Tag: martial law
Philippine church, activist groups mark martial law anniversary with protests
Protesters said the anniversary of the declaration of martial law on Sept. 21 serves as a reminder that atrocities continue to this day
Filipino Catholic priest recalls suffering during dark days of martial law
Redemptorist Father Amado Picardal was a seminarian when he first experienced the “brutality" of what he describes as a “fascist regime"
Never again to martial law
The nation should resolutely oppose any move to return to tyranny and one-man rule and uphold the protection of human rights
Under Marcos, Negros’ lush sugar lands turned red
A system of injustice had propped up the elite of Negros’ monocrop economy for more than a century
Philippine veteran activists lead protest rally on dictator’s birth anniversary
The years of martial law in the 1970s “is a painful reminder” for many church people who died and went missing during the Marcos years
Bishop Bacani tutol sa panukalang pagkilala kay dating pangulong Marcos
Ayon sa obispo, hindi mababago ng papuri at pagkilala ang katotohanan ng pagiging diktador ni Marcos.
Philippine anti-terrorism law can be worse than martial law
Retired Justice Antonio Carpio: "The Anti-Terrorism Act is likely to lead to a 'permanent situation ... that is worse than martial law'"
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