On Monday, 8 August 2022, Dr. Walden Bello was arrested on two counts of libel and cyber libel filed by a former staff of Vice President Sara Duterte over statements made by Bello during the electoral campaign.
9 August 2022 Focus on the Global South We at Focus on the Global South condemn in the strongest...
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After some reported bureaucratic delays, Bello was temporarily released on bail at around 17:30 Manila, 9 August 2022. Photo from Laban ng Masa.
Focus on the Global South Tuesday, 9 August 2022 On Monday, 8 August 2022, our founding...
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ARRESTED. Former vice presidential bet Walden Bello is arrested by police and brought to Quezon City Police Station 8. (Photo by Rappler)
We have been alerted by friends in the Philippines of the arrest of our founding director and...
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Meeting de Ferdinand « Bongbong » R. Marcos Junior, le 19 mars 2022 (Photo : Prachatai CC https://www.flickr.com/photos/prachatai/52053501113/)
Part Two: Challenges and future prospects On May the 4th 2022, five days before the presidential...
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Rodrigo Duterte (Photo : Prachatai CC https://www.flickr.com/photos/prachatai/25338475109)
Part One: Assessing Duterte’s legacy and political future On May the 4th 2022, five days before...
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Ou Ach Kok Village, Ou Sandan Commune, Krakor District, Pursat Province. 5th September 2021. Photo by: Sun Ridan
by Sun Ridan Tonle Sap is the heart of Cambodia. Every year, the Mekong River floods and causes...
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Socialist presidential candidate Leody de Guzman at a rally (credit: Leody de Guzman)
by Walden Bello (The views expressed in this piece are strictly the author’s and do not...
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Ms. Krang Lanh, Bunong indigenous woman from Romeas village, Sre kor commune, Sesan district, Strung Treng Province, Cambodia.
A group of around 50 indigenous families from a community of indigenous peoples in Romeas...
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Chhoeun Ratha, a land rights’ activist, is a 40-year-old widow with three children, living in the Ou Vor Preng community land in Battambang province.
Leading the Charge For more than ten years, I’ve been involved in various reclamation...
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Cover photo by Afsar Jafri, Focus on the Global South India Office, during the #EndWTO Mobilisation in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2015.
The outcome of the 12th Ministerial Meeting (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a big...
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Photo from GTW Action.
More than two years into a pandemic that has killed 15 million people, World Trade Organization...
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Focus on the Global South (Focus) is a non-governmental organisation with offices in Thailand,...
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14 June 2022 Media Release:...
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Thai epidemiologists conduct active case investigations for COVID-19 during the Ramadan fasting period, resulting in the identification of more than 300 cases in the villages of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat Provinces from 17-18 April 2020. Photo by CDC Global.
Statement by Focus on the Global South 13 June 2022 The proposed compromise text on the...
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Midday Meal—Woman serving the meal at children's school. © ILO/ Shyamal Das
by Ranjini Basu and Shalmali Guttal 13 June 2022 The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC 12) of the...
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