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...meantime, the military's roundup of suspected extremists continued, with more than 2,000 under arrest by the end of the week, and the offices of some 150 labor unions were closed down. The junta also ordered citizens to remove all political slogans from their walls. Said a martial law communiqué: "Everyone is responsible for his own wall. If you cannot afford new paint, you should call the martial law authorities in your neighborhood and they will provide...
...police hastily dragged them from the courtroom. Kim, pale and wan from 60 days of solitary confinement and constant interrogation that he said had driven him to the brink of insanity, attempted to smile bravely as he was led away. The immediate reaction in South Korea, still under tight martial law, was muted. But the verdict evoked outrage in other countries. In Japan, trade unions and student organizations mounted a series of protest demonstrations. In West Germany, Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher warned of "difficult consequences" if the sentence were carried out and appealed for international pressure against it. Said...
...Aquino's only agenda is to put an end to martial law. He doesn't have an organization, or a positive program in government. That's the dilemma: How to you promote change without an alternative operational program? Now that the government is not as strong in the Philippines, the terrorists are stronger. It's a cruel choice, the source adds. The source concludes that the U.S. has to find a way of supporting the kind of government that would permit change, implying that Aquino might not be the best choice to promote U.S. interests in what the source terms...
...friends still call him "senator" although he lost the title with the advent of martial law. Aquino relishes his freedom after years of confinement--he can hardly wait for the next CfIA colloquium or seminar or class. His office has an eerily empty quality, immaculately clean with none of the characteristic academic bric-a-brac littering his desk. His one luxury in the spartan setting is a little tea kettle. He eagerly keeps track of world events, and asks most of his visitors if they think prominent South Korean dissident Kim Dae-Jung "will swing"--a euphemism which even seeps...
...sterling credentials and widespread popularity did not put him in good stead when Marcos declared martial law. While most leaders incarcerated by Marcos in 1972 eventually were released, Aquino remained in jail. He was charged with involvement with communists and guerillas, and convicted by a military tribunal. His more likely crime was his candidacy for president under the Liberal Party banner...