Monthly Archives: May 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor...

Thousands rally in US in support of Palestinians ‘It’s genocide’: Protesters slam Israel, support Palestinians Israel bombs Gaza tower housing media offices of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Israel destroyed an 11-storey tower block in Gaza that houses offices of US-based Associated Press (AP) and Qatar-based Al Jazeera global...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Indonesia is pressuring Papua New Guinea over an illegal group East Sepik claiming to form an army unit to...

RNZ News Samoa is to hear on Monday whether fresh elections will go ahead next week. The Supreme Court heard challenges yesterday to the new ballot...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A collective of community groups in Tahiti trying to preserve a historical-cultural icon at Tautira have condemned the Tahitian government for...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling on the Indonesian police to drop politically motivated treason charges against West Papua National Committee...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Media offices have been bombed and Palestinian and international journalists arrested, beaten and threatened by Israeli forces amid escalating violence in...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand's Green Party has condemned the violent and forced displacement of the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah community of East Jerusalem by...

RNZ Pacific The governments of Papua New Guinea and Bougainville have agreed on new terms for the transfer of powers. Under the Bougainville Peace Agreement, the...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has recorded its second death from the current outbreak of covid-19 while reporting four more new positive cases -...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Given the rapidly rising number of contacts stemming from new Fiji cases of covid-19 in the Suva-Nausori area, a full...

RNZ News An international panel co-chaired by former prime minister Helen Clark is calling for urgent reform of the world's pandemic preparedness. In its review, the...

RNZ Mediawatch After 23 years with one political party and one prime minister in charge, Samoa’s general election last month delivered a surprise neck-and-neck result....

Pacific Cooperation Foundation The New Zealand Rotuman community is celebrating Rotuman Language Week 2021 this week until Saturday. Ingrid Leary, MP for Taieri and an ex-Pacific...

RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand's Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's opposition and nuclear test veterans organisation will boycott talks in Paris next month on the legacy of French testing. The high-level roundtable...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo has condemned the Israeli police violence against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the holy city of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fijians have been advised to remain calm as "ample notice" will be given should a situation in Fiji warrant a total...

By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A deadly explosion in the Solomon Islands capital has caused fear and confusion about the ongoing threat posed by...

COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson I woke up to the news and fear cut into me for my family in Israel.  Where are they right now? ...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has demanded the immediate release of arrested campaigner Victor Yeimo, saying that his detention was a...