21/09/2026
54๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ
๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ
The ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ (AEM) joins the nation in commemorating the 54th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines โ a defining and painful chapter in our nationโs history.
On ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, then-President ๐
๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฌ issued Proclamation No. 1081, placing the Philippines under Martial Law. The period that followed was marked by the suppression of civil liberties and documented cases of grave human rights violations, including torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings.
For us as Iskolars ng Bayan, remembering this history is more than looking back. It is an opportunity to honor the Filipinos who endured, resisted, and sacrificed in the pursuit of freedom, justice, and human dignity.
Memory calls us to responsibility. We must continue to value truth, uphold human rights, speak against injustice, and protect democratic institutions โ not only for the scholars of today, but also for the generations of Filipinos who will come after us.
Let us remember that silence can allow abuses to persist, while informed and responsible citizens help safeguard the values that hold democracy together.
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