Tag: human rights
Indonesian people smuggler cash scandal – jail for ‘paid-off’ boat crew
Report from Pacific Media Centre
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa on Rote Island, Indonesia
The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid...
New Japanese bill stirs anxiety in the Pacific
Archive: First published on Aug 27, 2015
By Niklas Brandt Pedersen
A new bill due to be passed by the Diet could counteract the longstanding Japanese...
MIDA’s Raj warns Fiji media not to promote ‘discord’
Report by Pacific Media Watch in Suva
Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority says media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely...
Jokowi pledges to sort past rights cases but ignores Papua
Report by Pacific Media Watch
By Ayomi Amindoni and Victor Mambor in Jayapura
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of Indonesia has expressed a commitment to resolve a...
#COP21: ‘No indigenous respect’ in climate deal, says Timor tribal chief
Report by Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
A leader of a Jakarta-based indigenous people's organisation has expressed disappointment at the agreement recently adopted at the Paris...
Refugee advocates hopeful for better human rights with Suu Kyi’s win...
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Three Auckland-based refugee advocates have given a hopeful view of improved human rights in Burma following Aung San Suu Kyi's...
Students, staff stage West Papua human rights flag-raising ceremony
Report by Pacific Media Watch
A group of postgraduate students and staff today raised the West Papuan flag on campus at Auckland University of Technology...
