World & Nation
The Turkish government has been lifting martial law in selective parts of the country since the restoration of civilian rule in November, 1983.
March 24, 1985
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday night after a city there was rocked by clashes between government forces and Islamist militants.
May 23, 2017
President Hussain Mohammed Ershad has begun phasing out a 33-month period of martial law, abolishing special martial law tribunals and district and sub-zonal martial law administration offices, the government said.
Jan. 2, 1985
In late 1973, one year after Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Amado Picardal distributed pamphlets at his university decrying the “death of democracy.”
Nov. 28, 2016
The Nationalist government of Taiwan ended 38 years of martial law Tuesday, calling the move “a new milestone” for democracy.
July 15, 1987
Thailand’s coup-installed leader said Wednesday he was taking on sweeping powers to run the country after the king approved his call to end martial law 10 months after the deposing of an elected government.
April 1, 2015
As lawmakers applauded and cheered, Taiwan’s Parliament unanimously passed a bill lifting the country’s 38-year-old martial law.
July 8, 1987
More than eight years of martial law in Turkey came to an end as military rule was lifted in the four provinces that had remained under army control.
July 20, 1987
Kuwait will lift martial law today, ending four months of military rule and disbanding the controversial military tribunal that has been trying accused wartime collaborators, the minister of justice announced Tuesday.
June 26, 1991
In your coverage of the recent lifting of martial law in Beijing, China, you neglected to mention that martial law (harsher than what had existed in Beijing) is still in effect in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
Jan. 24, 1990