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DESCRIPTION:Desaparecidos\n" A Cultural Tribute to the hundreds of who have been 
 abducted and disappeared in the Philippines "\n \nFEATURED SPEAKER:  EDITH 
 BURGOS,\nMOTHER OF DISAPPEARED JONAS BURGOS\n\n \nSaturday, March 15, 
 2008\n6pm - 9pm\nat the BAYANIHAN Community Center\n1010 Mission 
 Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94103\n \n$5 - $1,000\nSliding Scale Donation at 
 the Door\nNo one turned away for lack of funds\n \nPlease join the Filipino 
 community of San Francisco and peace-loving citizens with a night of 
 cultural performances, documentary film, discussion and welcoming the main 
 speaker, Edith Burgos, mother of missing Filipino land advocate Jonas 
 Burgos, and widow of the late Filipino press freedom-fighter Joe Burgos (We 
 Forum & Malaya).\nMs. Burgos will be kicking off her month-long national US 
 speaking tour with addressing members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, 
 D.C. and raising awareness of the American public in New York and 
 California (LA, SF, East Bay) different of her struggle for justice, not 
 only for her son but for all desparecidos (disappeared).\nSponsored 
 by:\nCommittee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CHRP)\nGMA WATCH: 
 Philippine Human Rights Monitoring Network\nNational Alliance for Filipino 
 Concerns (NAFCON)\n\nSilent Art auction will be held at the event to raise 
 proceeds towards the campaign for human rights in the Philippines. 
 Checkbooks are 
 encouraged.\n********************************************\nBrief 
 Background\nJonas Burgos, 36, is also an agriculturist who advocated for 
 farmers' rights in the Philippines. He is the son of the late press freedom 
 fighter and staunch anti-Martial Law advocate Jose Burgos, founder of the 
 popular We Forum and Malaya newspapers in the Philippines.\n\nJonas was 
 reportedly abducted by elements of the Philippine military in April2007 in 
 Quezon City. His case has become one of the highest profile politically 
 motivated abduction cases in the Philippines today. Military authorities 
 have been directed by the Court of Appeals, through the writ of amparo, to 
 disclose the whereabouts of the missing agriculturist. To date, however, 
 his entire family continues to be politically harassed for their advocacy 
 efforts, while Edith has gone to the UNHRC in Geneva and other institutions 
 appealing for international support and intervention on behalf of victims 
 of forced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and other human rights 
 violations.\n\nAs of December 2007, over 890 victims of extrajudicial 
 killings and nearly 300 victims of forced disappearances have been 
 documented since GMA took office in 2007. These disturbing facts have been 
 the subject of numerous reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights 
 Watch, the World Council of Churches, the EU Council and EU Parliament, 
 other human rights advocates and civil libertarians all over the world, and 
 even investigations by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Last year, 
 Prof. Philip Alston, the UN Special Reporter Extrajudicial Killings and 
 Summary Executions, submitted three reports on the Philippines that pointed 
 out the Philippine military's direct role as perpetrator of human rights 
 violations against social activists, interfaith leaders, human rights 
 volunteers, community leaders, legislative advocates, and civilian 
 communities.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/10/18484825.php
SUMMARY:Desaparecidos:Disappeared in the Philippines
LOCATION:BAYANIHAN Community Center\n1010 Mission Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94103
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/10/18484825.php
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