Ferdinand E. Marcos placed the country under military rule 50 years ago this week. With his son now in power, those who lived through those dark days fear their stories will be lost.
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For Uyghurs, U.N. Report on China’s Abuses Is Long-Awaited Vindication
The report’s assessment that China’s crackdown in Xinjiang could amount to “crimes against humanity” gives new momentum to a campaign to pressure Beijing.
Myanmar Widens Arrests and Slaps Aung San Suu Kyi With More Prison Time
The ousted civilian leader has been convicted on corruption charges by a military-appointed court. A Japanese journalist and two models have also been detained in recent weeks.
As U.S. Seeks to Close Guantánamo, Saudi Center Could Be Option
The Biden administration is seeking places to send cleared detainees who cannot go home. A Saudi program could be an option once again.
Egypt’s Political Prisoners Recount Horrific Conditions
Many are held in filthy cells, subjected to routine torture and denied lifesaving medications, according to former inmates, their families and lawyers, and rights groups. Some never leave.
Biden Appeared to Overstate the Role of Al Qaeda’s Leader
Terrorism experts were surprised by the president’s descriptions of Ayman al-Zawahri, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike.
Ukraine Calls for Investigation Into Prison Explosion
Ukrainian authorities gathered evidence that they said showed Russia had orchestrated an explosion that killed at least 50 of their soldiers.
ISIS Fighters’ Children Are Growing Up in a Desert Camp. What Will They Become?
Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn.
Commander of Afghan Insurgency Pleads Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi agreed that his subordinates committed war crimes in attacks in 2003 and 2004 on allied forces that invaded Afghanistan.
Israel Captures 2 Palestinians Suspected in Deadly Ax Attack
The two men were caught hiding in a forest not far from where the killings were carried out, ending an intensive search. But the country remains on high alert.