Tag: Authoritarianism
Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a Pacific Media Watch series.
A rather beautiful...
Vanuatu using Covid-19 to impose censorship on media, citizens
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
The Vanuatu government is using the Covid-19 to impose draconian measures and authoritarian rule by end of last...
Global technology leader warns against ‘digital takeover’ of democracy
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Global technology and business leader Dr Anita Sands has warned against allowing digital technology to take over democracy on the eve of...
Maria Ressa named among Time’s most influential women of century
By Rappler in Manila
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is among Time's "100 Women of the Year", the news magazine has revealed ahead of International Women's...




![No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record "Both of these warmongering nations [US and Israel] have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actions over many decades."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Iran-not-going-to-talks-AJ-680wide-218x150.jpg)








![No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record "Both of these warmongering nations [US and Israel] have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actions over many decades."](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Iran-not-going-to-talks-AJ-680wide-100x70.jpg)


