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Human rights lawyer Romeo Capulong died on Sunday, September 16, due to cardiac arrest. He was 77. His death came a few days before the 40th anniversary of Martial Law. Internationally known and a member of the United Nations International Criminal Court, Capulong handled high-profile cases that included those filed against the dictator Ferdinand Marcos who declared Martial Law in September 1972. Elected to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the charter in 1970, he was among those who led the opposition to Marcos. He fled to the US when Martial Law was declared and returned in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. Capulong founded the Public Interest Law Center in 1989.
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