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Liliosa Rapi Hilao (() March 14, 1950 – () April 5, 1973) was a Filipina student activist who was killed while under government detention during Martial Law in the Philippines, and is remembered as the first prisoner to die in detention during martial law in the Philippines.
At age 23, Liliosa Hilao was a bright young girl who had her entire future in front of her. Despite her asthma and allergies, she was talented, smart, and outgoing. She had many friends. She was set to graduate cum laude with a degree in communication arts from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Sep 1, 2015 · Liliosa Hilao, who died at the age of 23, was the first reported case of a student activist who died in detention during martial law. ADVERTISEMENT. Her asthma may have prevented Lilli—as friends called her—from joining rallies but she found other ways to express her conviction.
Sep 21, 2017 · Liliosa Hilao – Lilli to her friends – entered college at the time when student activism was at its height. But because she had asthma and allergies, Hilao couldn’t join rallies on the streets.
Sep 11, 2020 · When Martial Law was declared, Liliosa Hilao started wearing black. She wrote in her diary: “Democracy is dead.” Liliosa was the Associate Editor for the school paper at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.
Sep 1, 2015 · Liliosa Hilao, who died at the age of 23, was the first reported case of a student activist who died in detention during martial law. Her asthma may have prevented Lilli—as friends called her—from joining rallies but she found other ways to express her conviction.
May 9, 2016 · Liliosa Hilao, student leader and scholar, was dead at 23. Today, a street has been named in her honor in her native town of Bulan, Sorsogon. Was she a case of mistaken identity? Her identity was known, but you can say that she was innocent. The state had used an “antinarcotics unit” to arrest her. But Liliosa was never on drugs.
Because of her sense of justice and defiance, Liliosa was taken captive by soldiers and was beaten, raped, and tortured one of the first victims of martial law.
Jan 21, 2017 · Marie Hilao-Enriquez, sister of Liliosa Hilao, recounts how Liliosa was captured, tortured, and killed in the hands of the military less than a year after Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial...
Sep 1, 2015 · FIRST MARTYR Liliosa Hilao was the first student leader to die while in detention during the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos. Aged 23, Hilao was allegedly tortured after she was abducted by Constabulary troopers in 1973.
