JUSTICE FOR PH

america • hongkong • puerto rico

HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS SINCE
LOCKDOWN
(MARCH 16, 2020):

"SO YOU'RE... ANTI-
ANTI-TERRORIST?"

Much to our confusion, the Anti-Terrorism Bill was declared urgent by our president in the middle of a healthcare crisis, and had, within a week, been all but signed. On the second of June, 2020, as the Anti-Terrorism Bill was being discussed and justified, lawmakers used the Black Lives Matter movement as an example of terrorist acts in America. The next day it was put to a vote and approved, 173-31. We, the Filipino people, are disgusted by this defamation of a demand for justice, and outraged at the unconstitutional provisions in this bill that will allow law enforcement to further abuse their authority.

Under this bill, warrantless arrests can be made with impunity, as can

"Under this bill..."

It has become clearer than ever to us that that too many of those in seats of power do not care for human rights in the slightest, and are choosing to capitalize on a global pandemic, alongside the grief and suffering of minorities and the outcry for justice, to do the very opposite.

All this comes after our pleas for #SolusyongMedikalHindMilitar (Medical, Not Military Solutions) when our government's first response to the pandemic was to station armed soldiers and police to enforce a sudden lockdown with no social distancing precautions or medical supervision, [stranding many of the working class as borders were blocked off].


Since the pandemic started, we have been speaking up for mass testing, and the inclusion of the marginalized in emergency plans. When lockdown began, many homeless were arrested.

"The Terror Bill is the ultimate gaslight. Filipinos are being told they need protection against terrorism by those who have been terrorizing them."

The Philippine government, even beyond the current administration, has an extensive history of oppressing the people and framing unlawful arrests, police brutality, planted guns, and even murder as actions "taken in the best interest of national security and public safety". While we definitely do not share the same experiences black people do in terms of racial discrimination from our police, the excuses used to criminalize the victim (in our case, the poor) are often taken from the same script:

Nanlaban yan. They resisted. Adik naman ata eh. They looked like an addict anyway. Ba't hindi nalang kasi siya sumunod? Why didn't they just comply?

Beyond just not being racist (the barest minimum there is), we stand in solidarity with everyone who has been oppressed by a heartless, fascist system under the guise of protecting the public. We see you. We hear you. We will never understand exactly what it's like for you, but we love you, and we will raise our voices for you too.

POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES:

"SO YOU'RE... ANTI-
ANTI-TERRORIST?"

Listen. I know how it sounds. For you to understand how terrible this is, I can show you (some) of how far back this goes. Yes, this informal paragraph is rather strange next to the rest of this site. I am anxious. I am coping. And I need you to know there are real, hurting people behind these links. If you care to see it, here is a short, very generalized walkthrough of some of our worst history.

To this day people defend Ferdinand Marcos, saying our country had never been so neat and presentable. But that's exactly all it was: image. Underneath our infrastructure projects and the glamourous parties with imported sand the first lady held were thousands of torture victims, the [death of freedom of speech], and our country sinking into over $800 billion into debt by the time we exiled him through the EDSA People Power Revolution. For nine years we were under martial law. On the plus side, street crime rates lowered (yay?) ...as we suffered crimes against humanity. And while we suffered, they stole billions from us and went shopping.

FOR BAIL

#FREECEBU7
"Our fellow protesters were taken after we knelt to show solidarity for #BlackLivesMatter... intel entered the campus and guards helped them disperse us."

(@mndlangl, June 5, 2020)

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