RP protesters denounce Hillary

Mon, 25 Nov 1996 | Source: REUTERS

MANILA (Reuter): Police swiftly dispersed a small group of Filipino feminists who staged a protest yesterday denouncing U.S. first lady Hillary Clinton.

Mrs Clinton, accompanying her husband to the Asia-Pacific trade summit that the Philippines is hosting, was giving a speech in a Manila hotel two blocks from the protest.

Mrs Clinton called in her address for the empowerment of the region's women but the 30 Filipino protesters said she didn't mean what she said.

"Hillary Clinton merely parrots pro-women concerns but in essence is a tool of imperialists," a spokesperson for the protesters told reporters. The protesters were dispersed by truckloads of riot police

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