Tag: Killings
West Papuan campaigners welcome UN call to halt Indonesian torture
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...
Courthouse torched, police assaulted during Rapa Nui unrest
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...
Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua
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...
‘My only sin is extrajudicial killings,’ admits President Duterte
President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to admit to extrajudicial killings during a speech on Thursday saying this was the only "sin" that he was guilty...
Only ‘death or isolation can stop me’, vows Duterte critic Trillanes
Philippine military leaders refuse to follow President Rodrigo Duterte's order to arrest outspoken critic Senator Antonio Trillanes. Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila. Video: Al...
RSF condemns killing of radio journalist – shot in Philippines
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the killing of Philippine radio journalist Joey Llana near Legazpi City, at the southeastern tip...
Duterte says as ‘parent of nation,’ he can order detention of...
By Pia Ranada in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has cited the power of the state to act as parents of persons needing...
PNG doctors call for compulsory post-mortems to stem sorcery killings
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby
Post-mortems should be compulsory in alleged sorcery-related deaths, says Papua New Guinea's National Doctors' Association (NDA).
Legislation must be...
RSF media freedom round-up for 2017 – 65 journalists killed, 326...
Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from London. Video: Al Jazeera/RSF
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has documented the number of journalists killed or jailed...
NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees
OPINION: By Sharon Harvey and Sorowar Chowdhury
The plight of the Rohingya people has hit the international headlines again. Following the August clashes in Rakhine...
Duterte’s brutal ‘war on the poor’ and also those reporting it
Al Jazeera's Listening Post programme on the Philippine "war on drugs".
ANALYSIS: Presented by Richard Gizbert
The most violent week yet in President Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines...
FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...
