Monthly Archives: August 2018
Tasered, beaten, handcuffed but Mike Treen says ‘I would do it all again’
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Unite Union national director Mike Treen arrived in Auckland today and told of his brutal experience at the hands of...
Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound...
PNG pledges boost for Bougainville local radio before referendum
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea is pledging to help Bougainville strengthen its local radio services ahead of next year's historic referendum on independence,...
RSF condemns Nine-Fairfax merger as threat to media pluralism in Australia
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about pluralism and respect for editorial independence in the new Australian media conglomerate created...
Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy
By Andrea Carson in Melbourne
If you value the media’s watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to...