Martial Law museum set to open by 2022

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A museum remembering the horror and state oppression under the brutal dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos is set to be built inside the University of the Philippines – more than 30 years since the reinstatement of democracy.

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The Freedom Memorial Museum is the realization of one of the actions points under the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 – which laid out the monetary compensation for victims of the Marcos dictatorship. The museum is following the “brutalist” architecture design that won the contest launched by the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission . The winning architectural plan was made by architects Mark Anthony Pait, Mark Angelo Bonita, and Wendell Crispo and bested more than 100 entries.which “commemorates the momentous revolution” that ousted Marcos in 1986. Other features include the plaza form which symbolizes the military rule that led to oppression, violence, and deaths.

Considered as the darkest period in Philippine history, the Martial Law years under Marcos was marred by gross human rights violations. According to Amnesty International, about 70,000 people were imprisoned while 34,000 were tortured, and 3,240 were killed during this time.

 

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