Tag: Death threats
PNG MP Allan Bird on death threats: ‘Picking on me isn’t...
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...
Opposition MP Allan Bird claims his ‘life under threat’ after PM...
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...
Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’
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...
I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...
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...
Papuan churches call on Jokowi to halt military ops for NZ...
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...
Journalism at crossroads but must ‘stick to principles’ to regain trust,...
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...
Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...
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...
Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’
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...
Gavin Ellis: Latter-day anarchists throw digital bombs at NZ journalists
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...
Kabul one year on – cat-and-mouse with the Taliban intelligence agents
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...
Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love...
COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch
There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and...
Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters
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...
What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles...
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...
Pacific media dangers: ‘I had death threats and my tyres slashed...
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...
RSF Paris sues Facebook for ‘deceptive commercial practices’ over hate speech
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...
Papuan students report Malang police chief over racist ‘shoot to kill’...
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...
For this Filipina journalist, every day is a battle with fear...
Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights...
Jakarta asks Papuan rights lawyer Koman to return scholarship money
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...
PNG police investigate cellphone death threats against Lae city chief
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...