MEDIA ADVISORY: Dec 9 Press Conference - Blacklisted Americans to Marcos Government: Allow Political Advocates Entry
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Blacklisted Americans to Marcos Government: Allow Political Advocates Entry
On Tuesday, December 9 in Manila time, or Wednesday, December 10 in US time, three American human rights activists will hold a press conference to demand the Marcos government remove their names from the Bureau of Immigration's list of individuals barred from entering the Philippines and speak of the events preceding their blacklisting. They will be joined by Brandon Lee, a U.S. citizen who nearly passed from a brutal assassination attempt by Philippine military personnel in the Philippines Cordilleras in 2019.
WHAT: Press conference in support of activists currently barred from entering the Philippines, arranged by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines - US chapter (ICHRP-US) and Malaya Movement USA
WHEN:
• Manila: Wednesday, December 10, 7:00 AM
• New York: Tuesday, December 9, 6:00 AM
• Los Angeles: Tuesday, December 9, 3:00 PM
WHERE: Please register on Zoom no later than Tuesday 12/9 for Philippines participants or Monday 12/8 for U.S. participants via https://tinyurl.com/dec9blacklist
WHO:
• Julie Jamora, Secretary General of Malaya Movement USA, barred entry in November 2025
Copeland Downs, member of the Portland Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, barred entry in October 2024
• Gordon Mutch, Deputy Secretary General Internal of ICHRP-US and member of Starbucks Workers United, barred entry in April 2025
• Brandon Lee, survivor of an assassination attempt in August 2019 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Chair of ICHRP-US
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