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color="#000000"><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font style="line-height:1.22em">Philippine</font></span><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font><span style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President Duterte declared martial law for 60 days on the entire island of Mindanao on May 23, 2017 at 10:00pm. The declaration of martial law raises concerns amongst many community members about Martial Law and the suspension of the writ of habeus corpus, which may lead to unwarranted arrests, detention, and other human rights violations. </span></p>
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