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TOPIC: Martial Law: Torture & the Torturers

fred

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Date: Dec 16, 2007

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Military historian, Alfred McCoy, cites 3,257 extrajudicial killings, 35,000 torture victims and 70,000 incarcerated during the Marcos years. Thousand of Filipinos also fled overseas, mostly to the U.S. and Canada. Martial Law: Torture & the Torturers There can be no talk of martial law without mention of torture, for it played one of the most prominent parts in the Marcos dictatorships arsenal of terror. Very rare was the political prisoner of those times who was fortunate enough not to be tortured, physically or mentally. The widespread employment of torture on political prisoners during martial law is one aspect of the period that is not known to many people today. To many, even to some who claim to have lived through martial law, the period was simply one of quiet throughout the country, one when Filipinos were exceptionally well-behaved. Awareness of the prevalence and severity of torture during the martial law era should be enough to prevent anyone from justifying the declaration of PD 1081 on September 21, 1972, or any new form of martial law. (click here to read full article) __________________

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