Tag: Colonialism

ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University Crisis is a word often used in politics and the media -- the covid crisis, the housing crisis,...

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3. Papuan People's Petition (PRP), the...

RNZ Pacific A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges. The...

RNZ News Wellington iwi leaders have called for an end to Aotearoa New Zealand's 10-day-old anti-covid mandates protest in Parliament grounds and condemned comparisons made...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala PART 2: WS storytelling in more detail In part one of my article on White Supremacy (WS), I articulated some of the...

COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan group seeking self-determination has greeted Papua New Guinea on its 46th anniversary of independence, predicting that one day...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has spoken out about the worsening health of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo who has...

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...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that Paris owed “a debt” to French Polynesia over nuclear tests conducted in the...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Hele Christopher-Ikimotu I am Banaban. I come from an ancestry of survivors and a once rich land. However, Banaba died to make other...

Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writes أيمن حسونة about Israel's system of apartheid leading up...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...

ANALYSIS: By Benjamin T. Jones, CQUniversity Australia The most explosive element of the Sussexes’ highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey was the claim that someone...

By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea Sir Michael was a man of many titles. He was father, grandfather and chief. As a tribal leader,...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Ritchie, Deakin University Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, former prime minister of Papua New Guinea and a giant of Pacific politics, has...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM)...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A new Fiji magazine published by a New Zealand-based media collective made its debut this weekend to mark Fiji's 50th Independence...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis At precisely 10am 50 years ago today, Fiji gained its independence from Britain when HRH, the Prince of Wales, handed our...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Alliance of Indonesian NGOs has denounced the UAE-Israel normalisation deal, saying it harms the Palestinian cause and is a "robbery"...

By Mong Palatino of Global Voices A book excerpt published by The Guardian narrates the survival of six shipwrecked Tongan boys on an island...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede joined the Ihumātao "protectors" protest at the weekend to soak up the atmosphere of guardianship...