Tag: Death threats

Pacific Media Watch Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel’s declaration that six...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Papua New Guinea's rising voice as opposition candidate for prime minister, East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, has pushed...

RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinea MP who is being touted by the opposition as the next prime minister of the country says "my life...

RNZ News Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman -- a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and...

ANALYSIS: By Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The West Papuan Council of Churches says New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens' life is in danger if negotiations...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...

By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the...

Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...

ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis, publisher of Knightly Views Every journalist that "outs" a conspiracy theorist or extremist paints a target on their own back. The anti-truth...

RNZ News A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O’Donnell returned to Afghanistan -- and now says she’ll never go back. O’Donnell...

COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury Two high-profile University of Auckland academics raised important questions about academic freedom with their complaint to the Employment...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Joyce McClure in Guam I spent five years as the lone journalist on the remote Pacific island of Yap. During that time...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk In a lawsuit filed with the public prosecutor in Paris this week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Facebook of “deceptive...

By Igman Ibrahim in Jakarta Malang city district police chief (Kapolres) Senior Commissioner Leonardus Simarmata has been reported to the Indonesian police's professionalism and security...

Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman says the Indonesian government has asked her to return scholarship money amounting to 773...

By Jeremy Mogi in Lae Papua New Guinea police are investigating death threats against Lae City Authorit chief executive Neil Ellery. The threats were sent by...