“This building has been sequestered by the government.” Newspaper employees stood in front of their offices the morning of September 23, 1972 reading this line plastered on their doors. In the late sixties, the Filipino people strained their ears in an attempt to hear murmurs of the thousand voices muffled heavily by presidential decrees and policies. Articles were edited, buildings of publications sequestered, and journalists brutally intimidated and silenced. This was the Philippine press under the Martial Law.
“This building has been sequestered by the government.” Newspaper employees stood in front of their offices the morning of September 23, 1972 reading this line plastered on their doors. In the late sixties, the Filipino people strained their ears in an attempt to hear murmurs of the thousand voices muffled heavily by presidential decrees and policies. Articles were edited, buildings of publications sequestered, and journalists brutally intimidated and silenced. This was the Philippine press under the Martial Law.
