Hundreds protest outside US embassy in Manila against Trump

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Hundreds protest outside US embassy in Manila against Trump




Protesters display anti US President-elect Donald Trump placards while marching outside the US embassy in metro Manila, Philippines on Jan 20, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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MANILA (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) – Hundreds of Filipinos converged on the US embassy on Friday (Jan 20) to denounce Mr Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration as president of the United States, accusing him of sexism, racism and xenophobia.

Chanting “Dump Trump”, the protesters from leftist groups also expressed concerns that Mr Trump was a threat to the millions of Filipino immigrants living in the United States.

“It is alarming to know that an accused sexual predator, a known racist, sexist, xenophobic man is assuming the presidency of the strongest capitalist country in the world,” Ms Joms Salvador, secretary-general of women’s group Gabriela, said.

“The decades of struggle of women across the world to fight for their rights is threatened by Trump’s presidency.”

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[dalton99a]

1. Duterte is probably going to hunt them down tomorrow.