Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

====Abductions====
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{{See also|List of torture methods used by the Marcos dictatorship}}

Victims were often taken to military "safehouses"<ref name="martialLawVictimHealing">{{cite news |last1=Pasion |first1=Patty |title=A Martial Law victim's story of healing |url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/146881-martial-law-hilda-narciso-human-rights |work=[[Rappler]] |date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> where abductees were tortured,<ref name="mostUnsafe">{{cite news|last1=Cardinoza|first1=Gabriel|title=Most unsafe in military safe house|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/639751/most-unsafe-in-military-safe-house|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=September 22, 2014}}</ref> often blindfolded.<ref name="marcosMartialLawNeverAgain" /><ref name="detentionAndTorture">{{cite news|last1=Sorio|first1=Christopher|title=Detention and torture by Marcos military|url=http://philippinereporter.com/2011/09/09/detention-and-torture-by-marcos-military/|publisher=Philippine Reporter|date=September 9, 2011|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010145623/http://philippinereporter.com/2011/09/09/detention-and-torture-by-marcos-military/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a document titled "Open Letter to the Filipino People", martial law martyr Edgar "Edjop" Jopson described them: "Safehouses usually have their windows always shut tight. They are usually covered with high walls. One would usually detect [safehouses] through the traffic of motorcycles and cars, going in and out of the house at irregular hours. Burly men, armed with pistols tucked in their waists or in clutch bags, usually drive these vehicles."<ref name="atenistaMarcosTortureMachine">{{cite news|last=Pimentel |first=Benjamin |title=Atenista who exposed the Marcos torture machine|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/115284/atenista-who-exposed-the-marcos-torture-machine |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=December 9, 2014}}</ref>

Various forms of torture were used by the military, typically in combination.<ref name="tortyur">{{cite web|last1=Chua|first1=Michael Charleston|title=TORTYUR: Human Rights Violations During The Marcos Regime, published in 'For Democracy & Human Rights, Rekindling Lessons from Martial Law & People Power Revolt'|url=https://www.academia.edu/7968581|publisher=Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking, [[Friedrich Ebert Foundation]]|date=2012}}</ref>