Civil rights groups raise concerns about Jokowi’s next police chief
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
The Security sector Reform Coalition says there are three problems which need to be addressed when the sole candidate for...
NZ’s first community covid case since November travelled across Northland
By RNZ News
The latest community coronavirus case in New Zealand travelled across Northland before her positive test result, but was scrupulous about using the...
Forum chair welcomes Biden’s ‘Blue Pacific’ climate priority for Paris pact
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris agreement over climate change.
Within...
To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a...
PNG police arrest Australian lawyer on K268m mining trust fund charges
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea police have arrested and charged prominent Australian lawyer Greg Sheppard on allegations related to funds belonging to a...
Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s...
ANALYSIS: By Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path
Two weeks after the storming of...
ULMWP accuses Indonesia of ‘ethnic cleansing’, aggression against Papuans
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Indonesia has pursued a strategy of aggressive arrests and violence against peaceful demonstrations for independence since the announcement of a provisional...
Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement...
As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University
Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful...
Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
In spite of Papua New Guinea's mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending...
The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...
ANALYSIS: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
On 10 December 2020, the Australian Senate established an inquiry into a government bill proposing a "mandatory bargaining code"...
Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic
By RNZ News
An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak,...
‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Fiji's NGO Coalition on Human Rights has called for stronger accountability and commitment to human rights at home in response to...
Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised the Indonesian government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for its weak health response to covid-19...
Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private...
By The National in Port Moresby
An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in...
Fijian health worker receives two covid vaccine shots and supports their...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
After receiving two shots of the covid-19 Pfizer vaccine, former Fijian resident Usaia Masuwale believes the vaccine is safe and says...
K Road Chronicles – looking at NZ’s homelessness from the inside
K Road Chronicles video produced by Stuff with NZ On Air.
By RNZ's The Weekend with Karyn Hay
The K Road Chronicles is a New Zealand webseries...
Confusion reigns over real reasons for burning of missionary plane in...
Pacific Media Watch correspondent
The pro-independence conflict in West Papua with a missionary plane reportedly being shot down at Intan Jaya has stirred contrasting responses...
RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In the wake of Twitter’s decision to shut down President Donald Trump’s accounts for good, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has proposed...
Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland
It seems a long time ago - some 124 days - since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19...