CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Friday, April 17, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
      Human Rights

      ‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

      The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
      Asia Report

      Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

      US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
      Human Rights

      Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by…

      YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
      Human Rights

      Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

      The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"
      Human Rights

      NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Human Rights

Human Rights

Most popular
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Mother of child sold for sex interviewed
Human Rights

PNG woman accused of selling her cousin, 12, for sex faces three charges

APR editor -
August 5, 2021
Jacinda Ardern
Human Rights

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

Taiwan Day event in Suva
Human Rights

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

Boroko scene
Human Rights

PNG sex workers plead for help after one gang-raped, beaten, left to die

Pal Ahluwalia ABC 060221
Human Rights

USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret

Human Rights

True Christmas story: What history really tells us about the birth...

APR editor -
December 22, 2017
0
Teenager rescued by PNG police
Human Rights

PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for sex by her cousin...

APR editor -
August 4, 2021
0
Human Rights

West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue

APR editor -
May 1, 2019
8
Human Rights

Women still not safe from sexual abuse in Indonesia’s ‘rape culture’

APR editor -
July 27, 2016
0
People Power in Manila 1986
Human Rights

A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history...

APR editor -
April 8, 2022
0
Human Rights

Journalist reports on USP payments scandal as campus backs reform VC

PMC Reporter -
June 10, 2020
0
Diamond Langi
Human Rights

Indonesian trolls target Tongan beauty Diamond Langi over Papuan solidarity

Sri Krishnamurthi -
June 25, 2020
0
Human Rights

Blood in the Pacific: 30 years on from the Ouvéa Island...

APR editor -
May 7, 2018
0
Horror torture in Hela
Human Rights

PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’

APR editor -
June 4, 2021
0
Human Rights

Dawn Raids – Pasifika ‘liberated’ to talk about painful past

Michael Andrew -
April 10, 2019
0
Human Rights

New report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua

APR editor -
March 14, 2016
3
Bosip Kaiwi
Human Rights

Doctors, family, friends ‘failed’ Jenelyn in duty of care, says PNG...

APR editor -
June 30, 2020
1
Human Rights

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

Camille Nakhid -
July 22, 2016
15
Human Rights

Jakarta third most polluted city – and its air quality is...

Pacific Media Centre -
October 10, 2017
0
Human Rights

Jale Moala: Fiji’s longest day – George Speight and the march...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 19, 2018
0
Human Rights

West Papua: Five facts about Indonesia’s ‘dark, dirty secret’

APR editor -
September 21, 2017
1
Human Rights

‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka

Sri Krishnamurthi -
October 3, 2018
1
Human Rights

Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on

APR editor -
May 6, 2019
0
Peter Waqavonovono
Human Rights

‘My torturers carry a heavy burden in their hearts’, says Fiji...

APR editor -
August 11, 2021
0
Human Rights

Tongan tourism officials to ‘wipe out’ Miss Heilala over her criticisms

APR editor -
July 12, 2019
1
Human Rights

Corazon Miller: How my well-chosen ‘magic’ words in Tagalog won over...

APR editor -
November 30, 2016
1
West Papua

New report details human rights abuses in West Papua

PMC Reporter -
September 28, 2016
1
123...211Page 1 of 211

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"
Human Rights

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

In the Eye of the Storm
Human Rights

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

Load more

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Human Rights

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

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

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

Load more

BEARING WITNESS

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

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"
Human Rights

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

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

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

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

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

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
Human Rights

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

APJS NEWSFILE

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

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
Human Rights

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)
Human Rights

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"
Human Rights

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

Human Rights

Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . ....

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.
Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

Tehran believes the United Arab Emirates has been playing an active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran
Human Rights

Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
Human Rights

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
Asia Report

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Human Rights

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
Human Rights

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

Human Rights

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

Jacinda Ardern
Human Rights

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

Human Rights

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
Human Rights

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
Human Rights

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
Asia Report

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Human Rights

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran
Human Rights

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

Editor's Picks

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

April 17, 2026
The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

April 17, 2026
US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

April 17, 2026
YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

April 16, 2026
The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

April 16, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

April 11, 2026
A "dove of peace" in Iran

Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...

April 14, 2026
US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins

Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke

April 14, 2026
PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal (from left), councillor Julie Fairey and Kathy Ross

Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies

April 14, 2026
The landslide occurred on Sunday in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province

Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports...

April 16, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8185
  • Politics5956
  • Human Rights4637
  • Syndicate4483
  • Global3899
  • New Zealand3517
  • Indigenous2881
  • RNZ Pacific2550
  • Media2244
  • Pacific Media Watch1958
  • Asia Report1937
  • Democracy1866
  • Security1864
  • Military1702
  • Fiji1647
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz