Tag: Persecution

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua's...

Pacific Media Watch The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) has joined media freedom groups supporting Julian Assange, an Australian citizen whose unjust...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has hailed the news that Narges Mohammadi -- an Iranian journalist RSF has been defending for years --...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa...

ANALYSIS: By Giacomo Lichtner, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington During the anti-lockdown protests at Parliament last year, I was told about a...

ANALYSIS: By John Minto When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of New Zealanders have shared messages of hope and support for the Muslim whānau (community) in Christchurch and across the...

By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...

Al Jazeera's Inside Story this week features the "blasphemy" trial against Indonesia's Christian Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and asks if the 1969 law is...

Fear and Desperation: Refugees and Migrants Pour into Greece. Prizewinning footage shot in October 2015 – March 2016, Greece. Video: Rory Peck Awards Will Vassilopoulos,...

By Gwyn McClelland in Melbourne Today, Martin Scorsese’s Silence will have its premiere at the Vatican, where it will be screened to hundreds of Roman...

From Human Rights Watch By Phelim Kine Time is running out for the beleaguered Ahmadiyah community on Bangka Island in Indonesia. Bangka Island’s top elected official, Tarmizi...