Tag: Censorship
WJEC16: Journalism education in the South Pacific – the new advocacy...
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For years, journalism education and training in the Pacific has relied on donor-funded short courses and expatriate media educators.
But in recent times, this has...
NZ news media ‘generally hostile’, says Fiji’s Bainimarama
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has labelled the New Zealand media as "generally hostile".
Speaking during the banquet to welcome New Zealand...
Barbara Dreaver: Fiji’s journalist blacklist is a disgrace
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent
According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...
Australian human rights lawyers defend West Papuan Morning Star mural against...
One of Australia’s leading human rights organisations has spoken out in support of the retention of a mural in Darwin’s central business district that...
Global media groups urge Timor-Leste PM to drop defamation case
The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...
Wadan Narsey: Silent censorship denies Fiji public ‘alternative voices’
OPINION: By Professor Wadan Narsey
Just living in Australia for a few months and watching television, makes you see clearly, how the Fiji public is...
Mong Palatino: The ‘death of democracy’ in Southeast Asia
Democracy has died and been reborn several times in different countries in the region, writes Mong Palatino.
On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win led...
Phil Robertson: Eroding human rights in Australian foreign policy
By Phil Robertson
The scene happens every day in capitals across south-east Asia: a strategy session in an ambassador’s ornate sitting room over coffee with...
PNG media council warns media crackdown may lead to censorship
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Port Moresby
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has expressed grave concerns at plans by the government to...