Tag: Peaceful protest
Rights violations, censorship threaten EU-Vietnam deal, says watchdog
Vietnam’s human rights record could jeopardise an upcoming free trade deal with the European Union, according to Human Rights Watch. Asia-Pacific Journalism’s Jessica Marshall...
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...
Frustrated PNG gas supply landowners protest over non-payment of royalties
Protesting landowners in Central Province blockade the PNG LNG plant site today in anger over unpaid royalties. Video: EMTV
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
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Indonesian police block planned Papuan student protest in Yogya
By Yuliawati in Jakarta
Scores of Indonesian police blocked Papuan students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta who planned to hold a demonstration on...
Obituary: John Miller, a passionate advocate for Philippines justice
OBITUARY: By Murray Horton
John Miller (1929-2016) died in Christchurch in November, aged 87. John and Leonida (Leony) have been members of the Philippines Solidarity...
Oceania Interrupted give media a challenge over West Papua
Oceania Interrupted challenged media educators and journalists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region to raise the profile of West Papua as a human...
Sogavare declares full West Papuan membership in MSG ‘justifiable’
Granting of full membership status to the United Liberation Movement of West Papua in the Melanesian Spearhead Group is justifiable as Indonesia had sought...
Electoral Commission nullifies Unitech student vote in new PNG twist
The Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission has nullified the referendum conducted at the University of Technology by Lae Election Office last Friday - almost...
Students reach out to public in ‘awareness day’ over PNG crisis
By Scott Waide in Lae
More than 3000 students from the University of Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute in Papua New Guinea's second largest...
Electoral Commission refuses to recognise UPNG student vote
Students of the University of Papua New Guinea gathered early yesterday morning at the forum square on the Waigani campus to vote for a...
Asian human rights group condemns ‘illegal arrests’ of Papuans
The Asian Human Rights Commission has condemned the forced dispersal of peaceful Papuan protesters and their illegal arrest in Kampung Bhintuka-SP13 field in Mimika,...
Images: Climate change advocacy brings colour, vibrancy to SkyCity protest
Asia Pacific Report photographer Del Abcede captures some colourful and poignant moments at today's SkyCity climate change protest against the New Zealand Petroleum Conference.
Images: Police mount ‘Operation Drag’ to remove protesters inside Sky City
Most news media took pictures of the climate change "civil disobedience" protest today at vantage points outside the SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre.
But Asia Pacific...
Climate change activists stage singing blockade at NZ oil summit
"I hear the voice of my granddaughter saying climate action now," sing protesters at the main entrance to the SkyCity convention centre. Video: Del...
