Tag: Political lawsuits
Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and 12 other people have been ordered to jointly repay millions of francs they misspent on...
Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’
By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland
Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For...
TAPOL, ETAN support Papuan case for judicial review of ‘free choice’...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are calling attention to a judicial review of the “Act of...
Jakarta media activist threatens to sue Facebook for shutting accounts
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesian social media activist Permadi Arya has threatened to file a Rp 1 trillion (NZ$107 million) lawsuit against Facebook...
Tongasat’s appeal aimed at hindering suing former PMs, says Pōhiva
By Kalino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News
Tonga's Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva says he believes an appeal by Tongasat against a Supreme Court ruling over...
Rabuka acquitted on assets charge, free to contest 2018 general election
By Litia Cava in Suva
Former Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is now sure to contest the 2018 general...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...
Petition to sue ex-PMs over US$50m Tongasat payment, says Kele’a
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
A petition calling for a lawsuit to be filed against two former prime ministers of Tonga for their...
Duterte critic Trillanes second senator to be arrested – for 2003...
By Rambo Talabong in Manila
Outspoken critic Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has become the second opposition senator to be arrested under the Duterte presidency.
A team...
Nepal’s new legal codes spark medical, media protests and divide nation
Nepal has recently updated its legal system with new civil and criminal codes. However, writes Rahul Bhattarai of Asia Pacific Report, failure to consult...
Tahiti’s Salmon fined for defaming president with ‘vote buying’ claim
By RNZ Pacific
A senior French Polynesian politician has been fined for defaming the president Edouard Fritch during the election campaign in April.
The criminal court...
Savu border unsolved, but Timor-Leste leader praises ‘amazing’ Indonesia link
By Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata in Dili
East Timor’s outgoing Prime Minister Dr Mari Alkatiri says that after almost two decades of separation from Indonesia, the...
Albert Schram: My wrongful dismissal and malicious prosecution – a warning
On his way back home from Port Moresby to Verona in Italy during a stopover in Singapore, Dr Albert Schram wrote a lengthy article...
Dr Schram absconds on bail – claims PNG prosecution is ‘political’
By Keith Jackson in Noosa
In a shock development in Papua New Guinea's Schram case, the former vice-chancellor of the PNG University of Technology has...
Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees
BRIEFING: By Erin Harris
The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the Australian High Court act as a partial appellate court for Nauru,...
PNG court overturns loggers ban on custom landowners entering own land
By Scott Waide in Lae
A group of customary landowners in Papua New Guinea has regained access to their land following a significant legal victory...
RSF calls on Philippine state to ‘stop hounding’ Rappler in ‘laughable’...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Philippine authorities to stop hounding Rappler, after officials confirmed that a previously dismissed...
Former chief justice slams Gamato’s ‘premature’ PM election move
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A former Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea, Sir Arnold Amet, today condemned the actions of the beleagured Electoral Commissioner in...
‘Don’t run to courts’ over every PNG electoral row, judge says...
Andrew Thomas reporting from Port Moresby on the issues at stake in this month's general election in Papua New Guinea. Video: Al Jazeera
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PNG court silences political blogger’s comments, blogger posts gag image
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A Papua New Guinean court has banned political blogger Martyn Namorong from publishing "defamatory remarks" about Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato and...
NZ law student takes government to court over climate policy ‘failure’
Hamilton law student Sarah Thomson speaking about her court case against the NZ government. Video: Greenpeace NZ
A New Zealand law student is battling the...
Media ‘twisted comments’ about Chinese firm over tax, says Pōhiva
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva has hit back at reports that he told a press conference that “Chinese businesses in...