Pacific Media Watch
Activists give Indonesian leader details of Papuan deaths, political prisoners
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific human rights activists have personally handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo a protest letter which includes a list of deaths and political...
World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope,...
Pacific Media Watch
The World Health Organisation has pledged to "hit hard" against the deadly coronavirus
while saying there is hope and "we are not defenceless".
WHO...
France drags its heels over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti
By RNZ Pacific
The French nuclear compensation commission, CIVEN, says it will soon report on how to respond to last month's Supreme Court reinstatement of...
West Papua: Five urgent issues for Indonesia’s president to address
By Elaine Pearson
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) addressed Australia’s Parliament yesterday.
Indonesia is often referred to as the democratic success story of Southeast...
Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA
Pacific Media Watch
The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today,...
Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC
Pacific Media Watch
Tuwhera, the open access repository and...
Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline
BACKGROUNDER: By Oiwan Lam
Former human rights lawyer and famous citizen journalist Chen Qiushi arrived in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on...
Wuhan coronavirus: 30 Pacific evacuees quarantined in NZ
By RNZ Pacific
Thirty Pacific islanders are being quarantined at a New Zealand military base, following their evacuation from China.
They are among 193 evacuees who...
Accused Papuans ‘flew Morning Star flag’, police chief tells Jakarta court
By M Yusuf Manurung in Jakarta
An East Jakarta Metropolitan District police chief has given prosecution evidence at the trial this week of six Papuan...
How will Wuhan coronavirus impact on political, global future of China?
Al Jazeera's Inside Story features the global coronavirus health emergency.
BACKGROUNDER: By Global Voices
What started at a seafood market as a local health issue...
PNG Media Council calls on state agencies to collaborate over virus
Pacific Media Watch
The Media Council of PNG has called on all state agencies involved in policing and securing the country's borders and people against...
Andreas Harsono: Jakarta punishes journalists – leaves them in limbo
By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta
Mongabay environmental editor Phil Jacobson was deported from Indonesia last evening, flying from Jakarta to New York after he was...
RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Philippine parliamentarians to resist President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats and ensure the survival of ABS-CBN, the...
Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics
Video report by RNZ Pacific.
RNZ Pacific's Jamie Tahana reports
In the Pacific, where several countries are already dealing with epidemics, some countries have taken extreme...
PNG shuts down Indonesian border post over coronavirus
By Stanley Ove Jnr in Port Moresby
The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority (PNGICA) has ordered a temporary shutdown of the Wutung border post with...
Indonesia releases US Mongabay journalist held on visa charge
Pacific Media Watch
An American environmental journalist accused of violating the terms of his visa has been freed after three days in jail and is...
Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban
By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has attacked the Samoa Observer, accusing the nation’s only daily newspaper of being...
Why is NZ turning its back on human rights abuses in...
Pacific Media Watch
Over the years, many graphic and violent images of torture and beatings have emerged from the Indonesia-controlled region of West Papua, half...
Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining...
Pacific Media Watch
Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in...
Fiji school workbook condemned for promoting ‘harmful’ gender roles
By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific
A school workbook containing "harmful" messages is being circulated in Fiji's schools, says a local activist.
Roshika Deo said her...
West Papua: Sad plight of the Nduga internally displaced children
SPECIAL REPORT: By Arnold Belau, Ligia Giay, Febriana Firdaus and Belinda Lopez of the Voice of Papua newsletter
Everything about what happened in the Papuan provincial...
Textbooks should highlight Marcos dictatorship atrocities, says Robredo
By Llanesca T. Panti in Manila
Textbooks should be changed to underscore the atrocities committed by the Philippines martial law regime of former dictator Ferdinand...



























































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