List of torture methods used by the Marcos dictatorship

Various forms of torture were used by the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines between the declaration of martial law in 1972 and the Marcos family's ouster during the People Power Revolution in 1986. These included a range of methods Philippine forces picked up during its long periods of colonial occupation under Spanish, American, and Japanese forces, but also a number of new methods arising from the modern technologies of the later 20th century.^[1]^[2]^[3] These included sexual assaults including rape and degradation; non-sexual physical tortures including variants of electrocution, waterboarding, suffocation, burning, and beating; and various forms of psychological torture.^[4]

^ So Why Samar?. Produced by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights with the help of Swiss Embassy Manila for its Oral History Project on the subject of human rights violations during martial law. Samar: YouTube. October 3, 2015.
^ Pedroso, Kate (September 21, 2014). "'San Juanico Bridge,' other tortures detailed". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
^ Agoncillo, Teodoro (1990). History of the Filipino People (8th ed.). Quezon City: C & E Publishing.
^ Robles, Raissa (2016). Marcos Martial Law: Never Again. Quezon City: Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc. ISBN 978-621-95443-1-3.

[PCHRSwiss2015-1] So Why Samar?. Produced by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights with the help of Swiss Embassy Manila for its Oral History Project on the subject of human rights violations during martial law. Samar: YouTube. October 3, 2015.

[KatePedroso20140921-2] Pedroso, Kate (September 21, 2014). "'San Juanico Bridge,' other tortures detailed". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

[3] Agoncillo, Teodoro (1990). History of the Filipino People (8th ed.). Quezon City: C & E Publishing.

[Robles2016-4] Robles, Raissa (2016). Marcos Martial Law: Never Again. Quezon City: Filipinos for a Better Philippines, Inc. ISBN 978-621-95443-1-3.

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