Tag: Police raid
Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in...
By Duncan Graham
An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year...
RSF condemns Hong Kong police storming of Apple Daily – 5...
Hundreds of police officers search the Apple Daily group’s headquarters after five senior staff were arrested under the National Security Law, accused of "collusion...
Civil society advocates condemn Fiji police ‘intimidation’ of USP students
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji's NGO Coalition on Human Rights today condemned police for it called heavy-handed intimidation of students and staff at the regional University...
Fiji police raid opposition party headquarters in social media blitz
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji police have raided the headquarters of Fiji's National Federation Party, apparently in search of information related to social media posts.
In a...
Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid
Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists in Australia. Video: Democracy Now!
By Democracy Now!
Press freedom groups...
Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Menzies of UTS Central News in Sydney
As I stood out the front of the ABC's Sydney headquarters on Wednesday morning (June...
Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne
In their raids on media organisations, journalists and whistleblowers, the Australian Federal Police have shown themselves...
ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief
How Al Jazeera reported yesterday's raid by Australian police on the offices of the national public broadcaster ABC. The raid was over a series...
Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to...
By Rebecca Ananian-Welsh of The University of Queensland
The Australian Federal Police has this week conducted two high-profile raids on journalists who have exposed...
MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on journalists and media organisations within the last 24 hours represent a disturbing...
RSF condemns Australian police raid on journalist’s home as ‘intimidation’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has unreservedly condemned the Australian federal police raid yesterday on a News Corp journalist’s home in the...