University of Hawai'i at Manoa

SEMINAR

War and Human Rights in the Philippines:        Implications for Hawaii

by Marie Hilao-Enriquez

Monday, January 27, 20033:30-5: 00 p.m.
UHM Moore 319

 

Ms. Enriquez will address such questions as

• What has been the impact of the escalating U.S. war in the Philippines?
• Why is the U.S. widening its war in the Philippines?
• What is the connection between the military expansion in Waikane Valley and other locations in Hawaii and the U.S. war in the Philippines?

Marie Hilao-Enriquez is the Secretary General of KARAPATAN, an alliance of non-government organizations (NGOs) and a leading human rights advocacy and monitoring group in the Philippines. She helped file a landmark class action suit in a federal court in Hawaii on behalf of the victims of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. KARAPATAN recently organized fact-finding missions to Basilan and Sulu in the southern Philippines, where the U.S. conducted joint military exercises with the Philippine military.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Philippine Studies, the Department of Ethnic Studies, and the Philippine Workers Support Committee. For more information, call Dean Alegado at 956-6915.

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