Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales on Martial Law torture

Fil Am September 22, 2016

Etta Rosales shares the torture she 'hated' the most

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. Full story here.

The former Commission on Human Rights chair Loretta “Etta” Rosales in July called on the government and the public to stop plans to give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial. She said Marcos cannot be buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani because he was never a hero.

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Etta Rosales (born Loretta Ann P. Rosales) is a Filipino activist, teacher and politician who has served three terms as the party-list representative of the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party to the Philippines' House of Representatives from the 11th-14th Congress (1998-2007). She was the Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights of the Republic of the Philippines from 2010 to 2015.