1. What happened during the time of martial law?
2. Do you think there were violations of human rights during the declaration of Martial Law?
3. What other forms of rights were violated?
2. Do you think there were violations of human rights during the declaration of Martial Law?
3. What other forms of rights were violated?
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1. Martial law involves the temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule and is usually invoked in time of war, rebellion, or natural disaster. When martial law is in effect, the military commander of an area or country has unlimited authority to make and enforce laws.
2. The violations of human rights committed by the Marcos regime were as varied as its victims. Those with businesses or property coveted by the regime were forced to give up their assets. The greed of the dictator was matched only by the brutality of his dictatorship.
3. Abductions, arbitrary arrests, detentions without trial, political executions, assassinations, and torture often follow. In cases where extreme violations of human rights have occurred, reconciliation and peacebuilding become much more difficult.