News & EventsThe Siege of Jolo 1974 (A Forum and Webinar with Survivors and Victims
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(The Siege of Jolo 1974 (A Forum and Webinar with Survivors and Victims)
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Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 @ 9:00 - 11:00 AMFifty years after the Siege of Jolo in February 1974, Bantayog ng mga Bayani, PCID, UP Law Center and HRVVMC recall the event that shattered the image of a “smiling martial law”.
Pre-register here for the February 12, 2024 event: https://bit.ly/SiegeOfJolo1974
On the 50th anniversary of the Siege of Jolo, four organizations have come together to recall an event that has barely scratched the national consciousness. Government officials at the time downplayed the incident, reporting on it only on February 14, 1974 after the center of Jolo municipality was secure. Casualties were reported minimally and its impact on the image of the smiling martial law was glossed over.
On Feb. 12, 2024 at 9:00 to 11:00 am, survivors of the incident (Amroussi ‘Cheng’ Rasul, Dorothy Lim Gokioco), writer Agnes Shari Tan Aliman (The Siege of Jolo, 1974), retired judge and peace advocate Soliman Santos and Professor Elgin Salomon (Legitimizing Martial Law: Framing the Battle of Jolo, 2022) of UP Visayas will come together to recall, reframe and shed light on the event that started the unraveling of the narrative that martial law was an unchallenged national policy.
For more photos, please visit this link: https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/1974-siege-of-jolo/
Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy
Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission