PHILIPPINE activists vowed Wednesday to "never forget" the human rights abuses under former dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos as they marked 50 years since his imposition of martial law.

Amnesty International estimates thousands of people were killed and tens of thousands tortured and imprisoned after Marcos imposed martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, unleashing security forces on rivals, critics and dissidents.

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