STOP THE WAR IN MINDANAO
Proof of MNLF coddling JI and ASG must be presented US Troops Out

As hostilities between the Philippine military and the Moro National Liberation front escalate in Mindanao, we from the Stop the War   Coalition – Philippines, a broad coalition of social movements, NGOs,  and other organizations, join the call for an immediate ceasefire, a return to the negotiating table, and full, substantive, and meaningful self-determination for the Moros, indigenous, and other oppressed peoples in Mindanao.

We demand convincing and unequivocal proof behind the government’s reason for its military offensive – i.e. that the Moro National  Liberation Front is coddling ‘terrorists.’ We reject the manipulative use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ against the Moro people and we reject military solutions to address the said threat.

We demand the immediate withdrawal of the US troops who have been  permanently stationed in Mindanao
since 2002 and we demand that they  play absolutely no role whatsoever – whether in providing   intelligence or assisting in operations – in the ongoing conflict.

We call for justice for all those who have been killed, tortured, or detained and we demand accountability and punishment for all perpetrators.

We demand relief and rehabilitation for all those who have been displaced by the war, protection for all civilians, and compensation for all those who have been affected.

We call on the media to report on the war fairly and accurately. We demand that journalists refrain from being the mouthpiece of the military and we demand that they should have the courage to challenge and verify the military’s claims.

We call for the full implementation of the peace agreements and we call for the expulsion of hawks in the military and in the government who have been working to undermine it. We demand the immediate release of Nur Misuari who has been illegally detained for five years without any trial.

Read the Report Unconventional Warfare: Are US Special Forces Engaged in an ‘Offensive War’ in the Philippines? and see the Video

We stand in solidarity with all those who stand for lasting peace and genuine self-determination.

Stop the War Coalition-Philippines
17 April 2007

 

Members:

Alliance of Genuine Labor Organizations (AGLO)

AKBAYAN!

Akbayan! Youth

Alab Katipunan

Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL)

ALMANA

ALYANSA!

Anak Mindanao Party (AMIN)

APPRA

ASAP

ASSALAM Bangsamoro

ASSALAM Party

Bagong Kamalayan Collective, Inc

Bangsamoro People’s Solidarity

Billah Islam

BISIG-Youth

Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)

Coalition Against Trafficking of Women Asia Pacific (CATW-AP)

Filipino Democratic Movement (FilDem)

Focus on the Global South

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)

Gathering for Peace

Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD)

International South Group Network(ISGN)

Juan Makata

Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission – Association of

Major Religious Superiors in thePhilippines

K! Kalayaan NCR-BLC

KAAKBAY AFDM

Kagan People’s Forum – Mindanao

KAISA KA

KALAYAAN

KANLUNGAN

Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya

KOMPAK

Laban ng Masa (LnM)

League of Urban Poor for Action

Liga Manggagawa

MAKABAYAN Pilipinas

Movement for Student Power (MASP)

PANGISDA

Partido Manggagawa

People’s Task Force for Bases Clean UP Philippines

Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement

Philippine Peace and Security Council

Pambansang Kaisahan ng Magbubukid saPilipinas (PKMP)

PKSK

Progressive Organization of Worker Advocates (PRO-WORKER)

Resource Center for People’s Development (RCPD)

Samahan ng Demokratikong Kabataan (SDK)

SANLAKAS

Solidarity of Unions and Labor Organizations for a New Government

(SULONG)

Task Force Subic Rape

Teatrong Bayan

TW-MAE-W

UP ALYANSA

UP Assabiyah

UP-IIS

Women and Gender Commission AMRSP

Women and Gender Institute

Women’s Legal Bureau, Inc

YES to Change!

Young Moro Professionals Network

Youth for Nationalism and Democracy
(YND)

 

 

ENDORSED BY (as of 18 April 2007):

Asian Women Human Rights Council-Philippines

Balay Rehabilitation Center

CONZARRD Inc.

GZO Peace Institute

Jihad-al-Akbar Org

Lolas Kampanyera Comfort Women Survivors Group

Mindanao Solidarity Network

Wedpro Inc.

Xaverian Missionaries

 

 

(Individuals)

Fr. Archie Casey SX

Lennard Daoud P Tan

Sheila May Tan

 

 

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