Tag: PNG Supreme Court
Landmark PNG Supreme Court ruling toughens cybercrime law
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby
People accused under Papua New Guinea's Cybercrime Code Act may not always find free speech protection offered by...
Supreme Court reinstates PNG MP after bribery ruling overturned
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinea MP, Peter Isoaimo, who had been ousted by the National Court in an alleged bribery...
PNG Supreme Court stays Madang byelection pending Kramer appeal
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has stopped a byelection for the Madang Open seat being held until an appeal filed by former...
PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has been reinstated after being stood down following riots and looting on January 10.
That rioting --...
Court lifts temporary block to PNG executions after 70 years –...
By Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby
A five-man Supreme Court bench has quashed by a majority decision National Court temporary orders that have stayed the...
PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal
By Karo Jesse in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has stayed a court order nullifying the appointment of David Manning as Commissioner of...
PNG Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Marape’s election
By RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge over the election of James Marape as prime minister last year.
The challenge...
PNG courts reopen with ‘new normal’ of no-mask-no-entry policy
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National and Supreme Court sittings in Waigani, NCD, resumed under the “new normal” yesterday - no...
Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival
A Frontline Insight item about Joe Moses and the Paga Hill struggle for justice in Papua New Guinea. Video: Reuters Foundation
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Murray Horton: Root causes of Manus refugee crisis need to be...
Papua New Guinea immigration officials last week started dismantling parts of a prison camp housing hundreds of defiant refugees as an evacuation deadline loomed...