In the Philippines, several thousand students and activists have protested throughout the week to mark the 44th anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s declaration of martial law, which was announced on September 23, 1972. On Wednesday, youth groups organized a nationwide strike that led to school walkouts in about a dozen cities. Human rights activists protested Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to give the late dictator Marcos a hero’s burial.

Feliz Dalisay: “If Marcos is buried at the heroes’ cemetery and treated as a hero, it will change history. The real heroes will be erased from history, the heroes who fought martial law. We will make sure that he will not be buried at the heroes’ cemetery, because his resting place will be watered with spit, not tears.”

This comes as President Duterte has lashed out at the European Union, after its Parliament called on him to end his so-called war on drugs, which has claimed more than 3,500 lives since Duterte took office in June. On Tuesday, Duterte said, “I have read the condemnation of the European Union. I’m telling them, 'F**k you.'”