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[Event] Annual Honoring of Martyrs and Heroes | Bantayog ng mga Bayani

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Annual Honoring of Martyrs and Heroes

We present four more heroes and martyrs of the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. On November 30, Andres Bonifacio day, we will unveil their names on the Wall of Remembrance.

#NeverAgainNeverForget

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[Statement] DUTERTE, RESIGN NOW! The Philippines Needs a Government of National and Popular Unity -LNM

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DUTERTE, RESIGN NOW! The Philippines Needs a Government of National and Popular Unity

(Statement of Laban ng Masa, on the 48th Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law, Sept. 21, 2020)

Laban ng Masa, a coalition of socialist organizations and individuals, joins the rest of the country in marking the 48th anniversary of the beginning of a dark period in our history. With everyone, we say, “Never again.”

Today, the threat of dictatorship again looms large.

The eyes of many of our compatriots, however, have now been opened to the dark intentions of the Duterte regime. Instrumental in making our people understand this has been the glaring contrast between the gross incompetence the administration has displayed in protecting the country from Covid 19 and the swift and drastic moves it has made to institute the so-called Anti-Terrorism Act, destroy ABS-CBN, and convict dissenting journalists. Containing Covid 19 is not Duterte’s priority. His priority is monopolizing political power.

He will not succeed because our people stand in the way.

At this time of national crisis, the Filipino people need fresh leadership since Duterte has already abdicated his responsibility to provide this and is now simply looking out for himself.

LnM joins the national chorus that is demanding Duterte’s departure so our people can form, not another corrupt, elite-dominated regime, but a government of national and popular unity to provide effective government as we undergo one of the deepest crises in our history.

Laban ng Masa says, Duterte resign!

Now!

Read at press conference of coalition of anti-dictatorship organizations on Sept 18, 2020, by Raquel Castillo, LnM National Coordinator
Tel. 0998 869 7209

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[Event] Human rights groups, grassroots activists and civil society organizations launch protest marking the anniversary of the declaration of martial law

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Human rights groups, grassroots activists and civil society organizations launch protest marking the anniversary of the declaration of martial law

Quezon City- Human rights groups, grassroots activists and civil society organizations launched in a press conference (September 18, 2020) a joint protest commemorating forty-eight years since the declaration of martial law by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The groups gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to hold memorial rites at the Wall of Remembrance and deliver public statements.

Participants also announced plans to hold a public program on Monday, the anniversary of Marcos’ signing of the declaration of martial law, which includes a mock tribunal against the Duterte government, cultural presentations and other creatives for public participation.

The protesters condemned the role that President Duterte actively plays in rehabilitating the reputation of the Marcos family. Recently the House of Representatives has approved a draft bill designating September 11, the late strongman’s birthday, as a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte.

Participants also lamented that many of the current and proposed laws as well as Duterte’s executive issuances reflected some of the most oppressive martial law policies during Marcos’ dictatorship.

“Marcos outlawed legitimate organizations and persecuted their members who protested his dictatorship. This repressive measure has found its revival in Duterte’s government, which has enacted the Anti-terrorism law”, said Rose Trajano, Secretary of Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA).

“Ferdinand Marcos’ military tribunal meted out 150 death sentences against civilians during martial law. Many of them political opponents. Today Duterte is pushing for the revival of the death penalty for some heinous crimes but we believe that could easily include political activism,” said Fr. Angel Cortez, Co-Executive Secretary of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (AMRSP).

In a statement read by the In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND), the group protested the unrelenting extrajudicial killings, including those of political activists, land, environment and human rights defenders, as well as the “fast-tracked anti-people economic programs (that) fit the dictatorship blueprint for widespread poverty and oppression”.

The protesters clarified that NEVER AGAIN remains the Filipino’s people’s strongest battle cry against decades of repression, injustice and poverty.

A candle lighting ceremony near a martial law exhibit symbolized the groups’ commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights for all.

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[From the web] Never Again, Never Forget -Forum-Asia

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Never Again, Never Forget
19 November 2016

ForumAsia LogoThe 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 over the region that massive state-perpetrated human rights violations are being honoured. FORUM-ASIA extends its solidarity to all Filipinos who refuse to forget the past human rights violations, the plunder of the nation’s coffers, and the destruction of democratic institutions under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.

Ferdinand Marcos was the President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He declared Martial Law and ruled the country with an iron fist from 1972 to 1981. Upon the declaration of Martial Law, all fundamental freedoms were curtailed, the Congress was suspended, and media was completely shut down. The opposition leaders and activists were arrested, detained, tortured, and killed. The grave corruption and neoliberalism economic policy under his rule triggered widespread resistance in urban and rural areas.

In 1986, after the snap election, more than two million Filipinos occupied the street of EDSA for three days from 22-25 February. The People Power Revolution was successful in forcing Marcos to step down and restoring democracy in the Philippines.

The Task Force Detainee of the Philippines (TFDP), one of FORUM-ASIA members in the Philippines, documented 101,538 human rights violation cases perpetrated by Ferdinand Marcos under his dictatorship regime.

“The Philippines was considered as one of the most democratic countries in the region since Filipino people ousted Ferdinand Marcos by non-violent resistance in 1986. We are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision and Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos,” says John Samuel, Executive Director of FORUM-ASIA.

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[Campaign] A CALL TO ACTION: BLOCK MARCOS!

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A CALL TO ACTION: BLOCK MARCOS!

block-marcosPresident Rodrigo Duterte’s order to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani—an order that has now been affirmed by the Supreme Court—is an attack on us all.

It is an attack on all of us who suffered from the dictatorship because it is a way of telling us: Your parents were murdered or you were tortured by a “hero,” now move on.

It is an attack on us all because it revises history, and denies the future generations of the truth, and of justice.

But it is also an attack on all of us because it is in effect a way of saying that dictatorship is “heroic” and, thus, a way of conditioning people into supporting dictatorship and Marcos’ return to power.

In the face of these attacks, we have a moral duty to fight back and refuse to “move on.”

This is why we, Filipinos from different walks of life, call for continuing protests to put pressure on the Supreme Court—and on President Duterte—to reverse their decision.

Should they refuse to heed our clamor, we call for a National Day of Protest on the day Marcos is to be buried.

In case Marcos is to be transported by land, we call for various kinds of direct actions to block his cortege every step of the way—from Batac to Taguig: for actions along the National Highway or NLEX; for anti-Marcos banners to be unfurled along EDSA; for ‘flash mobs’ at various intersections; and for other kinds of nonviolent disruptive actions

We call for large demonstrations by the gates of the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Finally, we call for mass nonviolent civil disobedience actions before and on the day itself to block Marcos burial at the Libingan.

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email: haranginangdiktadurya@gmail.com
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#BlockMarcos #NotoMarcosBurialLNMB

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[Event] NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW: PAGKILALA AT PASASALAMAT Sa mga bayani at martir ng Batas Militar -TFDP

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Malugod namin kayong inaanyayahan sa isang hapon ng

Pagbalik tanaw sa panunupil,
pagkilala sa kadakilaan at paggunita sa paglaban
ng mga bayani at martir sa Batas Militar

NEVER AGAIN TO MARTIAL LAW
Remember repression, remember courage, remember resistance
PAGKILALA AT
PASASALAMAT
Sa mga bayani at martir ng Batas Militar

Ika-19 ng Setyembre, 2014
4:00 ng hapon
Sa Aldaba Recital Hall
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas – Diliman

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Ang pag-alala sa madilim na parte ng kasaysayan ng pagpataw ng batas militar sa ating bansa ay dapat na ituon sa kadakilaan ng mga bayani’t martir na sumuong at nakibaka laban dito. Dahil mahalagang bahagi ng pagkamit ng hustisya para sa kanila ay ang pagpapasalamat at pagkilala ng mga sumunod na henerasyong nakinabang sa pagbagsak ng diktaduryang dumahas sa karapatang pantao nang panahong iyon.

INIHAHANDOG NG:

TASK FORCE DETAINEES OF THE PHILIPPINES

Sa pakikiisa ng:
Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC)
AKBAYAN
Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM)
BULIG VISAYAS
Collective Arts of Students and Thespians (CAST-University of Makati)
CLAIMANTS 1081
DAKILA
Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)
Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND)
Initiative for International Dialogue (IID)
KATARUNGAN
KILUSAN/ TEATRONG BAYAN
Medical Action Group (MAG)
NAMELESS HEROES AND MARTYRS, INC.
NEVER AGAIN: Marcos in 2016 FB group
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
SANLAKAS
Student Council Alliance of the Philippines (SCAP)
SENTRO
Youth for Rights (Y4R)
University of the Philippines Institute for Human Rights (UP-IHR)
University of The Philippines – University Student Council
UP SAMASA Alumni Association

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[Event] Human Rights Advocates Say “Never Again to Martial Law!Never Again to the Marcoses!” -TFDP

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Human Rights Advocates Say “Never Again to Martial Law!Never Again to the Marcoses!”

Photo by Orly Gravador/TFDP

Photo by Orly Gravador/TFDP

Human rights advocates led by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) vow to never let martial law happen in the country again. In “Remember Repression…Remember Courage…Remember Resistance – A Gathering of Human Rights Defenders”, victims of human rights violations during martial law recalled their experiences during the Marcos dictatorship held yesterday (July 11, 2014) in Quezon City.

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The disappearance of Fr. Rudy Romano, a Redemptorist priest who was abducted by the military exactly 29 years ago today was also called to mind during the activity. Sr. Crescencia Lucero, SFIC, TFDP Co-Chairperson said however, that Fr. Rudy’s case was just among the thousands of cases of human rights violations during the Marcos regime. She added, “Thousands have been arrested and tortured. There were those who disappeared but were fortunate enough to have surfaced alive. Some were found, but already dead. Others were killed outright – salvaged, massacred – left with no chance to survive.”

Photo by Rommel Yamzon/TFDP

Photo by Rommel Yamzon/TFDP

During the event, TFDP also launched its virtual Museum of Courage and Resistance, otherwise known as the Martial Law Museum. It is an online version of the museum located at the TFDP office in Cubao, Quezon City. Pictures of victims of human rights violations, staunch human rights advocates, and important incidents during the dictatorship are just some of the files and memorabilia that can be found in the museum. The list of victims of martial law whose cases have been documented by TFDP, as well as those mentioned in its publications can also be accessed online.

The launching of the virtual museum, with support from the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, is part of TFDP’s year-long 40th anniversary celebration. TFDP was established by the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) during the height of martial law. “Let [the museum] be TFDP’s small contribution in the resistance against lies and deception being spread to portray the martial law years as this country’s glory days. The truth must come out. It must be told and upheld at all times,” declared Sr. Lucero.

With the enactment of the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime can now apply for compensation. With its documentation of more than 9,000 cases of human rights violations during martial law, TFDP committed to assist the victims in their application. The outcome of the law should be consistent with history. It should represent the stories of the victims’ suffering during the dark years of martial rule.

One story of pain and anguish is enough to break anyone’s heart; but each account of torment is also a testimony of courage. The victims’ stories put together reverberate their resolve that never again should the Marcoses be at the helm of power. Never again should martial law or any of its form happen. ###

Photo: Sister Crescencia Lucero, sfic, Co-Chairperson of Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) and Loreta Ann Rosales, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) together with victims of Martial Law and other Human Rights Defenders say “Never again to Martial Law, Never Again to the Marcoses!” Photos by Rommel Yamzon and Orly Gravador /TFDP.

 

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