Tag: Nauru human rights
Nauru 19 to appear in first sitting of nation’s new Court...
By RNZ Pacific
The group known as the Nauru 19 will go back to court next week in what will be the first sitting of...
Loss of MSF mental health carers from Nauru heightens fears for...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government's move to...
Refugees, journalist detention in Nauru ‘overshadow Pacific issues’
Support was widespread for journalist Barbara Dreaver’s detention at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru earlier this month. But, reports Maxine Jacobs for Asia...
Joanne Wallis: Australia needs to sing from same song sheet as...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis
Australia’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne probably envied New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s welcome at this week’s Pacific...
Climate change tops action at Forum in spite of Canberra’s resistance
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Climate change, labour mobility and West Papua are some of the issues that Vanuatu played a key part in discussions during...
Pacific Island leaders tightening the screws on press freedom, dissent
ANALYSIS: The three-hour "detention" of television New Zealand Pacific affairs reporter Barbara Dreaver for "breaking protocols" over interviewing refugees on Nauru. But Josef Benedict...
Stick to our Forum visa rules, Nauru warns media via Twitter
By RNZ Pacific
The Nauru government has taken to Twitter to warn journalists they are not above the law as they cover the Pacific Islands...