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Deportation of USP head ‘boosts chilling effect’ on Fiji free speech
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The deportation of academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia last week is alarming and highlights the restrictive environment for freedom of expression in...
USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
University of the South Pacific staff unions and students have protested in "disgust" over what they call interference and unsolicited presence...
Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia is trying again to "divide and rule my people" by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president...
Waititi to wear his ‘Māori business attire’ back to NZ’s Parliament
By RNZ News
New Zealand's parliamentary Speaker has offered an olive branch to Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over his refusal to wear a tie...
‘No crisis at USP,’ says Sayed-Khaiyum – ‘Untrue’, says Ro Teimumu
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
There is no saga at the University of the South Pacific, claims Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
“There is no saga, there...
Manning denounces threats against PNG K286m fraud probe detectives
By The National in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has promised that the full force of the law and all resources at...
Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled...
By RNZ Pacific
There are signs Fiji's deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given...
Fiji Speaker disallows debate on USP’s Ahluwalia deportation
By RNZ Pacific
The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...
Don’t touch academic freedom – why the Philippine military action is...
Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila on the attack on academic freedom. Video: Al Jazeera
Teachers and students in the Philippines are angry over the decision...
Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme
By Jina Amba in Port Moresby
The University of PNG has clarified that Papua New Guinea's higher education loan programme (Help) is administered by a...
Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum
By RNZ Pacific
Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands...
Fiji bought time to deport USP vice-chancellor and his wife
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
Documents tabled at last week's special council meeting of the University of the South Pacific suggest that plans to amend...
USP open letter: How Fiji infiltrated a campus and kidnapped a...
OPEN LETTER: By USP staff, alumni and students
Vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia has only been at the University of the South Pacific (USP) for three...
Why Indonesia’s planned new Papuan provinces will cause division and destruction
The politics of divide and rule and how Indonesia's attempt to separate indigenous Papuans is an irrational and unrealistic proposal that will damage the...
USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret
By Michael Field
When the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was hauled out of his Suva, Fiji, home this week and...
Waitangi Day: Emerging Generation B changes face of Aotearoa
SPECIAL REPORT: Koro Vaka'uta, an RNZ Pacific journalist, reports on a Māori-Pasifika culture shift in Aotearoa New Zealand as the country today marks 181...
A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney
After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...
Forum calls for ‘due process’ over USP, probe into Ahluwalia deportation
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific Islands Forum chair Kausea Natano has described the University of the South Pacific as a "shining example of regionalism" and...
Myanmar coup: Asian response echoes ‘democracy comes with stability’ adage
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne
Both coverage in the Asian press and statements by neighbouring Asian governments reported in the media on the grabbing of exclusive...
Case of ‘beating up the whistleblower,’ says deported USP chief
By PACNEWS/ABC
The deported head of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, says his expulsion from Fiji is “a classic case of...
Call for AUT vice-chancellor to resign after scathing report into bullying
By RNZ News
A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice-chancellor to resign following a scathing report into bullying.
The...
New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis
By RNZ Pacific
A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale...