The Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism, better known by its acronym "MABINI",[1][2][3] was a human rights lawyers' organization which worked on countering varied abuses against human rights and civil liberties during the Marcos dictatorship.
[4][5][6] After Marcos was deposed by the civilian-led 1986 People Power revolution, numerous members of MABINI joined the government to promote their advocacies, including Rene Saguisag, who became a senator; Fulgencio Factoran, who became Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Joker Arroyo, who became Executive Secretary and later also became a senator; Jejomar Binay, who became Mayor of Makati and eventually became Vice President of the Philippines; and Augusto “Bobbit” Sanchez, who became Labor secretary.
[1][3][7] Others, like labor lawyer William Chua, remained in private law practice, but continued to pursue various public interest cases.
[8] Sanchez and Chua were posthumously honored at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial, which honors the martyrs and heroes who resisted the abuses of Ferdinand Marcos' authoritarian regime.
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