Tag: Media law
Investigation into Fiji Times sedition charge steps up with search warrant
Pacific Media Watch
Sedition charges against several Fiji Times Limited staff have loomed larger with the Criminal Investigations Department of the Fijian police force executing...
Drop ‘politically-motivated’ sedition case against Fiji Times, says AI
The Fijian authorities must immediately drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper group, says Amnesty International.
“By charging The Fiji Times with sedition,...
RSF protests over ‘unscrupulous’ censorship, surveillance of journos
On World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report denouncing the readiness with which leading internet companies submit to the demands...
Vanuatu right to public information law now in force
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Vanuatu’s Right To Information (RTI) Act has become law after it was published in the official Gazette, less than...
Court bars overseas travel for accused Fiji Times publisher
By Tokasa Rainima in Suva
Fiji Times publisher Hank Arts’ bail variation application has been dismissed by the Suva High Court.
Justice Thushara Rajasinghe told Arts...
Global media groups urge Timor-Leste PM to drop defamation case
The International Federation of Journalists and the South East Asia Journalist Unions have joined international organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Freedom House in...
Former PNG politician seeks injunction against Australian doco The Opposition
Former PNG politician Dame Carol Kidu, who features in Media Stockade's feature documentary The Opposition, is seeking an injunction to stop the filmmakers from...
