Tag: Assaults
Marape’s message to PNG men, boys: ‘Stop the violence against women’
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has issued a strong appeal to all young men and boys in Papua New Guinea -- stop abusing girls,...
Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack is raising the alarm about criminal behaviour involving Marshallese deported...
The Fiji Times: We need to work together in the war...
SUNDAY TIMES EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor Fred Wesley
If there is a rise in robberies in some of Fiji's urban areas, then something...
Fiji leader’s son faces domestic violence charges in Sydney
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...
Police arrest 90 at rally in Jakarta against plan to ‘carve...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested a total of 90 Papuan students during a protest action near the Presidential Palace complex in Central...
Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is...
Global jailed journalists surge by 20% to 488 – 60 of...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned three "dictatorial regimes" -- Belarus, China and Myanmar -- for their...
