‘Stop the human rights abuses:’ Marcos visit to Australia met with protests
‘Stop the human rights abuses:’ Marcos visit to Australia met with protests
By DOMINIC GUTOMAN
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – As President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. visits the Australian Parliament, Australian senators and Filipino rights groups staged a protest in the Australian capital outside Parliament Hill today, February 29.
While President Marcos addressed the joint session with a speech, Greens Senator Janet Rice held up a placard stating “Stop the human rights abuses.”
Senator Rice was then escorted out of Parliament for her brave act and later joined the Filipino groups protesting outside.
“President Marcos has continued the legacy of pervasive human rights abuses of his predecessors. Hundreds of political prisoners — including human rights defenders, trade unionists, environment defenders, and community and health workers — are facing trumped-up charges and the so-called anti-terrorism laws are nothing but a legal cover for extrajudicial killings and indiscriminate bombings of rural communities,” said the senator.
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