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COMMENTARY: By Qadura Fares On August 3, last Saturday, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world were standing in solidarity with Gaza and...

RNZ Pacific Activists have protested at Indonesia's Ternate Police headquarters in North Maluku demanding that the security forces release eight people arrested while commemorating West...

By Jimmy Kalebe in Lae A group of 31 men on remand have escaped from a Papua New Guinea police station holding facility in Lae...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua Defence Force’s Navy has intercepted what news media have described as a suspected Chinese pirate vessel and have detained...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane A refugee in immigration detention has launched a High Court challenge against Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and his...

By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has called for the "urgent" and "immediate" release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations...

EDITORIAL: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila After nearly two weeks of silence, Vanuatu's Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew Napuat has answered some—but not all—of...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Under a veil of secrecy, China has convinced Vanuatu to enforce Chinese law within its own borders. Six Chinese nationals...

BRIEFING: By Erin Harris The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the Australian High Court act as a partial appellate court for Nauru,...