Monthly Archives: May 2016

By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby Opposition Leader Sam Basil says the freedom of speech that is enshrined in the Papua New Guinea constitution must...

The body of a 15-year-old girl has been recovered from the Rewa River by divers from Fiji's Police Special Response Unit. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro...

The Philippines holds its third automated elections today to cap a tight presidential race led so far by Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking Davao City...

By Simon Albert, Alistair Grinham, Badin Gibbes, Javier Leon and John Church Sea-level rise, erosion and coastal flooding are some of the greatest challenges facing...

By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura Human rights advocates in Papua have slammed the arrest of 1888 students and activists who were carrying out a...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura Activists from the West Papuan National Committee (KNPB) allege they were tortured and beaten up by police during their mass...

A ceremony on Friday marked the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation for Vanuatu’s Port Vila Bauerfield Airport and ushered in a new...

Unitech's Vice-Chancellor Dr Albert Schram pictured in EMTV video of student unrest updates. By Scott Waide in Lae An overwhelming majority of students at Papua New...

OPINION: By Murray Horton It was one of those fascinating contradictions of capitalism that the foreign-owned TV3 always took its journalistic obligations more seriously than...

"Guns, goons and the presidency", a current affairs video about Rodrigo Duterte, the leading candidate in the Philippines elections on Monday. Video: Al Jazeera's...

Student protesters at the national university in Papua New Guinea demonstrating against the Peter O'Neill government, claiming it is eroding democracy, have targeted news...

A trailer of the controversial documentary Pulau Buru Tanah Air Beta that tells the story of two political prisoners on Baru Island. By Bambang Muryanto...

The  Media  Council  of  Papua  New  Guinea  has  appealed  to  government  institutions  and individuals  to respect the  role of  the media and to allow...

Fires in Indonesia, which burned more than 2.1 million hectares of forest and peatlands in 2015, have raged in dry seasons year on year,...

Dr Paul Moon, professor of history at Auckland University of Technology's Te Ara Poutama, says that a recent failed court action to ban Bible...

President Pranab Mukherjee says India needs to make efforts to improve its presence in the Asia Pacific region to counterbalance the growing influence of...

By Matilda Simmons in Suva As long as the Media Decree is in place, Fiji cannot say it has press freedom, says opposition National Federation...

An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua has been taken in London. At a meeting of the International Parliamentarians for West...

United Kingdom Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out about the plight of the West Papuan people and supported a push for democratic reform...

Nearly 2000 people were arrested on Monday, 2 May 2016, in mass unarmed civilian-based uprisings across West Papua, reports We Are Moving Stories. "The Indonesian...

The New Zealand government backs the French Pacific territories becoming full members of the Pacific Islands Forum, reports Radio New Zealand International. The director of...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from national and local sources that on May 2 police officers arrested in total 1724 indigenous Papuans...