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Martial law survivors demand genuine apology, continue fight for justice

"We vow to continue the claim for reparation and recognition of thousand more victims by pushing for a better reparations law. We vow to continue to claim our hard-won non-monetary benefits, as mandated in RA 10368 or Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013. We will continue to resist the historical distortion peddled by the Marcoses and their apologists, and the return of the $6 billion more that the Marcoses stole from the Filipino people."

Bulatlat Contributors | Jul 26, 2022

Alliance formed to counter historical distortion

The wrongs of history have to be told and re-told, so we rid our future of costly mistakes. This is why I see this movement as very timely, very important and very necessary. The movement will be a collective process and effort to perpetuate eyewitness testimonies of a horrific past."

Bulatlat Contributors | Jul 22, 2022

Martial law archives may be in danger

But this week, international attention has turned to the Philippines as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to become the country’s next president. Instead of stamping out reminders of tyranny, will there be a restoration? With an ousted dictator’s son taking power, will historical documents be destroyed? Will the memories of victims be forcibly erased?

Bulatlat Contributors | Jun 12, 2022

Reject Marcos Jr., Sara Duterte, rights group says

A human rights group has called on the public to express their rejection of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte as they lead the number of unofficial transmitted votes from yesterday's elections, saying they represent the "the worst brand of traditional politics and governance."

Bulatlat Contributors | May 10, 2022

Bulatlat Special Coverage: People’s Agenda 2022

As Filipinos return to the polling precinct next month, Bulatlat, the Philippines' longest-running online alternative news and authority in human rights reporting, has revisited the stand of those running for president and vice president on issues confronting the...

Bulatlat Contributors | Apr 12, 2022

Marcoses continue to rob the Filipino people due to unpaid estate taxes – martial law victims

Citing the unpaid estate taxes of the Marcoses, martial law victims said the family of the late dictator continues to rob the people.

Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 19, 2022

Truth Omission

EDSA 1986 was a time of great promise, much of which, besieged by several coup attempts, the Corazon Aquino administration failed to deliver. But it nevertheless removed from power a regime whose abuses, corruption, and brutality have long been established by documentary evidence and those who survived it.

Bulatlat Contributors | Mar 6, 2022

Martial law dictatorship red-tagged bishop, two nuns

Many citizens today, particularly the youth, may think that the Duterte administration invented red-tagging. But they should not be surprised to learn that almost 50 years ago – under his martial-law one-man rule – Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was already sticking that label on those who openly criticized and opposed him. Certainly, the term “red-tagging” was not in use then, but the alleged acts invoked fitted those in the above-cited definitions.

Bulatlat Contributors | Feb 27, 2022

Keep EDSA spirit, Martial Law survivors say

For survivors of the Marcos dictatorship, the midnight of February 25, 1986 signaled the end of tyranny.

Bulatlat Contributors | Feb 25, 2022

Martial law spawned tyranny, plunder, rights groups tell Marcos Jr.

“We will never tire in reiterating that the hands of the Marcoses are bloodied and dirty.”

Bulatlat Contributors | Jan 28, 2022

Ferdinand Marcos: The hero that never was

Five years ago today, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was given a hero's burial, much to the dismay of the victims of martial law. Bulatlat compiled stories on the horrors of martial law. Let the dead bury their dead “Cemetery of Heroes” is the English...

Rein Tarinay | Nov 18, 2021

Guilty Imelda still free as elderly, ill political prisoners remain behind bars

These 17 cases of political prisoners highlight the injustices of the times. The calls for their release remain amid the continued freedom of a dictator’s wife known for her Imeldific lifestyle.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Nov 9, 2021

‘Reject presidential bid of Bongbong Marcos’

"Running for the highest position in the land is one of the Marcoses' plan to rehabilitate their political stature and promote historical lies."

Anne Marxze Umil | Sep 26, 2021

Updating Goebbels

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Dee Ayroso | Sep 21, 2021

My channel, my rules? The dictator’s son’s attempts at whitewashing the horrors of martial law

Following the controversial online interview of the son and namesake of the late dictator, Bulatlat revisited the YouTube vlog of former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his apparent attempts of whitewashing the horrors of martial law.

Today, the 49th year since the imposition of the Marcos dictator, Bulatlat is providing facts and context to these claims.

Dawn Peña | Sep 21, 2021

International community joins ‘Global Day of Action to End the US-Duterte Regime’

Several organizations in other countries have been preparing for their simultaneous, coordinated protests in front of Philippine embassies and consulates to demand the prosecution of Duterte’s crimes against humanity, and call for an end to U.S. military aid to the Philippines, among others.

Menchani Tilendo | Sep 20, 2021

Police destroys Cordillera heroes monument

“It is part of the government’s acts of historical revisionism or distorting and erasing the true history of the people’s resistance and heroism which remain relevant until today.”

Raymund Villanueva | Jan 15, 2021

Bagyo, baha at diktadura

Malawakan man ang pananalanta ng bagyo at pagbaha ng 1972, at ginawa man itong pamamaraan para sa konsolidasyon ng diktadura at katiwalian sa pamahalaan, makikita ring malaki ang ambag ng baha ng 1972 sa pagmomobilisa at pagmumulat sa mga mamamayan. Ang malawakang pagbaha ang nagbigay-daan upang mapasangkot ang maraming mga mamamayan sa pagbibigay ayuda dahil napagtanto nilang kulang o walang ginagawa ang pamahalaan upang maibsan ang pagdurusa ng marami.

Francis Gealogo | Nov 14, 2020

A family that fights tyranny together