Tag: Freedom of speech
PNG court silences political blogger’s comments, blogger posts gag image
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A Papua New Guinean court has banned political blogger Martyn Namorong from publishing "defamatory remarks" about Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato and...
PNG Media Council seeks opinion over Cybercrime Act’s ‘free speech’ impact
By Geraldine Kalabai in Port Moresby
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea is seeking a legal opinion on the effects of the government's 2016...
Rights groups condemn ‘cowardly censorship’ bid over Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch
Press freedom and human rights advocates, journalists and social media users have condemned a demand by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries...
New York Times condemns ‘misguided’ attempt to silence Al Jazeera
Silencing Al Jazeera was a high priority when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen moved to isolate Qatar earlier this month,...
Indonesian student Afi’s blog items inspirational – but her FB ‘frozen’
Translated by Khairiah A. Rahman
The Facebook account of Afi Nihaya Faradisa, an Indonesian high school student from the village of Banyuwangi in eastern Java...
Pat Walsh: Ahok is innocent — Indonesia needs him and renewed...
ANALYSIS: By Pat Walsh
The recent sentencing of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian Chinese-Indonesian Governor of Jakarta, to two years in jail for blasphemy...
ASEAN lawmakers alarmed at ‘blasphemy’ conviction of Ahok
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta on the sentencing of Ahok to two years in prison for insulting the Quran.
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
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Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage
War Reporters, a short video launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) last year to honour journalists facing "danger zones". Its release coincided with the...
Why the ‘treason’ arrests in Indonesia are a worry for Asia-Pacific
By Abdul Qowi Bastian
Sri Bintang Pamungkas was arrested in his home in Cibubur, in the outskirts of Indonesia's capital Jakarta, on early Friday morning,...
Political parties need permits, say Fiji Police
Police in Fiji have advised political parties that they would need a permit if they are wanting to hold public gatherings in the country.
The...
Mereoni Chung: Through social media, Fiji’s youth challenge the political elite
Fiji Television News on the arrests of two former prime ministers and a trade unionist among others taking part in the Dialogue Forum.
OPINION: By...
UPNG protest student leaders banned from studies
By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea (UNPG) Administration has permanently excluded all the Student Representative Council (SRC) members and...
Flag raising marks West Papua proclamation day ceremony in Yogyakarta
By Bastian Tebai in Yogyakarta
Every year July 1 is commemorated by Papuans as West Papua proclamation day. The proclamation was read out at the...
TVNZ’s Barbara Dreaver fires back at Fiji PM’s ‘ridiculous claims’
As Television New Zealand's news boss calls for the ban on Barbara Dreaver entering Fiji to be lifted, the Pacific correspondent has responded to...
Repressive Indonesian acts against academic freedom hit Bandung
In the absence of the Indonesian state's assurance for freedom of expression, the nation has continuously witnessed repressive acts against academic freedom within university...
PNG’s Basil calls for defence of free speech in student unrest
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Sam Basil says the freedom of speech that is enshrined in the Papua New Guinea constitution must...
Environmental advocate sues Duterte supporters for cyberbullying
"Guns, goons and the presidency", a current affairs video about Rodrigo Duterte, the leading candidate in the Philippines elections on Monday. Video: Al Jazeera's...
