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040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
050			_aKPM 110
100			_aPimentel, Aquilino Q. _eauthor
245			_aMartial law in the Philippines : _bmy story / _cAquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
260			_aMandaluyong : _bCacho Publication House, _c2006
300			_axiii, 539 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIn this book, Martial law in the Philippines: My story, Aquilino "Nene" Pimental writes primarily about the experiences that he and his family underwent during the martial law regime that president Ferdinand E. Marcos had instituted in the country in 1972 and implemented until he was forced to flee to the US in 1986. He candidly posits the vies that martial law was a gross criminal act that Marcos and his collaborators perpetrated upon the people. Also, he details how Marcos by means of cajolery, bribery and threats laid its foundation in the 1973 Constitutions with the indispensable assistance of his lieutenants in the Constitutional convention of 1971. He recalls that soon after the declaration of marital law, he was jailed in Camp Crame and thrown into a cell for hardened criminals. That was the first of his four arrests during martial rule. He also describes how he and his fellow human rights activists like Sen. Lorenzo Tanada, Sen. Joker Arroyo, Sen. Soc Rodrigo, Fr. Archie Intengan, S.J., Tito Guingona and Ernie Rondon were incarcerated in the military camp in Bicutan for waging a demonstration against the farcical Interim Batasan elections in 1978. Citing pertinent documents, he describes how some detainees in the martial law detention centers were tortured and who the torturers were.
650			_aPimentel, Aquilino Q.
650			_aLawyers -- Philippines -- Biography.
650			_aMartial law -- Philippines.
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