Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.

Who was Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.?

Abraham P. Sarmiento, Jr., also known as Ditto Sarmiento was a Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos. As editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian, Sarmiento melded the University of the Philippines student newspaper into an independent though solitary voice against martial law rule at a time when the mass media was under the control of the Marcos government. His subsequent seven-month imprisonment by the military impaired his health and contributed to his premature death.