Tag: NGOs
Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being held in Abu...
Open letter criticises ‘colonial’ French agency, media over Kanaky sexual violence...
This open letter to En Avant Toute and journalists at France 24 and France Info marked the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples...
NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...
Asia Pacific Report
A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on...
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Plans to establish "food estates" were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said,...
West Papuans to open branch office in Port Moresby, Wenda confirms
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) plans to open a government branch office in the neighbouring Papua New Guinean...
Fiji urged to speed up vaccination – restrictions hamper NGO work...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji's opposition Social Democratic Liberal Party is calling on the government to boost its covid-19 vaccination programmes in the...
A View From Afar: Independence hopes for Kanaky and what now...
A View From Afar on 26 August 2021. Video: EveningReport.nz
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In this this week's episode of A View from Afar today, Selwyn...
Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama describes FRIEND as a "proxy for the opposition". Video: Fiji Village
By Dhanjay Deo in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party (NFP) leader...
Indonesian NGOs condemn UAE-Israel normalisation deal as ‘crime’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Alliance of Indonesian NGOs has denounced the UAE-Israel normalisation deal, saying it harms the Palestinian cause and is a "robbery"...
PNG faces TB crisis with 35,000 new cases each year, warns...
Businesses for Health will host a street festival in Port Moresby on March 22 to create more awareness about TB. Video: EMTV News
By Lillian...
Fiji youth must be ‘ambassadors for climate change fight’, says NGO...
Jenny Jiva, a Fiji student climate change activist, speaking in a Bearing Witness interview with PMC journalist TJ Aumua in Suva last year. Video:...
Mereoni Chung: Through social media, Fiji’s youth challenge the political elite
Fiji Television News on the arrests of two former prime ministers and a trade unionist among others taking part in the Dialogue Forum.
OPINION: By...
