Tag: Al Jazeera
The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva
The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian...
AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) has called on the Malaysian government to desist its current investigation of Al Jazeera English...
Has the new world order failed? UN calls for new global...
Not everyone is in the same boat! Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres argues that inequality starts at the top...
Malaysia police summon Al Jazeera journalists for questioning
The controversial 101 East episode Locked Up in Malaysia's Lockdown on 3 July 2020. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Malaysian police summoned six Al...
Amidst coronavirus lockdown, biggest Philippines TV network goes off air
On Al Jazeera's The Listening Post this week: The Filipino government has forced local television network ABS-CBN off the air. Plus, covid-19 is used...
RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the "absurd situation" in which Australian investigative journalist...
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...
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In Papua New Guinea, community leader Joe Moses struggles to save the 3000 inhabitants of Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement before...
Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan...
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia's Papua province.
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The Asian...
‘We’re losing the climate change battle,’ warns Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron appeals to the world to do more on climate change. Video: Al Jazeera
French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a rallying...
Naashon Zalk: Why are New Zealand’s waters so polluted?
Al Jazeera's People & Power programme investigates disturbing claims that New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are among the most polluted in the developed world....
Duterte’s brutal ‘war on the poor’ and also those reporting it
Al Jazeera's Listening Post programme on the Philippine "war on drugs".
ANALYSIS: Presented by Richard Gizbert
The most violent week yet in President Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines...
Thousands of Filipinos demand end to killings in Duterte’s drug war
Children as young as five have become the latest victims in what's believed to be the bloodiest week in the Philippines since President Rodrigo...
Global media freedom summit slams Gulf states, supports Al Jazeera
By Dr Joseph M Fernandez in Doha, Qatar
The international freedom of expression conference in Doha has ended with a strong condemnation of the threats...
Rights chief tells Arab dictatorships ‘examine yourselves’ in Gulf blockade
By Dr Joseph M Fernandez in Doha, Qatar
A leading international human rights organisation has called on countries in the Gulf region to pay heed...
Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia
ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui
Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...
Rights groups condemn ‘cowardly censorship’ bid over Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
Press freedom and human rights advocates, journalists and social media users have condemned a demand by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries...
New York Times condemns ‘misguided’ attempt to silence Al Jazeera
Silencing Al Jazeera was a high priority when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen moved to isolate Qatar earlier this month,...
Al Jazeera caught in the Qatar crisis crossfire, reports Mediawatch
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
So-called "fake news" and the damage it can do has featured much in the media in recent months.
Radio NZ's Mediawatch...
CPJ condemns attack on Afghan state television — at least 6...
Al Jazeera's report on the attack on the National Radio Television of Afghanistan office in Jalalabad.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has strongly condemned the...
Controversial TPP pact signed amid huge Auckland protest
One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history has been signed by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as...