Tag: human rights
Wansolwara student journos report on West Papua human rights struggle
By Vilimaina Naqelevuki in Suva
Media access to West Papua, where more than half a million of its indigenous people have reportedly been killed over...
Freedom struggle hero Barak Sope awarded Timor-Leste honour
By Len Garae in Port Vila
“I was fighting in the mountains and I heard your voice from across the ocean coming to support my...
Thousands support Indonesian petition to repeal blasphemy law
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesians have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately repeal Article 156a on religious blasphemy of the Criminal...
Uncle Shane on Australia’s shame: ‘We’re the vulnerable ones, the...
SPECIAL REPORT: It was early November 2016. As I waited for Laura Lyons from Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR), a tall, thin, old-looking man with...
UP students, alumni protest against honorary doctorate for Duterte
An honorary doctorate degree for President Rodrigo Duterte? Not if students at the internationally renowned University of the Philippines can help it.
Several students and...
Amnesty blasts foreign companies over ‘profiting’ from Nauru refugees abuse
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Foreign companies are profiting off human rights abuses carried out at the Australian offshore refugee processing centre on Nauru, Amnesty...
Military chief’s Op Burnham account highlights key Afghan legal concerns
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning
There is an overlooked aspect of the New Zealand Defence Force’s account of Operation Burnham that when scrutinised suggests a possible...
Hit & Run reply: This is what a military cover-up looks...
By Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson
The Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Tim Keating presented the NZ Defence Force response to the book Hit &...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls: Feminists face shrinking spaces at UN
COMMENT: By Sharon Bhagwan Rolls in New York
Pacific -- and global -- feminists are facing challenging times this week in New York with efforts...
Iranian refugee Sawari’s PNG trial deferred to end of month
EMTV News report of the court hearing in Port Moresby yesterday.
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
The trial against Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari, who fled...
Debut novel offers rare glimpse into grief amid life in West...
Ahead of the launch of her debut novel The Earth Cries Out, author Bonnie Etherington talks with Pacific Media Watch contributing editor Kendall Hutt...
Walden Bello: Duterte fascism and naked force ruling Philippines
"Like the anti-Marcos resistance four decades back, the only certainty members of the anti-fascist front can count on is that they’re doing the right...
Asian human rights agency backs probe into Papua torture case
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has backed an appeal from the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) for an investigation into an alleged torture...
Seven Pacific states blast Indonesia for human rights violations in West...
A Vanuatu cabinet minister has delivered a stinging condemnation of Indonesia over the "grave situation" on human rights violations in West Papua.
Ronald K Warsal,...
Duterte critics, supporters clash on EDSA People Power anniversary
A scuffle erupts after around as Duterte supporters arrive at a rally of thousands of Duterte critics near the People Power Monument. Video: Rappler
Critics...
‘I will have you jailed too,’ Trillanes warns President Duterte
By Lian Buan in Manila
After visiting Senator Leila de Lima in jail, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he will stop at nothing to...
War on drugs critic Senator Leila de Lima arrested in Philippines
Senator Leila de Lima has branded President Rodrigo Duterte a "sociopathic serial killer" after he was accused of ordering drug killings. Video: Pinas Trends
A...
Trump, Duterte and other ‘toxic’ leaders blamed for undermining human rights
Amnesty International video and release of its Annual Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights.
Toxic fear mongering by anti-establishment politicians, among them...
Indonesian activists seek Appeal Court ruling on Munir murder files case
By Alin Almanar in Jakarta
Activists will soon file an appeal with Indonesia's Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order...
Febriana Firdaus wins inaugural Pogau award for courage in journalism
Jakarta has a new award for courage in journalism, honouring West Papuan editor Oktovianus Pogau who died last year. The inaugural award has been...
Thousands march against Duterte’s war on drugs, ‘violence culture’
Thousands of Catholics "Walk for Life" in Manila to protest against the drug-related killings under President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Video: Papua New...