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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	GOOD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY\nSeptember 18, 
 2006\n\nContact: Rhonda Ramiro, BAYAN-USA, 415.377.2599 or 
 rramiro@gmail.com\n\nOn Sept. 21 Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial 
 Law, Filipinos in Bay Area to Protest Political Killings in the 
 Philippines\n\nLocal demonstration part of internationally-coordinated day 
 of action condemning murders of 752 people\n\nSAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, 
 California—Politically-motivated killings in the Philippines under 
 President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo reached 752 as of mid-September and 
 continue to be committed at the rate of one every three days.  To protest 
 the escalation in murders, Filipinos and their allies in the Bay Area will 
 conduct a Candlelight March at 4 PM on Thursday, September 21, 2006 in San 
 Francisco.  The march will start at the intersection of Powell and Market 
 Street at 4 PM, proceed up Powell Street to the Philippine Consulate at 447 
 Sutter Street at 4:30 PM, and conclude with a vigil in front of the 
 Philippine Consulate from 4:45-5:30 PM. \n \nThe protest action on Sept. 21 
 marks the 34th anniversary of the Ferdinand Marcos administration's 
 declaration of Martial Law in 1972.  The event is part of an 
 internationally-coordinated global day of action on September 21 condemning 
 political killings in the Philippines under the questionable administration 
 of President Arroyo.  BAYAN-USA, one of the sponsors of the march, asserts 
 that today there is an undeclared martial law in the Philippines, as 
 evidenced by the sharp rise in politically-motivated killings, abductions 
 and enforced disappearances of activists associated with organizations who 
 oppose Arroyo’s policies.  The march will commemorate victims of Marcos' 
 reign of terror as well as call attention to de facto martial law 
 conditions under the Arroyo regime.  Pictures of recent victims including 
 students, priests, journalists, union leaders, human rights workers, 
 peasants, and other ordinary civilians will be displayed and candles will 
 be lit in their honor.  \n\n"Many of us came here precisely because the 
 conditions in our beloved homeland were unbearable. Many fled to escape the 
 tyranny of Marcos and US-instigated martial rule. Now Arroyo has 
 resurrected the darkest days in our nation's history and made it our 
 reality once again. She has been able to do so with the sponsorship of US 
 military aid and weaponry," states Chito Quijano, Vice-Chair of BAYAN-USA 
 and a union organizer in Los Angeles. "The world will not stay silent as 
 the killings continue in the Philippines, especially those of us taxpayers 
 in the US whose dollars are funding such day-to-day 
 atrocities."\n\nSame-day actions will also take place in Canada, the 
 Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Brussels. An 
 Arroyo visit to Hawaii last week already unfurled the first of a 
 domino-effect of US protests that will take place next week.  International 
 human rights watchdogs such as Amnesty International, Asian Human Rights 
 Watch, and the World Council of Churches have issued reports and statements 
 condemning the killings..\n\nThis action is sponsored by BAYAN-USA, League 
 of Filipino Students (SF State) and babae, and co-sponsored by the 
 International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and the National Alliance 
 for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON).\n\nSchedule of events:\n4:00 pm - meet at 
 Powell and Market (North side of Market near Cable Car stop) \n4:30 pm - 
 Candlelight March to Philippine Consulate (447 Sutter St. @ Powell) \n5:00 
 pm - Speak out and commemorate victims of political killings at Philippine 
 Consulate \n5:30 pm - March to Civic Center to join the Interfaith Candle 
 Light Vigil & Declaration of Peace activity on the occasion of 
 International Peace Day\n\nFor more information about the San Francisco 
 march, contact Rhonda Ramiro at 415.377.2599.  For more information about 
 international protest actions visit www.bayan.ph.\n\n###\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/20/18312819.php
SUMMARY:SF: Candlelight March to Protest Political Killings in Philippines
LOCATION:Corner of Powell and Market and then march to Philippine Consulate @ 447 
 Sutter Street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/20/18312819.php
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