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Amnesty International Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human...

By Ella Melake in Suva The People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka in Fiji says he is ready to use all the experience and knowledge he...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva The People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka claims the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) “has sold its soul” in secretly...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva People are not powerless in a “real” democracy, says prominent Suva-based Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu. Speaking to The Fiji Times during...

Asia Pacific Report Civil society organisations which make up the National Alliance for Criminal Code Reform have slammed the decision by the Indonesian government and...

RNZ News The baby in Aotearoa New Zealand whose parents did not want him to receive blood from people who may have had the covid...

ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...

By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist A new initiative has been launched in 15 Pacific Island countries to improve educational standards. The Pacific Regional Inclusive Education...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Malake villagers in the Ra of western Fiji have flocked to their polling station eager to vote for a government...

RNZ News The parents of a New Zealand baby at the centre of a legal dispute that has made global headlines will not be appealing...

By Rakesh Kumar in Suva People’s Alliance candidate Lynda Tabuya claims her 16-year-old daughter was “harassed” by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officers...

By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist With the Fiji general election just days away, a major political party has condemned the arrests of its deputy...

By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva The solution to Fiji’s problems is to vote out the FijiFirst government, says People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka. Speaking to...

ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University When Fijians elect a new parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...

RNZ News A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation. Prime...

RNZ Pacific Activists have protested at Indonesia's Ternate Police headquarters in North Maluku demanding that the security forces release eight people arrested while commemorating West...

RNZ Nine To Noon Postgraduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts -- saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact...

RNZ News The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response. The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely,...

By Shayal Devi in Suva The "politics of fear" pervading Fiji must go away, says National Federation Party (NFP) candidate Agni Deo Singh. The former general...

RNZ Pacific The French judiciary has thrown out an alleged forgery and fraud case against former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse, relating to a property...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit in Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off a wave of...

By Shayal Devi in Suva In solidarity with West Papua, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for a boycott of all Indonesian products...