Justice for Jemboy and Rowe! Hold the PNP and AFP accountable!

Malaya Movement USA statement on the murder of Jemboy Baltazar and Rowe Jhon Libot

Malaya Movement USA is raising alarm around the murders of 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar by members of the Philippine National Police and indigenous teacher Rowe Jhon Libot by members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

On July 24, Marcos Jr. will give his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) flanked by over 25,000 police officers in Quezon City. Like his previous SONA and many of his speeches since he took office last year, Marcos Jr. will no doubt skirt the real issues the people are facing, in favor of making empty proclamations and detrimental promises.

Malaya Movement USA welcomes the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decisions to both resume its investigation into crimes against humanity committed under the Philippine government’s “war on drugs” and reject the Philippine government’s appeal to block that investigation. The announcement means respect for the humanity of the poorest Filipinos prevails over vile attempts by the Marcos-Duterte political alliance to escape justice.

Malaya Movement USA condemns in the strongest possible terms the unjust designation of 4 activists from the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) as terrorists by the Anti-Terror Council (ATC). The ATC designated these individuals as terrorists without public hearing or due process in order to intimidate, harass, and suppress their critical voices into silence. The CPA and the 4 individuals have been subjected to years long harassment by state forces already. This latest attack is indicative of the worsening political repression under Marcos Jr.

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Malaya Movement USA and GABRIELA USA call on META and Twitter to follow the example of Google and shut down known labor and sex trafficker Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy’s pages from its platforms, including the pages of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI).

Malaya Movement USA decries the Marcos Jr. regime's sham anti-fake news campaign. It is laughable and insulting that Marcos Jr, one of the chief benefactors of a coordinated, decades long campaign to revise and rewrite history, would stamp his name on such a campaign.