An open letter to Israel: The global ‘blockade busters’ ...
By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda
By the time you read this, I’ll be sailing on an old, converted fishing trawler from Sicily,...
Mediterranean update from the Gaza ‘blockade busters’
Former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira calls for a boycott of Israel. Video: RealNews
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The three Gaza "blockade busting" flotilla...
Sylvester Gawi: Papua New Guinea, a dream of the new...
By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore
I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...
Bid to unite Asia-Pacific press councils takes off in Timor-Leste
By Bob Howarth in Dili, Timor-Leste
The Dili Dialogue Forum, sponsored by UNESCO and organised by the Timor-Leste Press Council, will be held again next...
‘Blockade busters’ flotilla on way to help provide relief for Gaza
As the international Freedom Flotilla heads out into the Mediterranean on its humanitarian voyage to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, journalist Richard Sudan...
Fiji’s media decree and ‘draconian’ approach difficult, says publisher
By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific
The outgoing general manager and publisher of The Fiji Times says his job has been made difficult by the...
‘It’s up to God and the land’ on Vanuatu’s Ambae volcano...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Over the course of a week earlier this month, a French/Ni-Vanuatu documentary team ventured to the summit of Ambae’s...
Mike Treen: Gaza Freedom Flotilla sets sail from Sicily
By Mike Treen on board the Freedom Flotilla
After months of preparation and training, the Freedom Flotilla is ready to depart for Gaza today.
The converted...
Kiwis on board Freedom Flotilla in bid to break illegal Gaza...
The situation in Gaza "is criminal and genocide", says Injustice author Miko Peled in an interview about the latest Israeli bombing attack on Hamas...
Indonesia’s Papua ‘cover-up reflex’ prompts police dormitory raid
A video of a demonstration marking the bloody Biak massacre of 6 July 1998 staged last year. Video: BBB Times
By Michelle Winowatan
Dozens of Indonesian...
RSF condemns killing of radio journalist – shot in Philippines
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the killing of Philippine radio journalist Joey Llana near Legazpi City, at the southeastern tip...
Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
“Rob” flooding in the Indonesian city of Semarang, Cyclone Winston’s devastation and social media in Fiji and “backpack journalism” in Typhoon...
PNG needs to ‘pull its weight’ over Bougainville vote, says Momis
By RNZ Pacific
The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has raised concerns that the Papua New Guinea Government is not pulling its weight...
Housing issue not just ethnic – Pākehā leaders have ‘failed’, says...
By Rahul Bhattarai
Author and researcher David Hall has criticised anti-immigration rhetoric in New Zealand’s housing crisis, saying a more serious problem is “Pākehā leaders...
Traumatised Papuan villagers flee Indonesian military in Nduga
By RNZ Pacific
Thousands of West Papuan villagers have reportedly fled from their homes in a remote regency due to conflict between Indonesian military forces...
Indonesia risks ending up with a doomed ‘can’t-do’ climate plan
By Warief Djajanto Basorie
Three hundred schoolchildren from the greater Jakarta area sat on a red carpet covering the cavernous Soedjarwo auditorium—named to honour the...
Indonesian anti-corruption watchdog arrests nine, including House member
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have arrested nine people during a raid in Jakarta, including a member of the House of...
Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua
BOOK REVIEW: By David Robie
Two damning and contrasting books about Indonesian colonialism in the Pacific, both by activist participants in Europe and New Zealand,...
Freeport’s $3.8b divestment mine deal – what it actually means
By Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman in Jakarta
Four Indonesian ministers gathered to witness the signing of an agreement between state-owned mining holding group PT Indonesia Asahan...
Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...
By Marwan Bishara
Twenty years ago, I was asked by the General Council of the Parisian suburb Seine-Saint-Denis to invite four Palestinian youth to attend...
Protests gather force over Nauru ban on ABC from Pacific Forum
By Mong Palatino
Protests have been gathering force over the Nauru government ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover...
Why Indonesia must ratify the global nuclear weapon ban treaty
By Deandra Madeena Moerdaning in Vienna
A year ago on July 7, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that pushes forward a...
































































