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Renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by an Israeli sniper in the head on 11 May 2022

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Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’

Pacific Media Watch -

May 11, 2025

How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis

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Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

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Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists

Palestinian academic Sameer Barghouthi

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With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and thuggery became a system

Rescue of Tiro II crewman

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Fiji police question rescued fishing boat crew over alleged beheading

How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture

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Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan...

March 29, 2024

Former American priest Richard Daschbach

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Former priest, 82, jailed for 12 years over Timor-Leste child abuse

December 22, 2021

Human Rights Watch researcher Andreas Harsono

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Discrimination faced by indigenous Papuans ‘isn’t something new’, says disturbing new...

September 20, 2024

Auckland protesters condemn Israel's systematic starvation tactics in the besieged Gaza enclave in a march in the Viaduct

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PSNA calls on NZ to urgently condemn Israeli weaponisation of starvation

July 21, 2025

A Papuan student protesting in Perth

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Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges

January 11, 2023

An unknown Papuan artist's depiction of the graphic torture videos

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Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

April 12, 2024

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption

October 6, 2023

How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis

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Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

June 5, 2025

Wabag, the provincial capital of Enga

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PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says...

June 18, 2024

Lebanese photojournalist Issam Abdallah

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RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 15, 2024

A New Zealand protester holds a poster for the "Trump Gaza" ethnic cleansing plan for a tourism development

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Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US...

March 3, 2025

Prayer meeting against sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV)

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‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to...

August 21, 2022

The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel’s occupation of the Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal

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Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid...

July 23, 2024

Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri

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Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping

August 9, 2023

Ponsonby mosque child

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Selwyn Manning: The sentencing of a ‘human shell’ over NZ mosque...

August 29, 2020

Virgilio Maganes

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Gunmen shoot dead Philippines radio journalist outside his home

Pacific Media Watch -

November 11, 2020

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Former Speaker sentenced to 15 years in prison in Indonesia’s e-ID...

April 24, 2018

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Philippines under Duterte – acute impunity and fettered information

Pacific Media Watch -

November 23, 2017

Stop Killing Journalists

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NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting

Pacific Media Watch -

July 14, 2019

Fiji curfew breaches

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Fiji police arrest six teenagers among 56 caught in covid curfew...

June 27, 2021

ACP Anthony Wagambie Jnr

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PNG military hand over three suspects in police officer killing

May 14, 2020

"No circumspection. No leadership."

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No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups

March 15, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Crime

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

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Auckland's new metro rail station Karanga-a-hape

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‘Just lovely’: Karanga-a-Hape train station delights locals and visitors on open...

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

Lawyer Juleen Fatiaki, counsel for Charlie Charters

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Fiji judge orders motion seeking return of journalists’ e-devices seized by...

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Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

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‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

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Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

Cook Islands

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome

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‘Deranged behaviour’ – Marco Rubio slammed for US sanctions on ICC...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...