Meaning behind Javier Bardem's Oscars pin as he issues defiant statement during speech

Javier Bardem sported a duo of eye-catching pin tonight during this year's Oscars - and there's a hidden meaning behind its display.

Appearing on both the red carpet and the stage to present Best International Feature alongside actress Priyanka Chopra, Bardem sported a red pin with the message "No a la Guerra."

What was the meaning behind the pin Javier Bardem wore at the Oscars?

Taking to the stage, Bardem made the meaning behind his pin very clear.

Translated, it means "No to war."

He said: "Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza. I am talking about the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide and has declared it is a genocide.

"That’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and also sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide. Free Palestine."

But this is not the first time Bardem has worn this particular pin.

In fact, he previously donned it all the way back in 2003, where he was protesting against the then-ongoing war in Iraq.

And now, in 2026, Bardem told press on the Oscars red carpet that he was wearing the pin again to decry the ongoing crisis in Iran, alongside criticising the actors of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"I'm wearing a pin that I used in 2003 with the Iraq war," he said to reporters on the red carpet, "which was an illegal war. And we are here, 23 years after, with another illegal war [led] by Trump and Netanyahu, and creating a lot of damage and innocent people being killed and bombed."

But Bardem wasn't done there. You'll also see a second pin on his lapel, featuring Handala, a character created by Palestinian newspaper cartoonist Naji al-Ali in 1969.