LOOK: Etta Rosales shares the torture she 'hated' the most

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">The former Commission on Human Rights chairperson says she hated the military for playing songs of love of country while she was suffering from their torture</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR01rQRFMtlWzLijR9oPiJsOJIJzhc_5tIdiuJCdg36WR3RMV3DLKiAVUu90jLS7zh9zp9oxaL_kbRcEE8_r8VVi92TqZtnz49GE4x7ZriVodC2WAzyvHxWsMo-KNcxv9RFzbB8flswM/s1600/screen-shot-2016-09-21-at-9_854D887DE3A842AF8540C7A3EAB53F1F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR01rQRFMtlWzLijR9oPiJsOJIJzhc_5tIdiuJCdg36WR3RMV3DLKiAVUu90jLS7zh9zp9oxaL_kbRcEE8_r8VVi92TqZtnz49GE4x7ZriVodC2WAzyvHxWsMo-KNcxv9RFzbB8flswM/s640/screen-shot-2016-09-21-at-9_854D887DE3A842AF8540C7A3EAB53F1F.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="432" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8KheV09x-28" width="772"></iframe><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Former Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Loretta Rosales was an activist and a teacher during the Marcos regime.<br /><br />The daughter of a Navy captain who died during World War II was a hot target by the military for being active in street protests. She was arrested twice, where she was repeatedly raped and tortured – at one point by military agents who turned out to be her students.<br /><br />Beyond the physical pain, the torture she hated the most was how the military played the songs they sang on the streets while she suffered.<br /><br />They used the beautiful songs of love of country to dehumanize and mock her for fighting for the people's rights. "I hated it, I hated them for playing those songs. They were beautiful songs," she said.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><h4> <span style="font-family: inherit;">SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146859-martial-law-victim-etta-rosales-most-hated-torture?utm_content=buffer945db&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">RAPPLER</a></span></h4>

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<b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;">The Palace releases guidelines for implementing President Duterte's declaration of '</span><a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">state of national emergency</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px;"> on account of lawless violence'</span></i></b><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3irj-iJu-e__n_HhhyphenhyphengwAtM3fQsidiyAgP8X50qhQX_Qer0L6H3cLhtdY0ZU7f0Y99L2DKMULvRNiNyl7X4iiIn6aCr9LvvdLpNhpiwmFZsPaFHGXADz6ioo5BfENZF2wIeZ44wWB-k/s1600/roxas-night-market-davao-bombing-20160903-005_198B04717A6C4DF29C5DB23096C5CE18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3irj-iJu-e__n_HhhyphenhyphengwAtM3fQsidiyAgP8X50qhQX_Qer0L6H3cLhtdY0ZU7f0Y99L2DKMULvRNiNyl7X4iiIn6aCr9LvvdLpNhpiwmFZsPaFHGXADz6ioo5BfENZF2wIeZ44wWB-k/s640/roxas-night-market-davao-bombing-20160903-005_198B04717A6C4DF29C5DB23096C5CE18.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="caption" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #737372; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">STATE OF LAWLESSNESS</a>. At least 14 people died while scores were injured after an explosion at the Roxas Night Market in Davao City on Sptember 2, 2016. Photo by Manman Dejeto/Rappler</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> MANILA, Philippines – Under the <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">state of national emergency</a> <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145043-duterte-declares-state-of-lawlessness-ph" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;" target="_blank">declared</a> by President Rodrigo Duterte, expect to see <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">more police</a> and military personnel in malls and <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">train stations</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> This is among the guidelines of <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145346-proclamation-state-national-emergency-lawless-violence-released" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;" target="_blank">Proclamation Number 55</a> signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Monday, September 5. The guidelines specify how the <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">state of national emergency</a> will be implemented.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The guidelines put the Department of National Defense and Department of the Interior and Local Government in charge of coordinating the "immediate deployment of additional forces of the AFP and the PNP."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The Armef Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, as written in the proclamation, are tasked with suppressing lawless violence in Mindanao and preventing its escalation in the rest of the country.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The AFP and PNP are to be deployed "on major streets and thorougfares, as well as near crowded places such as malls and <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines#" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e76229; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease;">train stations</a>."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Their purpose is to "increase troop and military visibilit for deterrence and quick-response purposes."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> But the guidelines also state that the "consitutional rights of every individual shall be respected and given due regard by the AFP and the PNP."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> It specifices that "no warrantless arrests shall be effected" except in the following situations:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">When the person to be arrested has committed, is actually committing, or is attempting to commit an offense in the presence of an arresting officer</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">When an offense has just been committed and the arresting officer has personal knowledge of facts indicating that the person to be arrested has committed the offense</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">When the person to be arrested is a prisoner who has escaped from a penal establishment or place where he is serving final judgment or temporarily confined while his case is pending</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">When the person arrested, or to be arrested, has voluntarily waived his right against warrantless arrests</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">On frisking, checkpoints</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Warrantless searches and seizures may only be done in the following instances:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px;"> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">When the person to be searched has consented to the search or voluntarily waived his right against warrantless searches and seizures</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">As an incident to a lawful arrest, and the search is contemporaneous to the arrest and within a permissible area of search</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Search of vessels and aircraft for violation of immigration and customs laws</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Search of automobiles at borders or "constructive" borders for violation of immigration or smuggling laws</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Where the objects and effects to be seized are in plain view</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Stop-and-frisk situations</span></li> <li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Search arising from exigent and emergency circumstances</span></li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> For stop-and-frisk situations, typically done at the entrances of malls or public buildings, search is limited to "light patting on the outer garments" to be able to "detect the possession of weapons or similar effects."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> The guidelines also define what police and military are allowed to do at checkpoints.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Police and military are only allowed to "request to roll down vehicle windows, search for things in plain view," and request for "identification and vehicle registration papers."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> Security forces are barred from "demanding the opening of trunks or lids or asking persons on board to step out."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> These can be done, however, if "the subject consents or agrees."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> AFP and PNP personnel who violate the guidelines and other constitutional rights will be held administrative and civilly or criminally liable. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-top: 8px;"> SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/145417-state-national-emergency-guidelines?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank">RAPPLER</a></div>

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