Tag: Media Freedom

By David Robie When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...

RNZ Pacific Journalist Victor Mambor, who is the chief editor of the West Papuan newspaper and website Jubi, has received the Oktovianus Pogau Award from...

Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...

By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka Fiji's Media Industry Development Act will soon be reviewed over the next few weeks. Speaking to The Fiji Times in Lautoka...

RNZ News Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists "drongos", blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis...

Pacific Media Watch Radio Australia's Pacific Beat reports today on how Fiji has fared under the draconian Media Act that has restricted media freedom over...

Pacific Media Watch A prominent Papuan journalist has said a recent bombing near his home is the latest in a string of attacks against him,...

By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...

By Len Garae in Port Vila West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's newly-installed government. Wenda said...

ANALYSIS: By Brett Wilkins As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London's...

Presented by Nick Fogarty, ABC Pacific Beat One of Fiji's leading media analysts says wholesale changes to the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation's board were inevitable, given the...

By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of four...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji's much-anticipated Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) Act review is now being drafted and expected to be tabled at the...

By John Mitchell in Suva In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...

By Pauliasi Mateboto in Suva Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka says the Media Industry Development Act will be replaced soon. Speaking to members of the...

Pacific Media Watch With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in...

Asia Pacific Report Civil society organisations which make up the National Alliance for Criminal Code Reform have slammed the decision by the Indonesian government and...

The Sunday Bulletin Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continue to run “fake...

The new Reporters Without Borders campaign video about Russian's invasion propaganda. Video: RSF Pacific Media Watch As Russia’s propaganda and crackdown on journalism continue to wreak...

RNZ Pacific Murder charges have been reinstated against the man suspected of killing French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, known as "JPK" -- his byline, who...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd -- not political...

Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media...