Tag: Police detentions
Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow...
A View From Afar: How covid-19 has become a trigger of...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In this episode of A View from Afar, Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by David Robie to discuss how...
Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country's already limited democratic space is being choked...
Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Pacific social justice movement is calling on the New Zealand government to formally apologise for the Dawn Raids...
Indonesian police raid Papuan student dormitory with tear gas, arrest 43
By Ghinan Salman in Surabaya
As many as 43 Papuan students were taken to the district police headquarters after Indonesian police fired teargas and forced...
Secrecy veil over deportation of six Chinese nationals raises key questions
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Under a veil of secrecy, China has convinced Vanuatu to enforce Chinese law within its own borders.
Six Chinese nationals...
