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About 50 people held a protest at Brisbane's immigration detention centre

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‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee

June 13, 2023

Coronavirus

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Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy breach

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

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Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

From restrictions on access to information and gag suits to physical attacks

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200 journalists ‘targeted’ over their environment reporting, warns RSF

Social media RSF

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RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump

Southern Cross

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Southern Cross features ‘The Road’ and Papuan repression

Pacific Media Watch -

May 18, 2020

Media Council of PNG president Neville Choi

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PNG journalists warned over lawfare – ‘we don’t have any law...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 22, 2025

Human Rights

Supreme Court gives green light to PNG to deport 166 non-refugees

March 19, 2017

The Panguna mine as seen in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea,

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Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster

October 13, 2024

The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force

Human Rights

A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...

November 19, 2025

TC Harold

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Restricted movement on Viti Levu as TC Harold hammers Fiji

April 8, 2020

The "Ceasefire" as seen by cartoonist Latuff at Mondoweiss

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John Minto: A triumph of the human spirit

Pacific Media Watch -

January 19, 2025

A Papuan protest

Human Rights

Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day

December 11, 2022

Human Rights

The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ protest over Iran’s compulsory hijab laws

February 1, 2018

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Colourful, vibrant Aotearoa rally condemns Trump’s ‘racist, Islamophobic’ bans

February 8, 2017

© Malcolm Evans

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John Minto: NZ government and media must own up to their...

May 13, 2022

Trump's bluster works once

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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

August 2, 2026

The first moments of a massacre committed by the Israeli occupation

Human Rights

DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for...

March 4, 2024

Human Rights

2 shot dead in Philippine human rights violations fact-finding mission

Pacific Media Watch -

November 29, 2017

Former Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio

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Former Pacific minister ‘lights fire of spirit’ supporting Māori at unity...

January 23, 2024

Traditional Papuan bracelets

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‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star

October 12, 2021

A protest calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire in Auckland, New Zealand, last Sunday

Human Rights

ICJ ruling an ‘indirect’ order for Israeli ceasefire in genocidal war,...

January 27, 2024

NZ Defence Minister Judith Collins

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PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’

October 20, 2025

West Papuans prepare for yesterday's rally in Wamena

Human Rights

Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in...

August 23, 2023

Human Rights

NZ university denies bowing to Chinese pressure over Tiananmen

July 31, 2019

"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"

Human Rights

Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century

July 18, 2026

Pacific women show off the colours of the Morning Star flag of West Papuan "independence" at MACFEST2023

Human Rights

Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR

Pacific Journalism Review -

August 1, 2023

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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"

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

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

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Human Rights

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Human Rights

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

Human Rights

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

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...

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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

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Pasifika voters discuss what's important to them this NZ election

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‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

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PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...

US midterm elections in the Pacific

American Samoa

Republicans make early US Pacific electoral gains – but blue wave...

A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia

Global

National Olympic body to oversee arrangement for rugby in Samoa

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

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Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

Democracy

Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

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

Jacinda Ardern

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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

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Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

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‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

Human Rights

PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...