Yearly Archives: 2025
Abducted Gaza doctor’s life in danger due to torture – call for immediate international...
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
The fate of Palestinian Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who was "arrested" by Israeli...
Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern Gaza siege
Asia Pacific Report
Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues.
Israeli forces have...
Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member
Fijivillage News
A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of one of the Virgin Australia crew members in the early hours...
Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set tone for coming...
Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor's...
‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital protest vigil over...
Asia Pacific Report
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend...
‘Crime against journalism’: Gaza journalists slam PA’s Al Jazeera ban
By Maram Humaid in Deir el-Balah, Gaza
Journalists gathered at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital expressed outrage and confusion about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to...
Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...
The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and our world
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...
Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s office
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Fiji's Office of the President has confirmed that the Tribunal’s report on allegations of misconduct against suspended Director of Public...
Virgin Australia confirms ‘serious security incident’ with crew in Fiji
By Anish Chand in Suva
Virgin Australia has confirmed a “serious security incident” with its flight crew members who were in Fiji on New Year's...
CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to ‘hide the truth’
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based global media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to suspend Al Jazeera’s...
New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...