Save the Life of Mary Jane Veloso! End Human Trafficking!

April 27, 2015

Reference: Vince Casilihan, Karapatan-Bikol spokesperson

Detained OFW Mary Jane Veloso must not be charged and executed, but rather be sent to her home country. She deserves justice and due process.

Karapatan-Bikol together with all other progressive organizations in Bicol call on the Indonesian government to halt the execution. Mary Jane is a victim of human trafficking and drug trafficking, not a drug trafficker.

Those who recruited and manipulated Mary Jane should be pursued, prosecuted, and convicted--not Mary Jane, who is a desperate and vulnerable victim of Human Trafficking.

To show our deepest support and campaign, progressive organizations in different parts of Bicol region hold symbolic activities and vigils that showed strong display of national solidarity for Mary Jane who faces the death penalty for a crime that she did not commit.

There were held vigils in Plaza Quince Martires and Balatas, Naga City. In Naga City: Candle Lighting was also held in Caramarines Sur and in Daet, Camarines Norte. Same support to Mary Jane are also visible in other provinces like Albay and Sorsogon.

We call on the Filipino people to remain vigilant and to keep up the public pressure on the Aquino government and the Indonesian government to stop the Mary Jane’s execution.

Let us continuously support the family of Mary Jane, her parents and two kids. No children should be made to suffer through their mother’s execution, especially be deprived with life for Mary Jane.

Because there are no economic opportunities in the country, Mary Jane was forced to work abroad, being the latest victim of human trafficking.
 
With connivance from labor recruiters and foreign employers, the government is being exploiting the migrants to human trafficking and drug trafficking, mostly from families of workers and peasants..

The Aquino regime just worsening the human rights violations on part of the OFWs because of encouraging the labor export policy that only favors foreign companies.This foreign companies only cover-up the country’s deepening domestic economic crisis.

Let the world know that the Bicolanos are among the Filipino people who stand for Mary Jane. Let us stand and end Human Trafficking!

Save Mary Jane Veloso!