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'Filipinos from all over the world mobilized and organized to save Mary Jane Veloso.... There are causes worth fighting for.'
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MOTHER'S APPEAL. Celia Veloso participates in a picket at the Mendiola Peace Arch to hand over a letter of appeal for the release of her daughter Mary Jane Veloso to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and then-Indonesian president Joko Widodo, on January 10, 2024.'Filipinos from all over the world mobilized and organized to save Mary Jane Veloso.... There are causes worth fighting for.
Everything that happened after followed the playbook of Philippine politics in this age of psy-ops, trolling, and elections happening six months from now — and against the backdrop of an election somewhere else where a cocky and polarizing felon won a resounding mandate. If you’re not yet satiated by what you’ve watched and gossiped about,— not blessed with power, pedigree, or patrons — who has been locked up for over a decade in an Indonesian jail simply because she is poor.
Because Filipinos from all over the world mobilized and organized to save her. Oh, it was a glorious time when social media was seen as a potent force for change and citizens were sharing the same sets of facts and truths. . Two days later, the appeal had become the fastest growing petition on Change.org, gathering more than 162,000 signatures and sparking a global conversation on the fate of human trafficking victims.
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