A victim of the Ferdinand Marcos regime cries as he finally receives a $1,000 compensation
A claimant for human rights violations during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos, the former ruler of the Philippines, cries while looking at his check at the Commission on Human Rights office in Quezon city, Metro Manila on March 1. On Monday, lawyers started handing out $1,000 checks to 7,500 victims of the Marcos regime, saying they could get more compensation if the new government could agree on a settlement deal. [Erik de Castro/Reuters via MSNBC]
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Fucking pigs. I wonder how many people died before they even got their compensation.
D’: so incredibly touching.
This is never enough compared to what these people have gone through. “If the power of love overcomes the love of power,...
the reason why he cried.. -i’ll never know… but my heart goes for all those people who felt pain and suffered under...