Tag: freedom of expression
Landmark PNG Supreme Court ruling toughens cybercrime law
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby
People accused under Papua New Guinea's Cybercrime Code Act may not always find free speech protection offered by...
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share...
Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was...
West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday's arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...
Pacific eyes on media as Blinken joins RSF’s 2023 World Press...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific eyes will be on the World Press Freedom Index 2023 when it is launched today as concerns grow over the slip...
Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in...
Asia Pacific Report
The Australia West Papua Association has condemned an Indonesian crackdown on a peaceful Papua self-determination rally in Bali at the weekend after...
John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times
By John Mitchell in Suva
In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...
Amnesty, Civicus condemn Fiji spelling mistake contempt lawsuit as ‘violation’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Amnesty International and Civicus have called on the Fiji government to drop contempt of court charges against a lawyer in Fiji...
Take action, don’t just offer words, MEAA tells Australia on media...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The next Australian government must recommit to press freedom by putting in place overdue reforms to support public interest journalism, says...
Nobel laureates Ramos-Horta, Ressa demand freedoms, fight for democracy
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...
Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights...
By Yance Agapa in Jayapura
Indonesia has strongly criticised the United Nations in response to cases of human rights violations in Papua being cited in...
Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific ReportThe troubled nation of Solomon Islands, whose Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won a no-confidence vote 32 votes...
Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth
COMMENT: By Graham Davis
If anyone is wondering why the Fijian media hasn’t reported the details of my reporting on Grubsheet Feejee of the Prime...
Pacific journos call on governments to uphold public right to information
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Information as a public good is a powerful theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day and serves as a...
Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the...
EDITORIAL: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian...
Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free...
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian police have asked participants at a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) in Papua to take covid-19 rapid tests at the...
Democratic struggle won’t end with ITE law revision, says Koman
By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent in Jakarta
It was September 2019, and exiled Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman was enjoying her final...
Deportation of USP head ‘boosts chilling effect’ on Fiji free speech
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The deportation of academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia last week is alarming and highlights the restrictive environment for freedom of expression in...
To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in...
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, University of Melbourne
Terrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a...
Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement...
West Papua scores lowest democracy index, free expression declines
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesia's West Papua province has again been recorded as having the worst democracy index in the republic, reports CNN Indonesia.
This year...
Malaysia’s media crackdowns driven by a shaky, sensitive government
Al Jazeera’s documentary on the plight of migrant workers during covid-19 lockdown.
ANALYSIS: By Ross Tapsell, of the Australian National University
The recent police interrogations of...
Stop harassing USP protesters, global human rights groups tell Fiji
Pacific Media Watch
The Fiji authorities must respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly for university staff and students and immediately cease...