Don’t brand West Papuan resistance OPM ‘terrorist’, say ex-general, critics
General Gatot Nurmantyo, a former commander in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, giving his television interview - in Bahasa Indonesian. Video: TV-One Indonesia
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PNG police release EMTV employee detained over buai market video
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Papua New Guinean police have released a detained EMTV staff man, Richard Magei, after he reportedly filmed officers destroying buai markets...
Fiji reports 7 new local covid cases as memory lapses ‘cost...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji has today reported seven new cases of covid-19 and all are locally transmitted cases. These were confirmed after 1349...
Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group
RNZ Pacific
Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists.
Indonesia has formally designated Papuan...
Where will NZ stand in rising tensions between China and other...
ANALYSIS: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if...
Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into...
By Achmad Nasrudin Yahya in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling in a pledge made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in 2015...
Fiji’s Lautoka hospital plunges into lockdown over new covid case
By Timoci Vula in Lautoka, Fiji
Fiji's Lautoka Hospital is now closed to members of the public after a new positive case announced last night...
Single Asian Female: A reflection
REVIEW: By Sherry Zhang
Last week, writer Sherry Zhang was at the opening night of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Single Asian Female. She's waited...
Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of "demon troops" and spurning human rights, warns...
More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely
RNZ Pacific
The decision by Samoa's head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts, as the country's month-long political...
Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Information as a public good is a powerful theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day and serves as a...
‘Stop fighting or be tossed out of Moresby,’ warns Parkop
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each...
Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter
Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble...
It’s not surprising Indian-Australians feel singled out. They have long been...
ANALYSIS: By Sukhmani Khorana, Western Sydney University
In the past five years, the number of overseas-born migrants from India grew more than any other group...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...
#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...
Media freedom fraternity must counter attacks on j-education, says JERAA
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia's leading journalism education advocacy body has marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning attacks on journalism education and research, including...
Future of USP vice-chancellor in limbo but Samoa keen to be...
By Soli Wilson of the Samoa Observer
The deported vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific has told the Samoa Observer that his future...
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Hostility towards journalists on rise
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...
Police arrest 15 Papuan students at peaceful May Day rally in...
By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta
Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...
No new covid cases in Fiji – but no need to...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by...
May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on...
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten
It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you.
On May Day - International Workers Day - we...