Tag: human rights
PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that...
MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for...
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
The Melanesian Spearhead Group has thrown away a golden chance for achieving a historical step towards justice...
OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending...
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful...
Human rights arguments have lost credibility over double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression...
Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption...
Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists...
‘High prevalence’ of racial harassment in NZ workplace, says new research
RNZ News
Māori, Pasifika, Asian, as well as disabled and bisexual employees, are disproportionately affected by bullying and harassment in workplaces in Aotearoa New Zealand,...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
Parliament protest: What the cameras in the crowd witnessed
SPECIAL REPORT: By Rituraj Sapkota of Māori Television
“I have never had that fear before that I might get physically hurt,” says Patrice Allen, a...
NZ newspaper condemns ‘reckless’ pandemic protesters in face of Ukraine’s ‘real...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper today contrasted the "reckless self-expression" of anti-covid mandates protesters and the dangers confronting the people of...
Alex Rheeney: Frontline media lessons of the past – from PNG...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Alexander Rheeney
It was probably one of those rare times when I “became the news” as a journalist.
I had accompanied Greenpeace activists...
A Niuean man’s story of Lake Alice: ‘The pain was so...
By Khalia Strong
Hakeagapuletama Halo walks into the courtroom. He is a head taller than most, dressed in a crisp white shirt. He has a...
Papuans join Vanuatu in mourning death of ‘freedom’ Pastor Allen Nafuki
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papuans have joined the people of Vanuatu in mourning the loss of independence and human rights campaigner Pastor Allen Nafuki...
Brutality escalates as Indonesian crackdown takes force in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Brutality in West Papua has escalates with civilian and military casualties in the past month, reports SBS News.
The killing of Indonesia’s...
West Papua’s Benny Wenda to be awarded Oxford’s highest honour
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Oxford City Council is to award West Papuan activist Benny Wenda the Honorary Freedom of the City accolade for...
Political poetry has dramatic impact at Dawn Raids art exhibition
By Irra Lee of Te Waha Nui
Pacific stories spanning generations emerged through film and poetry at a South Auckland art exhibition about the Dawn...
Media freedom in Melanesia focus of next PJR and upcoming forum
By Michael Andrew
Media freedom in Melanesia will be the focus of the next edition of Pacific Journalism Review in partnership the Melanesian Media...
Israeli forces blockade the Gaza ‘blockade busters’ – Treen detained
PressTV report - Mike Treen detained.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...
‘Great relief’ for rights advocates after Philippines ‘releases’ Australian nun
By Jean Bell in Auckland
Detained Australian missionary Sister Patricia "Pat" Fox's "release" by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration has been greeted with relief by...
ICC withdrawal ‘a principled stand’, claims Philippines’ Foreign Secretary
By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano claims the Philippines' withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is "a principled...
KontraS demands Indonesian police investigate death of terror suspect
By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of...
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In Papua New Guinea, community leader Joe Moses struggles to save the 3000 inhabitants of Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement before...