Amnesty International (AI) estimates that during Ferdinand Marcos’ Martial Law in the Philippines, 70,000 people were imprisoned, 34,000 were tortured, and 3,240 were killed between 1972 until the ouster of the dictator in 1986. In 2013, a law was passed that acknowledges the human rights abuses during the Marcos regime and grants financial reparations for the victims. The same law was granted extension by the Philippine congress in 2018 to allow the availability and distribution of the funds to the victims.
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Author: Ma. Rhea Gretchen Abuso
Topic: Education, Human Rights
