BALAY shows a film that merges past & present in remembering martial law The past continues to haunt nation even as it is once again confronted with a breakdown in the rule of law. This is a tragic commentary that was highlighted in the BALAY-sponsored showing of the film Respeto at the Cine Adarna Theater…
Artist group organizing film screenings in schools slams ‘red-tagging’ DAKILA, the artist-activist group behind the Active Vista Human Rights Film Festival, condemns the ‘red-tagging’ of the Duterte administration of schools, youth, artists and groups organizing Martial Law-themed film screenings. DAKILA, a group known to organize film screenings complemented with discussions on social messages of the…
Revisiting 1 year of tyranny and social insufficiency in Mindanao WE DEMAND the immediate lifting of Martial Law to end military rule that further oppressed the toiling people of Mindanao. As we observe, said year of military rule in Mindanao brought widespread human rights violations and intense militarization over the island. We would like to…
Youth showed force in a Millennial Throwback Forum organized by Balay Rehabilitation Center during the national day of protest Various youth groups and young individuals from different universities and organizations flocked at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Auditorium in the morning of September 21 to listen to first-hand experiences of Martial Law survivors during the…
Press Statement iDefend-Davao September 22, 2017 Hypocrite We deplore the highhanded questioning of the CSSDO on the young participants of yesterday’s picket-rally on the commemoration of imposition of martial law 45 years ago. We do not doubt the mandate of the office to provide services especially to the children and the youth. Mrs. Maria Luisa…
TFDP calls for Filipinos to oppose violent policies of the Government, resist dictatorship! Rights group calls for the Filipino people to oppose President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent policies and resist dictatorship in a press conference in Quezon City on September 19, 2017. In line with the 45th commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law, Task Force…
A GAME OF TROLLS https://web.facebook.com/events/2004275136470312/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D DAKILA in cooperation with the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the Active Vista present A GAME OF TROLLS, a Martial Law Musical for Millennials on September 16, 2017, Saturday, 8:00 pm at the PETA Theater Center, 5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City. A GAME OF TROLLS, #aGoT the…
No To Legalized Impunity Through a Fraudulent Martial Law! Justice and Solidarity for the Bangsamoro People and Other Victims of State Repression! Despite questionable constitutional grounds and fraudulent claims of gory crimes committed by the so-called Maute “terrorist group”, the Supreme Court recently upheld, by an overwhelming majority, President Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in…
July 4, 2017 Statement of Kalipunan ng mga Kilusang Masa Left with a Lone Dissenter, the SC reminds The Filipino People of Marcosian Court The decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, as government response to armed conflict that escalated in the city of Marawi, is not the…
Never Again, Never Forget 19 November 2016 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the cemetery of national heroes, in the Philippines. The burial of Marcos conveys a distressing message, not only to Filipinos but also to people’s movements all…
Remember the Assault on Women during Martial Law Resist a Return to Tyranny The Marcos fascist regime, which meant 14 years of terror to the Filipino people, inflicted some of the most inhuman state-sponsored violence against women (VAW) on the biggest number of Filipinas since WWII. This should be one big reason for women and…
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines is outraged by this sneaky burial of a plunderer, dictator and human rights violator. We hold the Duterte administration responsible for this latest insult to the victims of martial law and to the valiant struggle of our people to bring down the conjugal dictatorship. The Marcoses and their ilk…
Like a thief in the night, the dictator’s corpse is snuck into the Libingan ng mga Bayani in lightning fashion, to avoid the protests that would surely accompany it to the grave. Until the end the Marcos family displays their characteristic treachery on the Filipino people with no regard for the victims of Martial Law.…
Dakila Launches The Digital Museum of Martial Law in the Philippines http://www.MartialLaw.ph On September 21, 2016, 44 years after the signing of Proclamation No. 1081 that put the Philippines under Martial Law, Dakila, a group of artists working on human rights, launched the Digital Museum of Martial Law in the Philippines. The Digital Museum of…
End the Killings. Uphold Human Rights. Defend Democracy Today is the International Day of Peace. Development and peace go together, and this is why the United Nations sees as central to the achievement of sustainable development the drastic reduction of all forms of violence, the promotion of the rule of law, and equal access to…
COMMENTARY: Duterte and the ghosts of Plaza Miranda By: James Ross @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer September 8, 2016 Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 21, 1971, three grenades were tossed at the speaker’s podium in Manila’s Plaza Miranda, where thousands had gathered for an opposition rally. Nine people were killed and at least 100 wounded in…
Our History: The Marcos Legacy. ISINUKA NA, ISUSUBO PA ULI by Martial Law Chronicles Martial Law Chronicles Human Rights Online Philippines does not hold copyright over these materials. Author/s and original source/s of information are retained including the URL contained within the tagline and byline of the articles, news information, photos etc.
The Martial Law Chronicles Project The Martial Law Chronicles is a joint project by the Freedom for Media Alternatives (FMA) and the Martial Law Chronicles Team; and endorsed by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF SYSTEMATIC HISTORICAL REVISIONISM (NEGATIONISM) IN SOCIAL MEDIA, IT IS TIME THAT WE ADDRESS THIS…
Unique obstacle run to relive Martial Law period Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in that dark period of our nation’s history when the free press was shut down, the voice of the people was suppressed, and thousands of Filipinos were abducted, tortured and summarily executed? The University of the Philippines…
PNoy approves six-month extension of deadline for Martial Law claims application Three months after the November 10, 2014 deadline expiration, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has approved Joint Resolution No. 3 extending for six months the deadline for Martial Law claims application to May 2015. Joint Resolution No. 3 is the consolidation of Senate Joint…
