!["The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ben-Gvir-actists-AW-680wide-218x150.png "Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations")
Tag: 2026 RSF World Press Freedom Index
Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three...
Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...
Fijian Media Association
Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late -- on Thursday, May 14.
The...
Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala
The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga...
‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga
By Joy Ofasia in Honiara
One of the Pacific's champions of a free press, Robert Iroga, says the biggest threat to media freedom in the...
Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...
By Khalia Strong of PMN News
Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the...
Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index
By Stefan Armbruster of Pasifika TV
Fiji has recorded a dramatic jump in its media freedom rating to be in the top 25 nations globally...
Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has recorded the biggest improvement in the Pacific in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, rising to 24th out of 180 countries.
The...
FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...
Fijian Media Association
Three years after the lifting of draconian media laws under which Fiji’s media industry operated, and even with significant improvements in the...
Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji’s rise in the latest global press freedom rankings is being credited to improved media conditions following key political and...
!["The [flotilla activists] were then illegally brought to Israel to face further abuse under the watch of Itamar Ben-Gvir, the terrorist thug serving as the Minister of National Security, who caused global outrage."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Ben-Gvir-actists-AW-680wide-100x70.png "Andy Worthington: The startling severity of Gaza flotilla activists’ rape allegations")
