Tag: Court rulings

By Gerard Carreon in Manila An appeals court has struck down a 2018 government order that sought to shut down Rappler, an online Philippine news...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery...

By Antonio Sampaio in Oecusse, Timor-Leste Defrocked American priest Richard Daschbach, 82, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crimes of sexual...

RNZ Pacific A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed. A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country's Parliament. On Tuesday, the...

By Zedaiah Kanau in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Waigani National Court has ordered Police Commissioner David Manning to vacate the office by noon Friday...

The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al...

By Fern Napwatt and Glenda Willie in Port Vila The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has sentenced Philip Jimmy, a man found guilty of murdering his...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned many media freedom violations during the general elections held in Papua New Guinea from 24...

By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby The founding father of Papua New Guinea, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, has maintained that at no time in...

Ruth Rungala of EM TV News reports on the National Court granting students right to seek a judicial review of UPNG's eviction order last...

By Ruth Rungala in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National Court has granted leave to the University of PNG Student Representative Council to apply further...

By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby A temporary stay against the eviction of University of Papua New Guinea students from both the Waigani and Taurama...

An appeal by Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner Gari Baki against a judicial review on the suspension of Thomas Eluh and the termination of...

The NBC News report on Belden Namah's appeal to the nation, presented by Jerry Tave. By Raymond Ginio in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's former opposition...

Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has ruled Australia’s detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island is illegal. A copy of the PNG Supreme Court judgment...

From SBS News Scores of asylum-seeker families, including babies born in Australia, face the prospect of deportation to Nauru after a High Court ruling, reports...