Hindi Krimen Umuwi
Defend Mindoro
Release Chantal!
Defend Mindoro!
What happened?
Chantal Anicoche—a U.S. citizen and Filipino-American community leader from Maryland—remains detained by the Philippine military more than two weeks after her surfacing, despite no charges being filed against her. Anicoche went missing on January 1, following the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) indiscriminate aerial bombing and strafing over Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year's Day. Anicoche was in the community studying the conditions of the indigenous Mangyan-Iraya, who have long been targets of corporate land-grabbing in the name of "development" and "eco-tourism."
Messages from friends of Chantal
"There was no celebration the morning my friend, Chantal Anicoche, was 'rescued' by the military. The soldiers who rescued her carried high-powered assault rifles, and were from the very same military that bombed the community where she disappeared."
“Chantal, We are with you. We are inspired by your strength, and we are committed to fighting without end until we can assure your safety ourselves, as well as the welfare and safety of the communities you sought to learn from and serve.”
CALLS AND DEMANDS:
We call on Filipinos in the U.S. and our friends in solidarity to continue the fight to safely and immediately release Chantal and demand justice for those also impacted by the bombings—Jerlyn Doydora and the indigenous Mangyan community in Mindoro Occidental—especially as the AFP continues to deny the killings of Mangyan children, and the terror they inflict on the peoples of Mindoro as a whole.
Release Chantal Anicoche!
Justice for Jerlyn Doydora!
Justice for victims of the Cabacao Massacre!
Justice for the 188 families displaced by bombing!
Stop the bombings! Stop the killings! Stop the attacks!
End U.S.-backed violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Philippines!
End de facto martial law in Mindoro!
Join the over 6,000 people signing the petition demanding for Chantal’s release!
Let’s take action together!