25/02/2026
๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ข, ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
Forty years ago, millions of Filipinos gathered along EDSA and showed that united people can end a dictatorship. On this anniversary, UP Mi-abeyabe remembers the victims of Martial Law under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr..
From 1972 to 1981, thousands of Filipinos were arrested without warrants, tortured, forcibly disappeared, and killed. More than 70,000 were imprisoned, 34,000 were tortured, and over 3,200 were killed. Many were students, farmers, workers, journalists, church people, and community leaders. Many families, including those from Pampanga and other provinces, continue to live with the pain and trauma caused by these abuses.
The EDSA People Power Revolution did not happen without reason. It was the peopleโs response to years of fear, corruption, and violence. It showed that power comes from the people, not from weapons, lies, or abuse of authority.
Today, attempts to change or distort the history of Martial Law continue. Some try to call it a โgolden ageโ and ignore the suffering of thousands of victims. UP Mi-abeyabe stands firmly against historical revisionism and any effort to erase the truth. Remembering the past is not about politics, it is about justice and respect for those who suffered.
Four decades later, the call remains clear: justice for the victims, full accountability for human rights violations, and continued defense of democracy. Financial compensation alone is not enough if there is no full recognition of wrongdoing. Democracy will remain weak if history is forgotten.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ, ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ป๐ด โ๐๐น๐ถ ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐โ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ป๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ป๐ด๐ธ๐๐น ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ป.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป! โ
Reference:
Amnesty International. (2018, September 21). Philippines: Restore respect for human rights on the 46th anniversary of martial law (ASA 35/9139/2018). https://www.amnesty.org
Curaming, R., & Claudio, L. (2013). (Re)Assessing the EDSA โPeople Powerโ (1986) as a critical conjuncture. In N. Ganesan (Ed.), Conjunctures and continuities in Southeast Asian politics (pp. 25โ52). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Gonzaga, F. (2009). People power as immanent collectivity: Re-imagining the miracle of the 1986 EDSA Revolution as divine justice. Kritika Kultura, 12, 109โ127. https://www.ateneo.edu/kritikakultura
