Tag: torture
Remembering martial law: The years of torture and pain
“They even covered my head with a plastic bag. There were even times when they used my ears and face as an ashtray.”
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
Torture degrades victims and perpetrators
Despite the ratification of a UN treaty banning torture, human rights experts say the practice continues around the world today
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