On May 19th, 2009 Melissa Roxas – a young Pinay writer, activist and community health worker, was abducted while on a medical mission in La Paz, Tarlac. Melissa was held against her will and tortured until she surfaced in Quezon City on May 25th, 2009.

Melissa is one of far too many victims of the epidemic of human rights abuses in the Philippines, perpetrated primarily by the Philippine military and exacerbated by US military aid, training and an agenda of fomenting conflict to destabilize community organizing and political dissent.

This song is dedicated to the campaign for justice for Melissa and to the work of BAYAN, BAYAN USA, Migrante and all other organizations seeking to end human rights abuses in the Philippines. For more information: http://bayanusa.org/
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