31/05/2026
๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง | ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐
We stand with the students and activists of Central Mindanao University in condemning all forms of red-tagging, intimidation, and surveillance that have been directed against peaceful student mobilizations.
We stood for CMU in 2023 during the land-grabbing issues that challenged the universityโs integrity and relationship with its communities. Now, the same must be true in principle: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ-๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. The โAcademic Paradise of the Southโ is not what it is today without the students who have shaped, defended, and sustained it throughout years.
Universities must remain spaces for critical thoughtโnot avenues of fear and surveillance. The normalization of intimidation against student-led civic engagement undermines academic freedom and contradicts the very values higher education is meant to protect.
We are ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. The eerie silence of the administration on these serious matters poses an implicit perpetuation of further attacks against its students and campus democracy.
Dissent is not a crime. The youth will not be silenced.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ.
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐-๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐, ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก, ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ!
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Publication Material: Ryu Kent Fua