Tag: Human rights defenders
Pioneering Polynesian Panther indigenous rights activist farewelled
RNZ Pacific
A pioneering indigenous activist is being farewelled today after losing a short battle with cancer.
Miriama Rauhihi Ness was a member of the Polynesian...
Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role
By Laurens Ikinia
A journalist who sailed on board the bombed environmental ship Rainbow Warrior, was arrested at gunpoint in New Caledonia while investigating French...
Indria Fernida: Long road to see justice over Munir’s murder
By Indria Fernida in Jakarta
Yesterday, 16 years ago, Munir Said Thailb, a defender of human rights, was murdered with arsenic poison aboard a Garuda...
Manus Island refugee granted Swiss asylum to fight on
By RNZ Pacific
A Manus Island refugee granted asylum in Switzerland will continue to fight for the freedom of refugees Australia detains in Papua New...
Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI
By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus...
Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights...
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet criticising the Philippines "war on drugs" policy in her speech in Geneva. Video: Rappler
By Jodesz Gavilan in...
Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival
A Frontline Insight item about Joe Moses and the Paga Hill struggle for justice in Papua New Guinea. Video: Reuters Foundation
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Rights violations, censorship threaten EU-Vietnam deal, says watchdog
Vietnam’s human rights record could jeopardise an upcoming free trade deal with the European Union, according to Human Rights Watch. Asia-Pacific Journalism’s Jessica Marshall...
