing to US interests, mocking the Filipino peoples fight to bring to justice all those who have wronged them. As US and Philippine government officials continuously invoke the provisions under the US-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to justify this custody transfer and the interference of the US on the issue of jurisdiction, they themselves are proving VFAs inadequacies, one-sidedness, outright violation of the Philippine constitution, and the subjugation of countries like the Philippines through US military, political and economic might. They themselves are putting into action the very reasons why the VFA must be scrapped, GABNet Secretary General Dorotea Mendoza said. They themselves are proving Bush and Macapagal Arroyos inadequacies as presidents, their disingenuous oath to serve the people of their respective nations. ### ======================================================= GABRIELA Network - Los Angeles Chapter A US-Philippine Women's Solidarity Mass Organization PO Box 3032 Cerritos, CA 90703-3032 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.gabnet.org ======================================================= *** GABRIELA Network is a Philippine-US women's solidarity organization since 1989. GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view. GABNet effects change through organizing, educating, fundraising, networking, and advocacy. GABRIELA stands for... General Assembly Binding women for Reform, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action It also commemorates Gabriela Silang, known as one of the first and fiercest women generals in the Philippines who led the longest series of successful revolts against 18th Century Spanish colonizers. GABNet-US is an all-volunteer organization of women with chapters in Chicago, Irvine, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco/Bay Area, Seattle and Washington D.C. *** ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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