Read more about the article 50 years since Marcos dictatorship, Lumads continue to fight for their rights
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50 years since Marcos dictatorship, Lumads continue to fight for their rights

The country’s Lumads are still decrying the abuses inflicted on their tribe members fifty years ago, after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law on September 21, 1972.

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Read more about the article Wounds heal but trauma, pain remain – Martial law victims
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Wounds heal but trauma, pain remain – Martial law victims

A group of victims of human rights violations have called the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s martial law regime as “one of the bloodiest periods in Philippine history” and attested it can never be the ‘golden age.’

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Read more about the article Police arrested old, sickly activist leader on kidnapping, murder warrants
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Police arrested old, sickly activist leader on kidnapping, murder warrants

Police authorities have arrested an ailing senior citizen in Barangay Kinabjangan, Nasipit town, in Agusan del Norte on allegation that she was a member of the communist New People’s Army (NPA).

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