Tag: Harassment
‘We’re not sending our daughters to be punching bags at uni,’...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Students of the University of PNG have taken the right step to demand that the authorities address harassment on campus, says...
Lawyer Clooney welcomes dismissal of second libel suit against Maria Ressa
By Camille Elemia in Manila
Human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher, who lead the international defence legal team, have call on the international...
World Press Freedom Day 2021: Hostility towards journalists on rise
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...
Nine Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference
ANALYSIS: By Blair Williams, Australian National University
It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in Australia's...
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...
Media freedom watchdogs condemn Indonesian assaults on journalists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The International Federation of Journalists and the Alliance of Independent Journalists have expressed concern over reports that several local journalists have...
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...
#HoldTheLine campaign launched to back Maria Ressa, independent media
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Sixty press freedom groups and civil society organisations, journalism institutions, filmmakers, and other supporters have formed a coalition in support of...
Nauru, PNG join Fiji in global ‘obstructed’ freedoms watchlist
Six in 10 countries now seriously repressing civic freedoms, according to findings in the latest Civicus Monitor, a global research collaboration tracking fundamental freedoms...
Fijian students design superheroes to challenge ‘Silence’ in comic contest
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Advocacy groups have called on children and young people to defeat the "ultimate supervillain" – silence – to help end violence...
Indonesian president’s belated call for tolerance leaves minorities at risk
By Phelim Kine
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo did something extraordinary in his annual State of the Nation address this week - he issued a...
Protests over new harassment of PNG journalists at court hearing
By Nadia Marai in Port Moresby
Media staff have been threatened and harassed by supporters of Western Province Governor Ati Wobiro, provincial administrator Madowa Gumoi...
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...