Pacific Media Watch

Power expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence one journalist. Mary Kostakidis stood her ground, and an important piece of the wall gave way....

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of "racial hatred" against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free...

By Stefan Armbruster and Jennifer Enosa for the Torres News Australia is seeking observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) but has not committed...

Te Ao Māori News A delegation of Māori leaders visiting Israel under the banner of "business and innovation" faces public criticism over its timing and...

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on Fijians to use their freedom of expression responsibly, stressing that people can disagree...

Pacific Media Watch Angered by the lack of full justice nearly a decade after the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Reporters Without...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them...

By Lomanai Kenny in Port Moresby Misinformation on social media is the biggest challenge for journalists, says Belinda Kora, secretary of the Media Council of...

EDITORIAL: Nepali Times No one could have predicted this disaster would happen when it did, but we all knew it would happen one day. As this...

Pacific Media Watch Palestine Action activists accused of vandalising a Scottish golf course owned by United States President Donald Trump have been accused of “terrorism”...

Waverley Council in Sydney has removed a book strongly critical of Israel from its library shelves for review after a survivor of the Bondi...

RNZ Larger audiences across radio and digital platforms have combined with stronger trust in RNZ than other outlets, new data suggest. RNZ's results in the closely...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Some years ago when I headed the Pacific Media Centre that I founded at Auckland University...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned and highlighted recent attacks and obstructions committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian journalists reporting from...

COMMENTARY: By Adla Alnazer The IDF's decision not to open a criminal investigation into the deaths of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including...

ANALYSIS: By Robin Andersen In a Double Down News (DDN) video report, British filmmaker Richard Sanders begins a summary of a “horrific new report” with a listing...

By Andrew Naidu in Suva Fiji's High Court has granted an application seeking the release of seven electronic devices seized by police from British-Fiji journalist...

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Counsel for Fiji-British journalist Charlie Charters has been ordered by High Court judge Justice Pita Bulamainaivalu to serve a motion...

Pacific Media Watch A court struggle featuring Daily Blog editor and media freedom defender Martyn Bradbury has taken a surprise turn, with Free Speech Union...

Jubi News The environmental and human rights documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time has been awarded both the 2026 Udin and Tasrif...

COMMENTARY: By Joel Jenkins Of late, Australia's public broadcaster ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national...

By Victor Barreiro Jr in Manila The National Union of Journalists (NUJP) of the Philippines calls it "outrageous" for the Vice- President to insult the...