One year of Injustice

Please join us tomorrow: BAYAN METRO MANILA | FREE FERDINAND CASTILLO MOVEMENT PROTEST RALLY TO "FREE FERDINAND CASTILLO AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS" February 12, 2018 (Monday) 8:30AM to 10:00 AM Free All Political Prisoners Assembly and Press Conference St. Joseph Retreat Center Conference Room Loreto Church, Bustillos, Sampaloc, Manila 10:30 AM Free All Political Prisoners Unity Walk Loreto Church, Bustillos to Mendiola Bridge, Manila 11:00 AM Protest Rally to Free Ferdinand Castillo and All Political Prisoners Mendiola Bridge, Manila One year after the illegal arrest of Bayan Metro Manila Campaign Officer and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Comsultant, Ferdinand Castillo, his relatives and supporters will gather tomorrow in a press conference to campaign and call for the immediate release of Castillo and all political prisoners in the country. Castillo was arrested on February 12, 2017 in Sta. Quiteria, Caloocan City. Led by Bayan Metro Manila and the Free Ferdinand Castillo Movement, the groups will slam President Duterte over his failed campaign promise to release all political prisoners and the intensified attacks against progressive groups and continuing arrests of activists and NDFP consultants. The latest of the victim of the illegal arrest is NDFP consultant and labor leader, Rafael Baylosis last January 31. The groups will also announce their participation in a giant rally on February 24 in time for the anniversary of EDSA People Power 1. After the gathering and press conference at the Loreto Church, they will hold a Unity Walk going to Mendiola. Marchers will wear 100 faces of Castillo to depict that everyone can be like Castillo that is prone to illegal arrest under the Duterte presidency. Also in line with the recent updates on the International Criminal Court investigation against President Duterte, protesters will put Duterte inside a mock jail in Mendiola to symbolize their condemnation to Duterte’s dictatorial and tyrannical rule. #FreeFerdinandCastillo