“There is a lack of consciousness among parents, teachers, and the entire community to impart to today’s youth the horrors of martial law. We have high hopes that this could be of help to change that.”
“We will not allow both the Marcoses and the Aquinos to reshape our history…”
Two weeks ago in Dakar, Senegal a special inter-African court appointed by the African Union wound up the trial of Hissene Habre, the former president/dictator of Chad (1982-1990), for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture. International legal observers say the prosecution, which urged life imprisonment for the dictator and confiscation of all of his…
“What was restored 30 years ago and continues to this day are only the trappings of elite democracy – periodic elections, Congress and a Constitution that guarantees civil liberties. The people demand more than that. They demand genuine freedom and democracy that goes beyond the mere holding of elections.”
Why did not the administrations after Marcos ensure an accurate account of the Marcos dictatorship in history books ?
A gathering of martial law activists and victims pledged to keep retelling their painful stories, so the younger generation would not let these happen again.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective There is a new movement that vows to reach out to the youth. The only thing is, those who gathered during the launching last February 4 were not young but were mainly comprised of white haired women and men. This is not surprising since those in attendance were mainly victims…
A campaign aims to educate the youth on the horrors of martial law, and how it could happen again with the election of the Marcos Dictator’s son as vice president.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In a single day, military intelligence operatives rounded up over 50 suspected “subversives” in Manila, herded them inside a military camp’s officers’ clubhouse, and subjected each one to prolonged interrogation. Those who resisted answering or wouldn’t provide the desired information were physically tortured. A…
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last September, at the onset of the “ber” months which usually evoke happy thoughts of Christmas, I wrote here about the dark prospects shadowing the yearend instead – intensifying militarization, political repression, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights violations. Twin calls were then raised…
If history repeats itself in 2016 and beyond, this time as farce, the joke would be on every Filipino…