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Fiji security forces on standby as nation ready for voting
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's security forces are standing by in case of unrest as Fiji goes to the polls.
More than 550,000 voters are due to...
New Japanese bill stirs anxiety in the Pacific
Archive: First published on Aug 27, 2015
By Niklas Brandt Pedersen
A new bill due to be passed by the Diet could counteract the longstanding Japanese...
‘I lost my trust in her’, Timor PM says of health minister sacking
By Florencio Miranda Ximenes and Antónia Gusmão in Dili
Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak has explained the decision to dismiss the vice-health minister, saying...
RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific
Reporters Without Borders
The Asia-Pacific region’s authoritarian regimes have used the covid-19 pandemic to perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information, while the “dictatorial...
PNG will press ahead with vote next year in spite of setbacks, says Marape
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Prime Minister James Marape has assured Papua New Guinea that the 2022 National General Election will go ahead as scheduled, reports...
PM Salwai appoints new board at national broadcaster VBTC
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas has terminated the board of the national broadcaster Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation...
New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from...
‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns Jakarta Speaker
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...
Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election
By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta
Fake news and hate speech are inundating Indonesia on and offline with the country’s general election just two months away...
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NZ exhibition aims to highlight ‘regeneration’ of refugees lives
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Black-and-white photographs are aiming to start a conversation and dispel myths around former refugees and asylum seekers in New Zealand....
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