Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
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THE EXPULSION OF REP KIKO BARZAGA: WORST EVER ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
In a move that betrays their staggering lack of self-awareness and prudence, the majority of the House of Representatives...
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...
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...
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....
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...
On the Release of Amanda Echanis
I welcome and celebrate the acquittal and release of peasant organizer Amanda Echanis, who was today cleared of trumped-up...