Tag: Killings

By RNZ Pacific The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia's...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed...

By Benny Mawel and Budi Sutrisno in Jayapura and Jakarta The killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, last weekend - allegedly...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Tabernacle Bible Church of Indonesia's congregation from the Intan Jaya regency in Papua has fled into the forests in fear...

By Yanuarius Weya in Jayapura A pastor has been shot dead at the weekend allegedly by the Indonesian military, sparking protests by church groups and...

The National editorial Hundreds walked the Sir John Guise drive on Thursday calling for justice for the brutal death of 19-year-old mother-of-two – Jenelyn Kennedy...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby A passionate plea by men, women and children has echoed around the Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby...

OPEN LETTER: From Dame Meg Taylor to the people of Papua New Guinea I write this as a Papua New Guinean and a daughter of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Bhosip Kaiwi, the man accused of murder in the Papua New Guinean torture case, will be held at the Correctional Services...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby The care of duty supposed to be provided to the young Papua New Guinean mother Jenelyn Kennedy killed last...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby About 10 women and girls in Port Moresby have become victims of gender-based violence and have ended their lives...

This is part of the front page of Papua New Guinea's The National this weekend. Normally we would not publish such a harrowing image...

By EMTV Online The PNG Defence Force has handed over three suspects for the killing of police Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere to the investigating police. Assistant...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News Yesterday , we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the...

Pacific Media Watch Former Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Jerry Singirok has condemned the killing of a senior police officer allegedly by off-duty soldiers. He...

Pacific Media Watch Rappler publisher and chief editor Maria Ressa was critical today of the Philippines administration under President Rodrigo Duterte for its focus on...

Amnesty International is calling Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drugs a "systematic campaign of killing". It wants the United Nations to investigate what...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Free West Papua Campaign has welcomed the call by the United Nation’s human rights experts for "Prompt and impartial investigations...

By RNZ Pacific Rapa Nui has been hit by serious disturbances after a family tried to lynch a homicide suspect, reports Chilean news media. The news...

By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week's shooting of...

President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to admit to extrajudicial killings during a speech on Thursday saying this was the only "sin" that he was guilty...