Jeepney drivers hold a picket at Jones Circle Davao in the 48th anniversary of Marcos' Martial Law, as they assail the repression of human rights amid the pandemic and demand more economic aid for the drivers and the poor. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)DAVAO CITY, Philippines – In the commemoration of the September 21 Martial Law, progressive groups forego holding their rally at Freedom Park where police awaited them to force them again to sit on plastic chairs. They also assailed the “de facto martial law” under Duterte with the signing of the Anti-Terror Law and worsening attacks on rights defenders and journalists. “Activists and human rights defenders are being tagged as terrorists to justify the passage of the anti-terror law. In Manila, Human rights advocates offered wreaths at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to honor the martyrs during the Marcos dictatorship.