Tag: Activists
CAFCA stalwart and prolific reviewer Jeremy Agar dies
OBITUARY: By Murray Horton in Christchurch
It is with great sadness that I am reporting that Jeremy Agar was found dead in his Lyttelton home...
‘Our blood is boiling’ – victims angry as dictator’s son edges...
Rappler
Former political prisoner Cristina Bawagan still has the dress she wore the day she was arrested, tortured and sexually abused by soldiers during the...
Activists say Jokowi’s West Papua visit only to bolster image –...
By Agus Pabika in Jayapura
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's visit to Papua last weekend to officially open Indonesia's National Games (PON XX) and officiate a...
Bali legal aid director cited for ‘treason’ after assisting Papuan protesters
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police...
25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor...
Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first
COMMENT: By Qiane Matata-Sipu
Yesterday I worked a 13-hour day unpaid. It’s pretty common in my world. It’s pretty common in the worlds of Indigenous...
For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear...
Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights...
Democratic struggle won’t end with ITE law revision, says Koman
By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent in Jakarta
It was September 2019, and exiled Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman was enjoying her final...
Students to talk frankly on NZ race relations at national hui
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Students from across New Zealand will have their say at a hui on race relations in Aotearoa next month, followed by...
Union leader Mike Treen to join Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla
Pro-Palestinian activists have taken to the seas in the latest Freedom Flotilla in a bid to reach Gaza. Richard Sudan reports from Denmark before...
Yogyakarta airport developers warned not to ‘steal’ people’s land
By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has demanded that state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I consider human...