Forum on the dramatic human rights situation in the Philippines

Forum on the dramatic human rights situation in the Philippines

Rome, Italy 25 Nov. 2018

Sor Arlene Casas, Sisters of our Lady of Sion was guest speaker in a forum organized by the Italo-Pilipino Friendship Association (IPFA) in collaboration with Umangat Migrante of Rome, discussed the expulsion of Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian missionary working in Manila, Pjilippines and the current human rights situation in the country.

Sister Arlene described the Lumad struggles for their homelands, the fight of the peasants and workers for a just working conditions and salaries, and how the regime in the country countered their struggles with violent human rights violations.

The discussions was welcomed by the Italians and other nationalities who attended the forum expressing their solidarity with the Philippine indigenous people and workers for their just struggles.

A Ibrahim from Mali expressed the striking similarities in the national conditions in his own homeland. The Spanish Americans concurred that the situation is global and called for a strong solidarity and common struggle.

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