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Defend Our Sisters! Drop trumped-up chargesagainst Jacq Ruiz!

The International Women's Alliance denounces the acts of the Marcos Government in the Philippines to issue arrest warrants against Jacq Ruiz, Spokesperson of Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK), and Jerome Adonis, chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU). The warrants claim that Ruiz and Adonis violated Article 153 of the Revised Penal Code in connection with this year’s Labor Day protest, but these fabricated charges and warrants only expose the US-Marcos regime’s fear of the militant labor and women’s movement being built in the Philippines.

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