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    • 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"
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      American Samoa

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      Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders
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      Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

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A pro-independence protest march en route to central Nouméa
Analysis

French Senate endorses new election rules for New Caledonia – but...

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April 3, 2024
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Israel's Knesset passes law to enable the government to ban foreign news outlets
Asia Report

Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold

Pacific Media Watch -
April 2, 2024
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New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens (centre front in blue)
Asia Report

Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ...

APR editor -
April 2, 2024
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A Pacific research treasure trove
Education

Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online

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April 2, 2024
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The container ship Dali
Asia Report

Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says...

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April 2, 2024
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West Papua . . . Indonesia is claiming to oppose genocide in Gaza
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From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 1, 2024
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Recent Indonesian military images showing torture of indigenous Papuans
Asia Report

Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over...

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April 1, 2024
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New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou
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French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed

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April 1, 2024
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Kia Ora Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla
Asia Report

Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break...

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March 31, 2024
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Protesters at Auckland's Aotea Square today
Asia Report

‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire

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March 31, 2024
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The Islands Business cover story on the University of the South Pacific this week
Education

USP faces a ‘gathering storm’ over leadership and a looming strike

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March 30, 2024
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Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored
Analysis

Green Left fights another Facebook ban without warning over Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
March 30, 2024
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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...

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March 29, 2024
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NZ's former deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni
Culture

Huge NZ Pasifika ministry cuts – ‘first steps toward abolition?’ asks...

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March 29, 2024
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Opposition Labour MP Phil Twyford holding the petition
Asia Report

16,000 sign NZ petition urging more support for Gaza – tabled...

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March 28, 2024
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Gazan journalist Bayan Abusultan
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RSF concern over whereabouts of Gazan journalist in Al Shifa hospital...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 28, 2024
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Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua
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The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua –...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 28, 2024
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a more jovial mood
Crime

Fiji state appeals Banimarama and Qiliho sentences in corruption case

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March 28, 2024
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A Jewish Voice for Peace rally
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Palestine solidarity must keep up pressure as Israel defies Gaza ceasefire...

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March 28, 2024
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Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) organiser Murray Horton
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Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used...

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March 28, 2024
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West Papuan demonstrators carry posters depicting torture
Asia Report

Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans

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March 27, 2024
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Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street
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China railway for Davao dream dashed as Marcos tilts towards the...

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March 27, 2024
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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

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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

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BEARING WITNESS

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

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

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
Analysis

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders
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Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

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November 4, 2026
US midterm elections in the Pacific

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

November 4, 2026
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

November 4, 2026
Gold medal weightlifter George Speight

Former coup leader George Speight wins Oceania powerlifting gold for Fiji

November 4, 2026
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Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

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