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Fiji's Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan

February 13, 2023

Fiji media laws aren’t so draconian, says former MIDA chief

September 4, 2018

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to reporters after the Media Industry Development Act 2010 was repealed in Parliament on 6 April 2023

The Fiji Times: Draconian media law gone – good riddance!

April 7, 2023

Reporter Rakesh Kumar (from left) and chief editor Fred Wesley from The Fiji Times, and editor Samantha Magick of Islands Business

Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped

April 6, 2023

The Fiji Times headquarters on Victoria Parade, Suva

Fiji’s longest active newsroom keen for ‘kicking out’ of tough media...

April 5, 2023

Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to...

March 29, 2023

Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson

Repeal Fiji’s media law and start with ‘clean slate’, says CFL...

March 24, 2023

PNG Post-Courier newsroom

‘Chilling effect on journalism’ – Fiji academic warns PNG against media...

February 28, 2023

Media freedom in Fiji . . . media law reform a priority

‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press...

February 1, 2023

Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka

Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says...

January 2, 2023

Associate professor Shailendra Singh

Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report

August 8, 2022

A Fiji news media conference 2020

Fiji media group warns ‘ambiguity’ of new law change open to...

August 7, 2022

Grubsheet Feejee

Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth

November 20, 2021

Fiji PM rebukes journalist when challenged on media freedom laws

November 11, 2018

Sedition, coup-era media law and nerves keep lid on Fiji press

September 3, 2018

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

June 30, 2026

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

June 29, 2026

Mainstream media priorities in Australia when the UN report on targeted children was released

Australian media ignores UN report on Israeli deliberate killing of children

June 27, 2026

Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

June 16, 2026

Fiji police on duty

‘Sodomised’ and ‘tortured’ – family of Fijian man allegedly beaten by...

June 9, 2026

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

May 15, 2026

Fijian Jone Vakarisi

Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

May 12, 2026

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Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

Protesters from Americans Abroad Against the War (AAAW) taking part in a recent Auckland march against the US war on Iran

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The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage

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Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism

Analysis

Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism

Analysis

Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza