Tag: Religion

By Shayal Devi in Suva The "politics of fear" pervading Fiji must go away, says National Federation Party (NFP) candidate Agni Deo Singh. The former general...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...

By Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua, western Timor,...

ANALYSIS: By Pat Walsh The recent sentencing of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian Chinese-Indonesian Governor of Jakarta, to two years in jail for blasphemy...

By Muhamad Al Azhari and Eko Prasetyo in Jakarta Incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's defeat at the hands of rival candidate Anies Baswedan...

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta on the sentencing of Ahok to two years in prison for insulting the Quran. Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Parliamentarians...

By Ryan Dagur in Jakarta Muslim activists have joined growing calls for a hardline Muslim cleric to be charged with blasphemy for insulting Christianity. Rizieq...

Le Va, in partnership with Pasifika media, has launched the "Pasifika media guidelines for reporting suicide". This whiteboard video provides an overview. See Samoa...

By Peni Mudunavonu in Suva The Fiji Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Centre of Research for Education and Advocacy brought together people from different...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila New Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has dedicated the sequence of events leading to his surprise election as the...

From Human Rights Watch By Phelim Kine Time is running out for the beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Bangka Island in Indonesia. Bangka Island’s top elected official, Tarmizi...

Report from Pacific Media Centre "Mindful journalism" practice in the West tries to be secular and is practised without having any religious values. Moral wisdom...

Report from National Geographic By Janice Cantieri in Tarawa “If, one day, the waves take away these sacred places and they’re gone, we will keep on...

Report by Pacific Media Centre <!-- --> Tongan newspaper publisher Kalafi Moala says bureaucracy, culture and religion are a “triune of power” standing in the way of...