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40,000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims

40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
01/08
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40,000 signatures have been collected with the aim of putting pressure on Congress to pass the Compensation Bill in time to commemorate martial law that was imposed 40 years ago.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
02/08
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40,000 signatures aims to put pressure on the congress to pass the Compensation Bill in time of remembering Martial Law 40 years ago on September 21. Martial law is declared on September 21, 1972.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
03/08
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There are around 21,000 victims of human rights violation during Martial Law in the Philippines which was declared on September 21, 1972.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
04/08
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Remembering Martial Law at 40 (#RememberingML@40) is a joint force of anti-human rights violation aiming to get 40,000 signatures in time of the 40th commemoration of Martial Law proclamation in the Philippines.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
05/08
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Remembering Martial Law at 40 (#RememberingML@40) is a joint force of anti-human rights violation aiming to get 40,000 signatures in time of the 40th commemoration of Martial Law proclamation in the Philippines.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
06/08
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40,000 signatures aims to put pressure on the congress to pass the Compensation Bill in time of remembering Martial Law 40 years ago on September 21. Martial law is declared on September 21, 1972.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
07/08
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40,000 signatures have been collected with the aim of putting pressure on Congress to pass the Compensation Bill in time to commemorate martial law that was imposed 40 years ago.
40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
08/08
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Remembering Martial Law at 40 (#RememberingML@40) is a joint force of anti-human rights violation aiming to get 40,000 signatures in time of the 40th commemoration of Martial Law proclamation in the Philippines.
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims
  • 40000 signatures demand Compensation Bill for human rights victims

Victims of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship are urging government to pass the Compensation Bill, which aims to give financial support to more than 21,000 victims of human rights violations during Martial law from 1974 to 1986.

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