Yearly Archives: 2025

A "Free Dr Hussam" protest in Leeds, United Kingdom

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...
Mock bodies on the pavement in Te Komititanga Square in the heart of Auckland's shopping precinct

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...
Accused man is in custody and will appear in court on Monday

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...
The Pacific 2025 year ahead

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...
Some of the New Zealand children at the Auckland City Hospital Palestine protest vigil today

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...
Palestinian Authority security officials deliver the Al Jazeera banning order

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 Prime Minister Mark Brown

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...
These outcomes don’t just happen in a vacuum

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...
Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

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

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's Jodie Ginsberg speaking to Al Jazeera

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...
The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

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...