Martial law was condemned worldwide as the worst loss of life of media professionals in one day. On 23 May 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law throughout the main southern island of Mindanao, through Proclamation No. 216, due to the attack of Maute Group in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. It was announced in a briefing in Moscow by Secretary Ernesto Abella, and will be in effect until December. Martial law was introduced in Communist Poland on December 13, 1981 by Generals Czesław Kiszczak and Wojciech Jaruzelski to prevent democratic opposition from gaining popularity and political power in the country. Thousands
Marital rape immunity in Singapore 2011. It was noted that this recommendation did not enjoy the support of the Singapore Government. In the Stakeholder’s Report to the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, a joint submission by several non-governmental organisations also called for the partial immunity for marital rape to be repealed. At Singapore’s UPR in 2016, the need for the abolition of the marital rape immunity was reiterated. In response, Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee noted that Singapore “would actively review the need to repeal the marital rape immunity”. While no definitive answer has been given to the question of whether or when the