Publications Articles

Statement on the May 16 Negros Occidental Encounter

I note with extreme concern the armed encounter in Negros Occidental on May 16 which claimed the lives of five members of the NPA, one of which was UP Cebu alumnus Vince Francis Dingding. Just a few weeks after the brutal killings of 19 individuals in Negros, the...
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A CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF ALYSSA ALANO AND AN END TO BLOODSHED

As a retired professor at the University of the Philippines, I am devastated and outraged at the death of UP Diliman student leader Alyssa Alano, who was slain in a military offensive in Negros Occidental, along with 18 others. The Philippine Army's official position...
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Walden Bello Urges UP School of Economics Dean to Discipline Junior Professor

Press Release, April 8, 2026 “There is one foundational principle in academic ethics, and that is to not spread lies. Punongbayan and Paloyo have intentionally and maliciously violated this principle. Academic freedom is the freedom to express the truth, not to spread...
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Two More Alarming Cases of Weaponization of the Law

by Walden Bello, Amnesty International Philippines' Most Distinguished Defender of Human Rights Awardee (2023) I am extremely alarmed by recent acts of the Philippine government that clearly aim to stifle dissent and progressive movements. The first is the filing of...
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