Tag: Assault

RNZ Pacific The son of Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is facing criminal charges in Australia over domestic violence-related allegations. Meli Bainimarama, 36, was charged in...

By Mike Tua in Honiara Facing angry rioters threatening them with physical attacks, Solomon Islands mainstream and freelance journalists and photographers were confronted with an...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN...

Warning: Content may be distressing to some viewers. The video of the assault on the Papuan deaf teenager Steven Yadohamang. Video: Benar News SPECIAL REPORT:...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Papua New Guinean government should protect women accused of practicing “sorcery” from violence and hold the attackers to account, says...

By Charlie Dumavi in Port Moresby Women students at the University of Papua New Guinea silently suffering from persistent sexual harassment and abuse in the...

By Jemimah Sukbat in Port Moresby A group of male students attacked the media covering a harassment protest by female students at the University of...

By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says...

RNZ News A man who was at the Countdown supermarket in New Zealand's South Island city of Dunedin when four people were stabbed has described...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...

By Charles Maniani in Manokwari Indonesian Mobile Brigade (Brimob) paramilitary police, national police intelligence officers (intel) and the army's special forces (Kopassus) have stormed the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia's illegal military occupation in his...

By Alya Nurbaiti in Jakarta and Benny Mawel in Jayapura Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers reportedly attacked and arrested civilians at a dormitory and nearby houses...

By RNZ Pacific Four people convicted of assaulting the director of Vanuatu's highly acclaimed Wan Smolbag Theatre Company have been sentenced for what the judge...

By RNZ Pacific A Fiji opposition MP has been suspended from parliament for six months for refusing to apologise to the Prime Minister. Pio Tikoduadua and...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A video of Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama grabbing and shoving an opposition MP has gone viral. The video emerged on the Facebook...

Scott Waide's blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Some villagers affected by the volcanic eruption on Manam island haven taken out their anger and frustration against four journalists covering...

By RNZ Pacific The president of the Pacific Islands News Association says he is appalled and disappointed by an attack on Papua New Guinea journalist...

EMTV's head of news Neville Choi reports on the assault on the television crew -- see item at 4min01sec. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch...

By Kelly Vacala in Suva The safety of media personnel has come under the spotlight again after an attack on a Fiji Broadcasting Corporation television...

By Len Garae in Port Vila Vanuatu gender and human rights advocate Jenny Ligo has called on the Minister of Justice to "revisit resources" made...