Monthly Archives: April 2017

Media freedom is under threat now more than ever - and many of the worst violators are in the Asia-Pacific region, says the Paris-based...

By Mackenzie Smith in Auckland Academics have warned a merger of NZME and Fairfax will spell disaster for the media ecosystem at a conference on...

By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Tukuraki, Fiji After six years in limbo, the villagers of Tukuraki in the Fiji highlands of Ba on...

Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports on one journalist's arrest and detention in Egypt. Video: Al Jazeera Authorities in the Maldives should swiftly identify and bring...

By John I. Borja in Hagåtña, Guam The social aspects of climate change must be considered in efforts to protect the environment, says Guam’s coadjutor...

University of the South Pacific student journalists talk about climate change and their daily lives -- and the future. Video: Julie Cleaver/Kendall Hutt/PMC By Julie...

Media freedom advocates and human rights activists are planning a "global action" for West Papua with demonstrations marking UNESCO world press freedom day events...

REVIEW: By Shailendra Singh A Fiji Diary: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Newsman is a selection of revised and updated writings by Vijendra Kumar, a...

Indonesia's military says it is reporting an online news site to the police after it wrote about an Intercept story alleging current and retired...

Dr Morgan Wairiu speaking in a clip from the Asia Pacific Report interview. Video: PMC Report by Kendall Hutt and video by Julie Cleaver in...

ANALYSIS: By Barry Coates A new trade agreement has been concluded between some of the Pacific island nations and their richer neighbours -- Australia and...

By Kendall Hutt in Suva A group of Marshall Islanders is calling on the Pacific to stand with them in solidarity as they urge leaders...

Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, founding "father" of Papua New Guinea, was given a traditional chieftain’s welcome -- and farewell -- from politics by...

Jenny Jiva, a Fiji student climate change activist, speaking in a Bearing Witness interview with PMC journalist TJ Aumua in Suva last year. Video:...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Eelco Rohling in Canberra Getting climate change under control is a formidable, multifaceted challenge. Analysis by my colleagues and me suggests that...

GALLERY: By Kendall Hutt in Suva The University of the South Pacific in Fiji has a colourful market which happens in the third week of...

An honorary doctorate degree for President Rodrigo Duterte? Not if students at the internationally renowned University of the Philippines can help it. Several students and...

By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Suva The effects of climate change on vulnerable areas throughout Fiji could be reduced if the island nation...

OPINION: By Bill McKibben Donald Trump is so spectacularly horrible that it’s hard to look away – especially now that he’s discovered bombs. But precisely...

President Rodrigo Duterte still has a chance to salvage national honour by proceeding with his original plan to raise the Philippine flag on Pag-asa...

Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Wiranto says it is important to maintain a "balance" between rights and duties to avoid violence against journalists on duty. Wiranto...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Foreign companies are profiting off human rights abuses carried out at the Australian offshore refugee processing centre on Nauru, Amnesty...