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Philippines: shameless act of collaboration of the Arroyo regime and the U.S. governmentAnonyme, Wednesday, January 3, 2007 - 05:11 (Reportage ind. / Ind. news report | Droits / Rights / Derecho | Femmes / Women / Mujeres | Imperialism)
Task Force Subic Rape (TFSR)
"It's an utterly shameless act of collaboration of the Arroyo regime and the U.S. government." This was the statement of Myrla Baldonado, spokesperson of Task Force Subic Rape (TFSR) on the stealthy transfer of custody of Daniel Smith from the Makati City Jail to the U.S. Embassy. Brazen Arrogance of Power Members of TFSR and other organizations that supported the victim in "Clearly, Ambassador Kenney's earlier pronouncements that the U.S. The rally lambasted the U.S. government, as it called for the "Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) is equally answerable for this gross December 30, 2006 http://taskforcesubicrape.blogspot.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Smith was convicted in December of raping a Filipino woman, identified only as “Nicole�? to protect her privacy, while on leave from joint war games in the northern port of Subic. Three other US marines were acquitted. Washington demanded Smith be turned over to its embassy, citing the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) of 1998 which says that jurisdiction over any American soldier convicted of crimes while on official tour should reside with American authorities. But the Manila court which tried the case rejected that argument, stressing that rape was a "heinous" and non-bailable crime in this former American colony. It subsequently denied a request from Washington for custody of Smith. _____________________________________________________________________ Related articles: http://subicrapecase.wordpress.com/ http://www.akbayan.org/press_release_120406_nicole.htm http://www.labanngmasa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&...
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