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Chicago, IL - I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights. ....
You Are Here:Home → 2020 → December → 14 → Romina Astudillo: Campus journalist turned union organizer Romina Astudillo: Campus journalist turned union organizer By JUSTIN UMALI SANTA ROSA, Laguna – In 2016, Romina Astudillo proclaimed to the world, “I am here because we have a world to win.” Sham, as friends and colleagues called her, lived by those words. At that time, she was the second nominee for Kabataan Party-list in the 2016 elections. Shortly after that, she helped organize trade unions around Metro Manila. Last International Human Rights Day, December 10, elements of the Philippine National Police used a search warrant signed by Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 89 to raid the unit she was staying at. Police reportedly found firearms and explosives and promptly arrested her alongside two other trade union organizers. ....