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- Dictionarymartial law/ˌmɑːʃl ˈlɔː/
noun
- 1. military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law: "unlike the previous military interventions, the general did not declare martial law"
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20 hours ago · These unions led nationwide demonstrations against martial law and in support of democratization, free elections, human rights, labor rights, and freedom of the press. [20] These protests culminated in the 15 May 1980 demonstration against martial law at Seoul Station which involved 100,000 protesters. When the prime minister appealed for time ...
20 hours ago · Police state. A police state describes a state whose government institutions exercise an extreme level of control over civil society and liberties. There is typically little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive, and the deployment of internal security and police forces play a heightened role in ...
20 hours ago · Good Samaritan law. Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. [ 1] The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or ...
20 hours ago · In his 1987 treatise, Dictatorship & Martial Law: Philippine Authoritarianism in 1972, University of the Philippines public administration professor Alex Brillantes Jr. identifies three reasons expressed by the Marcos administration, saying that martial law: [18] was a response to various leftist and rightist plots against the Marcos ...
20 hours ago · In the Martial Law years people would apply for phone service only to wait for years and years on end behind an impossibly long application backlog. It is not unheard of for people and small businesses back then to barter for a single telephone line in the black market for tens of thousands of pesos.
20 hours ago · Cynthia Rothrock. Cynthia Ann Christine Rothrock ( née Markowski; born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress best known for her martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high-level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress.
16 hours ago · Police have arrested an individual for their alleged involvement in the murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The deceased was found semi-nude with injury marks, and preliminary reports confirmed sexual abuse before her death. Investigations continue. Police have taken into custody an ...
