Pacific Media Watch

Al Jazeera's report on the attack on the National Radio Television of Afghanistan office in Jalalabad. The Committee to Protect Journalists has strongly condemned the...

EMTV's head of news Neville Choi reports on the assault on the television crew -- see item at 4min01sec. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch...

After almost 14 years, the Solomon Islands police force has been rearmed. At a ceremony in Honiara last week the police force launched its limited...

By Litia Cava in Suva Social Democratic Liberal Party leader and former military coup maker Sitiveni Rabuka says the rioting and assault on some Fijians...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk An online and television news service has reported concerns over "confusion" about recent sightings of armed expatriate men in the...

Pacific Media Watch News Desk Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie speaks to Radio 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson about security operations...

Pacific Media Centre News Desk Digital verification of images and videos establish that bullets were fired directly into the Manus refugee centre last month, putting...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila Cyclone Donna has moved on from Vanuatu towards New Caledonia and is now weakening. And Cyclone Ella is gathering strength...

Cyclone Donna has left destruction in its wake in Vanuatu's north and is now tracking towards New Caledonia. Authorities have issued a level one alert...

Reporters Without Borders has condemned what it calls Indonesia's "double-dealing" as the nation hosts World Press Freedom Day while it continues to harass independent...

Independent journalists, human rights defenders and freedom organisations in Timor-Leste have appealed for international bodies to ensure the safety of Indonesian journalists. With World...

Media freedom is under threat now more than ever - and many of the worst violators are in the Asia-Pacific region, says the Paris-based...

Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports on one journalist's arrest and detention in Egypt. Video: Al Jazeera Authorities in the Maldives should swiftly identify and bring...

Media freedom advocates and human rights activists are planning a "global action" for West Papua with demonstrations marking UNESCO world press freedom day events...

Indonesia's military says it is reporting an online news site to the police after it wrote about an Intercept story alleging current and retired...

Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Wiranto says it is important to maintain a "balance" between rights and duties to avoid violence against journalists on duty. Wiranto...

By Nasik Swami in Suva A Fiji opposition party has called for the immediate dismissal of Ashwin Raj as both chair of the Media Industry...

COMMENT: By Keith Jackson That was one strange weekend Malcolm Turnbull just spent in Papua New Guinea on his first official visit, even if at...

ANALYSIS: Tempo The blacklisting of Jack Hewson, a freelance journalist working for Al Jazeera, shows the Indonesian government's paranoia towards foreign journalists. The government should allow...

The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, one of the flagships of investigative journalism, has been closed after 25 years in a controversial decision by...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to keep his election promise to allow local and international journalists to operate...

The Tagata Pasifika special made to mark 20 years of the programme. Video: Sunpix For three decades Tagata Pasifika has been telling the stories of...