 "This photo of a US soldier in a Vietnamese village in 1966 was recently used by a Philippine government news website to report about the status of martial law in Mindanao. (Photo courtesy:Wikipedia)")
The southern Philippine island of Mindanao — the second biggest island in the Philippines — was placed under martial law on May 23, 2017, after a local group suspected of having ties to ISIS attacked various parts of Marawi City. While many supported the government's decision to pursue the militants who attacked the city, there were also critics who think that declaring martial law across the entire island is unnecessary.
Concerns about martial law are related to the country’s bitter experience during the Marcos dictatorship in the 1970s, when martial law led to rampant human rights violations and
