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View all search resultsThousands of Filipinos, including more than a dozen nude students, protested Friday against the hasty burial of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a heroes' cemetery, in a growing political storm that's lashing the president who allowed the entombment.
Human rights victims who suffered during the regime of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions Monday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last week at the country's Heroes' Cemetery.
Philippine police say dictator Ferdinand Marcos is set to be buried at a heroes' cemetery Friday despite growing opposition after the Supreme Court ruled last week that one of Asia's most infamous strongmen can be entombed in the cemetery.
Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes' cemetery, the Supreme Court decided Tuesday in a ruling opponents say rolled back the democratic triumph when Filipinos ousted the strongman in a "people power" revolt three decades ago.
Victims of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos' regime have petitioned the Supreme Court to nullify a government directive to have the ex-leader buried in a heroes' cemetery — an emotional and divisive issue for Filipinos who ousted Marcos in a 1986 "people power" revolt.
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