Tag: Media Freedom
Intimidation of journos in Papua condemned
By RNZ Pacific
Journalist organisations in Indonesia have condemned alleged discrimination towards their colleagues by police in West Papua.
Three leading journalists in Papua were prevented...
Papua free media advocate files UN ‘blackout’ plea, targeted by hacker
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A West Papuan journalist, editor and media freedom advocate has lodged a protest to the United Nations about Indonesia’s internet blackout...
Indonesian journalists ‘bought, broken and soul searching’, says researcher
By Michael Andrew
The Indonesian media is contributing to resentment and racism toward Papuans, according to a human rights researcher and former journalist.
Andreas Harsono of Human...
PNG journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking
By Michael Andrew
Journalists across Papua New Guinea have spoken out in support of EMTV news director Neville Choi after his "unacceptable" termination from a...
EMTV staff protest over sacking of ‘flawless’ news manager Neville Choi
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's EMTV news and current affairs manager Neville Choi has been sacked after six years of service in this...
RSF condemns journalist assaults as Hong Kong violence escalates
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
As four more journalists were assaulted in the Hong Kong area last Sunday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the...
American environmental journalist shot, critically wounded in Philippines
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
An American journalist working in the Philippines on indigenous environmental and human rights issues has been shot and critically wounded while...
‘Spy’ agency involved in ABC raids, new documents show
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Newly released documents show that another government agency along with the Australian Federal Police was involved in the investigation that led...
Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists, says AJI
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian police have not been investigating reported cases of violence against journalists, reports Indonesian news magazine Tempo.
According to the Jakarta Alliance...
Police drop trespass charges against French TV crew at Adani protest
French television journalist Hugo Clément speaking out about the arrest in Queensland on Monday. Video: Euronews
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has...
British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West...
By RNZ Pacific
Eight members of Britain's House of Lords want to see their government take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua.
In...
RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Australian authorities to drop all charges against four French TV journalists who –...
Indonesia’s cover up over Papuan media freedom violations exposed
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Indonesia recently hosted a bold public relations window-dressing expo in Auckland presenting itself as a “Pacific” nation while attempting to provide...
Vanuatu police question journalists over ‘detained’ vehicle story
By Royson Willie in Port Vila
Two Vanuatu Daily Post journalists were literally given a pat-down by the police criminal investigation unit yesterday over a...
Journalists to go to West Papua on press junket, says Peters
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, said Indonesia was making progress in West Papua with the welcoming of a press pack.
Peters was...
NUJP raises alarm over safety of media workers after Mindanao shooting
By Jigger J. Jerusalem in Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao, Philippines
In the wake of an attack against a hard-hitting Filipino broadcaster in Kidapawan City -...
Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support...
ANALYSIS: By Wendy Bacon
Journalism is not a crime, which is why we must support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in his battle against extradition to...
AUT’s Pacific Media Watch ‘lighthouse’ role featured in freedom doco
The Pacific Media Watch mini documentary. Video: Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and...
Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalist Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa and the Philippines "war on truth". Video: Al Jazeera's Witness
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
International human rights lawyers Amal Clooney and Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC...
West Papuan suffering will go on if NZ doesn’t take stand,...
Michael Andrew's Pacific Media Watch interview with Rosa Moiwend of West Papua. Video: Pacific Media Centre
By Michael Andrew
West Papuan human rights defender Rosa Moiwend...
Timor-Leste free speech, criminal defamation and protecting Maun Bo’ot (‘Big Brother’)
By Tempo Timor in Dili
Proposals to make defamation a crime in Timor-Leste have sparked public debate about a controversial law that could see people...
Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong
Mixed reactions in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the Legislative Council on Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony's 1997 return to Chinese...