The significance of the case of Jose Maria Sison goes far beyond the Netherlands, given the process of unification of EC rules and the pressures applied by the governments of the Philippines and the
LETTERS and messages of protest against the rejection of Jose Maria
Sison's application for political asylum should be sent to the Dutch Ministry of Justice at the following address:
Minister of Justice of the Netherlands
Postbus 20301
2500 EH Den Haag
The Netherlands
A committee in defence of Filipino political refugees in the Netherlands has been set up following the decision. Copies of letters and messages to the Ministry should be sent to the following address:
Steuncomite Filippijnse Vluchtelingen
Postbus 9376
3506 GJ Utrecht
The Netherlands
1. In 1987 Amnesty International published an alarming report on the proliferation of para-military groups of all sorts in the Philippines and their actions (see /V
141).
2. See on this subject, Michael Hainz: "La politique européene d'accueil des refugiés" Etudes, May 1990 and Béatrice Rayman, "The Schengen Wall" in /V 189.
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3. Letter from Amnesty International (Nederland) to J.
M. Sison, dated July 3, 1990.
October 29, 1990 • #193 International Viewpoint of new peace negotiations with the milltary extreme right as well as with the National Democratic Front (NDF) and Communist Party, A government spokesperson, Jose Yap, has gone to the Netherlands to meet the NDF's representatives, among them Luis Jalandoni, the Front's vice-president for international affairs. Jose Sison has also been consulted. * This decision therefore sets a precedent with implications for other European