Tag: Political lawsuits
PNG suspended defence chief claims ‘political interference’ in court
By Jacob Pok in Port Moresby
Concerns over alleged political interference in the command and control of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force are among...
NZ climate satirist sentenced to 125 hours of community work for...
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
A Dunedin climate activist has been sentenced to 125 hours of community work after writing a fake email saying...
Fiji judge dismisses lawyer Richard Naidu’s guilty conviction over ‘scandalising court’...
By Rashika Kumar in Suva
Suva lawyer Richard Naidu is a free man after the Suva High Court ruled this week that no conviction be...
$9.6m scandal – Post Fiji to pay huge bill to Australia-based...
By Anish Chand in Suva
Post Fiji Ltd has engaged a law firm to recover $9.6 million from an Australia-based mail logistics company that used...
‘I feel vindicated’ – Vanuatu Daily Post in landmark work permit...
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Trading Post Ltd, the owner of the Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper, BUZZ FM96 and other...
Fiji’s Attorney-General takes over Richard Naidu ‘contempt’ case
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
The Fiji Attorney-General’s office has terminated the instructions of lawyers Devanesh Sharma and Gul Fatima in the contempt of court...
This is more sinister than you think – my people’s freedom...
By Veronica Koman in Sydney
As an Indonesian lawyer living in exile in Australia, I find it deeply troubling that the changes to the Indonesian...
‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna "Violet" Coco on Friday. But...
Fiji contempt of court case – now defence lawyer cited over...
By Ian Chute in Suva
Fiji lawyer Jon Apted was yesterday accused of contempt of court for comments made in court two weeks ago while...
Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber...
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila
The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO...
‘Mexican standoff’ ends, as PNG court orders locks removed over unpaid...
PNG Post-Courier
The Mexican standoff over the closure of Papua New Guinea government offices due to nonpayment of rentals has ended.
The National Court has ordered...
Vanuatu’s chief justice orders change over dissolution of parliament plea
RNZ Pacific
The Chief Justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Parliament to exclude the president of...
Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy
RNZ Pacific
A former president of Kiribati warns the crisis involving the island nation's government and the courts has left the country with a "dysfunctional...
New Caledonia referendum challenged in Euro human rights court
RNZ Pacific
The holding of New Caledonia's third and final referendum on independence from France during the covid-19 pandemic last year is being challenged in...
Timor-Leste journalist faces probe after exposing child abuse case
By Sirwan Kajjo in Dili
In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in...
Indonesia sues PNG for K105m over storage of ‘illegal’ oil shipments
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
The Indonesian government has filed a K105.6 million (US$30 million) writ against Papua New Guinea, naming two senior officials...
Graham Davis: Scandalous or ridiculous? The timing of a Fiji political...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis of Grubsheet Feejee
In a sign of utter desperation as Fiji's general election election approaches, the Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has targeted...
NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion...
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter
An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can...
UK government orders extradition of Julian Assange to US, but that...
ANALYSIS: By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia and Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle
Last week on June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of...
Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator
By Lian Buan in Manila
The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up...