Tag: Militarisation
Pacific states could help ‘help prevent’ nuclear war, says advocate
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Pacific nations and smaller states are being urged to unite to avoid being caught in the crossfire of...
Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
‘Bringing war much closer to home’ – Pacific elders denounce AUKUS...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor; Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital journalist; and Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A group of former leaders of...
Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after...
Indonesian official admits new Papua provinces are to ‘counter OPM, exploit...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Papua People's Council (MRP) says that a Coordinating Ministry for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs (Kemenko Polhukam) deputy has told...
Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...
‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut
ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University
Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States....
West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues...
Stop funding military repression in Papua, plead TAPOL speakers
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Campaigners at a TAPOL-hosted global webinar have called on the people of Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and other...
Who is Judge Dredd and why it matters that media invoke...
By Justin Matthews
According to a recent study, the sixth leading cause of death for young men in the United States is the warranted and unwarranted...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...
Mariana Islands community groups to sue US Navy over at risk...
By Sylvia C. Frain in Saipan
Eight groups plan to file a lawsuit against the US Department of the Navy and the US Fish and...