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Sep 21, 2020, 13 tweets

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On the 48th anniversary of Martial Law declaration, let’s take a look at the many stories of torture during the Marcos regime. #NeverAgain

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture…

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, sexual violence)

Electric shock

Electric wires are attached to the victim’s fingers, arms, head, and in some cases, genitalia.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

San Juanico Bridge

The victim lies between two beds and if their body falls, they will be beaten.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Truth serum

Truth serum is an injection administered in hospitals and used for interrogation, making a victim “talk drunkenly.”

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Russian roulette

Loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then forcing the victim to pull the trigger while pointing the gun at their own head. 

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Beating

Victim is beaten by a group of soldiers.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Pistol-whipping

The victim is beaten with a rifle butt.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Water cure

Water is forced through the victim’s mouth and then forced out by beating. 

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Strangulation

The victim's neck is constricted by hand, electric wire, or steel bar.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Cigar and flat iron burns

Victims of torture are inflicted with burns using cigarettes, and even a flat iron.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, sexual violence)

Pepper torture

A "concentrated pepper substance" is put on the victim’s lips or rubbed on his/her genitalia.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, torture)

Animal treatment

The victim is shackled, caged, treated, and fed like an animal. 

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain #NeverForget

(TRIGGER WARNING: Physical abuse, sexual violence)

Sexual abuse

Women were stripped naked, made to sit on ice blocks, stand in cold rooms, and raped and sexually assaulted using objects such as eggplants smeared with chili peppers.

READ: rappler.com/nation/torture… #NeverAgain

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