I HAVE warm memories of Rene Saguisag. He was the human rights lawyer nonpareil in the time of rampant human rights abuses of the past dictatorship. He came like a breath of fresh air, defining, defending and deploying his brilliant legal mind to fight a war of attrition for human rights.

It was a time when the wheels of justice disappointed those who clamored for help and retribution against organized persecution to the extent of illegal detention, farcical trials if any, torture, even permanent disappearance and death.

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