Tag: Media ban
Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to...
Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the "sadistic brutality" of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent...
K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
The three local female researchers who were kidnapped with Australia-based New Zealand professor Bryce Barker are being kept in...
Samoan PM Tuilaepa attacks Observer over criticism of media ban
By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has attacked the Samoa Observer, accusing the nation’s only daily newspaper of being...
Rappler challenges president’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back
By David Robie in Manila
Rappler, the innovative online publisher that has been at the media freedom frontline in the Philippines for the past three...
Nauru media ban on ABC targets Australian detention centre gag
There has been much wringing of hands over Nauru’s ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for next month’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit. But,...