“Stopping the reparation and recognition of our claims may be tantamount to non-acknowledgement of victims of martial law.”
Martial law victims hit OSG for blocking claims distribution
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Martial law victims start claiming compensation
Hundreds of Martial Law human rights violations victims trooped to the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City Friday to start claiming their compensations. Following the release of the initial list of 4,000 eligible claimants by the Human Rights Victims Claims Board earlier this month, cheques are now being distributed to survivors of Martial Law…
5 testimonies you should read about Martial Law
Over the years, Bulatlat interviewed many activists who fought the Marcos dictatorship. Here are just five of the most powerful testimonies. “Every night they took 10 men, made them dig their graves, then shot them dead. Every night they also took 10 women to the boat, and raped them.” — Abunawas Kali Abunawas Kali was…
SC allows hero’s burial for Marcos
“Don’t they know Marcos was a convicted plunderer and human rights violator?”
The ‘green’ martyrs of Martial Law
“Environmental heroes and martyrs like Kalinga chieftain Macli-ing Dulag and Calaca fisherfolk leader Erning Castillano sacrificed their lives in the struggles against these destructive projects.”
#NoMoreMarcos | ‘Moros were killed like chickens during Martial Law’
“We, Bangsamoros, cannot forgive because those responsible for Martial Law have never been brought to justice.”
Martial law activists warn Aquino vs ‘doing a Marcos’
“We ousted a dictator before. We can do it again!” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of the Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Selda)
Martial law victims demand formation of Claims Board
President Aquino signed Republic Act No. 10368 on February 25 during the 27th anniversary of EDSA I uprising that toppled Marcos. But up to now, the Aquino government has not taken the first crucial step: forming the Claims Board.
Dark legacy
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld “The bill should make us realize that never again should we allow the atrocities of the Marcos regime to happen in this country.” The “bill” Senator Francis Escudero was referring to is the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, which both houses of Congress…
Aquino urged to indemnify victims, free all political prisoners
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Like President Benigno S. Aquino III’s father, they too were imprisoned, even worse, tortured during the dark days of martial law. Unlike Commission on Human Rights chairwoman Loretta Ann Rosales, they did not call on the youth to go to the library to learn the lessons of martial…
Martial Law Victims Insulted by Exclusion from List of Compensation Claimants
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Out of the 9,539 original complainants in a class action suit filed against the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, only 7,526 victims would receive compensation. “Are they telling us that we are not genuine victims? Where is justice for us?” said martial-law victim Carlos Bolito, 60, after learning he was not included in the list of claimants.