Tag: Nuclear Weapons
Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test...
RNZ Pacific
More than 2000 demonstrators in French Polynesia have joined a march in the capital Pape'ete to mark the 55th anniversary of the first...
France denies covering-up deadly nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government has denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as...
Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump...
ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University
Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration.
Over the weekend,...
John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is coming — unless we stop it...
ANALYSIS: By John Pilger
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect...
Gallery: A peaceful day remembering the horrendous fate of Nagasaki
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate...
Why Indonesia must ratify the global nuclear weapon ban treaty
By Deandra Madeena Moerdaning in Vienna
A year ago on July 7, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that pushes forward a...
Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success
ANALYSIS: By Dr Vanessa Griffen
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this month that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN, the International...
Climate change champion, Nobel nominee Tony de Brum mourned
By Shawn Raymundo and Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Former Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum, a Pacific champion of climate change...
‘A price they never should’ve paid’: Hiroshima, Nagasaki victims remembered
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
The estimated 226,000 people who lost their lives in the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been remembered in...
Strip medals from French Rainbow Warrior saboteurs, says Star-Times
Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata profiles the legacy of activism from the 1985 Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Video:...
Timor, Indonesia vote for NZ-backed ‘gift for future’ nuclear-free ban
UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu flags new challenges facing the disarmament agenda in the 21st century. Video: UN News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Timor-Leste and Indonesia...
Ban the bomb – how NZ’s ordinary ‘Davids’ checked the nuclear...
Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt's video on the nuclear free law campaign.
Off The Wall: with Padre James Bhagwan in Suva
As we conclude the...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...
Keith Locke: Israel’s anti-nuclear whistleblower more deserving of NZ citizenship
OPINION: By Keith Locke
No self-respecting country sells its passports to rich people who don’t even live there, which is why it was so bad...
Indonesia and Japan agree to step up maritime security, plan rail...
Indonesia and Japan have agreed to step up maritime security and start discussions on a major railway project to link Jakarta and Surabaya in...
Rick Wayman: We stand with the Marshall Islands
Yesterday marked two years since the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) took a courageous stand against the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations.
On April 24,...
Marshall Islands v Big Nuclear – will Pacific people get the...
By Jen Maman
In April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny island country part of Micronesia, filed groundbreaking lawsuits to the International...
Hollande ‘turns page’ on French N-tests but admits health harm
Compensation for the victims of three decades of French nuclear tests in the South Pacific was a focus of President François Hollande's visit to...
Mystery of the 1983 Vanuatu ‘nuclear free’ girl finally solved
June Keitadi -- as a five-year-old -- in the 1983 Huarere video "Nuclear Free". She is seen at 1m08.
By David Robie in Auckland
So the...
Bill Rosenberg: TPP wrong path – a nuclear-free moment
OPINION: By Bill Rosenberg
Politicians, journalists and commentators who cannot understand why the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement marks the end of bipartisan support for similar...
De Brum, Nuclear Zero lawyers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Report from the International Peace Bureau
By Colin Archer in Geneva
The Oslo-based International Peace Bureau has nominated former Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum...
New Japanese bill stirs anxiety in the Pacific
Archive: First published on Aug 27, 2015
By Niklas Brandt Pedersen
A new bill due to be passed by the Diet could counteract the longstanding Japanese...