APR editor
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
Fiji police question rescued fishing boat crew over alleged beheading
RNZ Pacific
Three crew members from a Chinese-owned Fiji-flagged fishing vessel are being questioned by police after an alleged beheading at sea.
Six crew members from...
Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of...
Samoa’s Fale Fono convenes Monday as court rules against HRPP appeal
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia
Samoa's Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) against the Supreme Court’s ruling...
PNG’s covid-19 cases still growing – 10 percent are health workers
RNZ Pacific
Ten percent of Papua New Guineans confirmed to have been infected with covid-19 are health workers, while the death toll from the pandemic...
Marwan Bishara: Why Netanyahu thinks America is stupid
COMMENT: By Marwan Bishara in Doha
The United States has provided Israel with the military means and diplomatic cover it needs to defeat Hamas in...
Embargoed French independence for New Caledonia report stirs comments
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonian politicians have begun commenting on an embargoed French government paper about the implications of the third independence referendum due next year.
Media...
NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the...
Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
Timor-Leste today registered 172 more cases of covid-19 infection with the majority in Dili - passing the barrier of 5000...
Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka's vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and...
Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG
Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says...
John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian...
ANALYSIS: By John Minto
When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles...
Gaza conflict: No matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes...
France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris...
RNZ Pacific
The chair of the board of French Polynesia's social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical...
Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help...
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Lae
Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, recently told a news conference to mark World Press Freedom Day that...
Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in...
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April's general election after weeks...
Green Party’s bid for NZ declaration of Palestine as a state...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Green Party motion asking New Zealand MPs to recognise Palestine as a state has failed in the House, with opposition...
PNG women reject 5-seat gender plan as a ‘farce’, propose new...
By Barney Orere in Port Moresby
The five reserved seats for women being put forward by Papua New Guinea's special parliamentary committee on gender-based violence...
Israeli onslaught against Gaza continues: ‘But we are still alive!’
A heartfelt message from a sister in Gaza to her brother
We are still fine. The "war front" in our neighborhood is still somewhat quiet,...
FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags...
RNZ Pacific
The struggle to decide Samoa's government is headed back to court, as both main political parties continue to stand firm on their beliefs...
Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians
COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman
Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights...
Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else...
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writes
أيمن حسونة about Israel's system of apartheid leading up...