PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rhonda Ramiro BAYAN-USA Secretary General secgen@bayanusa.org “This is a cover-up,” stated BAYAN-USA Chair Bernadette Ellorin in response to the release of a Resolution by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) on the case of the abduction and torture of Filipino American Melissa Roxas on May 19, 2009.  The result […]

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PRESS TRANSCRIPT The Human Rights Situation in the Philippines and the Case of Melissa Roxas On the afternoon of May 19, Melissa Roxas was abducted in the Philippines, along with her companions, John Edward Jandoc and Juanito Carabeo. An American citizen of Filipino descent, Melissa was part of a health services team preparing for a […]

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