Some ten thousand victims of human rights atrocities during the Marcos regime have come out with ten thousand stories of torture and violence in prison. In the Philippines, there are a thousand other stories like mine. Now, forty two years after that personal encounter with violence, I thought I should not only tell my story but help reflect on how to exorcise the memory of torture, attain inner peace and move on to become an advocate of peace for others. In 1972, when the Philippines was placed under martial law by Ferdinand Marcos, I was one of the student activists rounded up, arrested, placed in detention centers and tortured by the military. I believe, I should have started this blog with this piece because If there is one piece that I need to write to be remembered here, it is this.
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