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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An Indonesian filmmaker says the crackdown by authorities on his West Papua documentary in some parts of the...
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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An Indonesian filmmaker says the crackdown by authorities on his West Papua documentary in some parts of the...
Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’
Asia Pacific Report
Pesta Babi (Pig feast), the controversial Papuan documentary film critical of a major development project impacting on the environment in the southeastern...
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For more than two decades, Iran’s nuclear programme has been subject to intense international scrutiny, sanctions and diplomatic negotiations.
By contrast, while...
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Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...
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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An Indonesian filmmaker says the crackdown by authorities on his West Papua documentary in some parts of the...
Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The empire’s war on activism and journalism continues to escalate as the Trump administration targets leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar...
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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on documentary
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
An Indonesian filmmaker says the crackdown by authorities on his West Papua documentary in some parts of the...
Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...
ANALYSIS: By Usaid Siddiqui
For more than two decades, Iran’s nuclear programme has been subject to intense international scrutiny, sanctions and diplomatic negotiations.
By contrast, while...
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Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...
ANALYSIS: By Usaid Siddiqui
For more than two decades, Iran’s nuclear programme has been subject to intense international scrutiny, sanctions and diplomatic negotiations.
By contrast, while...
‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...
COMMENTARY: By Mark Nagalazas
Kudos to the returning Australian pro-Palestinian flotilla activists for not simply focusing on their mistreatment at the hands of the Israeli...
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‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist
Moana Pasifika's head coach Fa'alogo Tana Umaga says they are still hopeful the team continue on in...
Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Vanuatu's only daily newspaper, the Vanuatu Daily Post, is facing a ban on covering future football league matches after...
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Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West...
PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea is under a close watch for money laundering, running a risk of being abandoned by global...
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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections
RNZ Pacific
Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa has advised Samoa's head of state that it is necessary to dissolve Parliament so the country can...
Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens
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For almost six decades photographer John Miller (Ngāpuhi) has been a protest photographer in Aotearoa New Zealand.
From his first photographs of an anti-Vietnam...
People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media
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An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International...
FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu and West Papua
RNZ Pacific
The director of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture Dr Aaron Sala says "it's up to all Pacific nations and their ancestors...
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Double standards? Why Israel’s nukes get a ‘pass’ while Iran is...
ANALYSIS: By Usaid Siddiqui
For more than two decades, Iran’s nuclear programme has been subject to intense international scrutiny, sanctions and diplomatic negotiations.
By contrast, while...
‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...
By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent
The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking...
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The eighth floor of the Tempo building in Jakarta became the setting for a gathering rich with meaning.
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