Tag: Political lawsuits

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...

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...

Andrew Thomas reporting from Port Moresby on the issues at stake in this month's general election in Papua New Guinea. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media...

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...

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...

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...

EMTV News report of the court hearing in Port Moresby yesterday. By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby The trial against Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari, who fled...

By Vijay Narayan and Semi Turaga in Suva Fiji's Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Lee Burney has informed the High Court in Suva that the...

Senator Leila de Lima has branded President Rodrigo Duterte a "sociopathic serial killer" after he was accused of ordering drug killings. Video: Pinas Trends A...

Senator Leila de Lima says her camp and police agreed the arrest would happen on Friday, but they were dismayed to find out the...

By Alin Almanar in Jakarta Activists will soon file an appeal with Indonesia's Supreme Court against a ruling that overturned the state information body's order...

COMMENT: By Bob Makin in Port Vila Two big issues for Vanuatu lead today’s news and need quick resolution to restore confidence in the current administration. There are...

ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva In 2016, two of Fiji’s main media organisations, the privately owned Fiji Times and state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, came...

By Cedric Patjole in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is calling on the state to use its veto powers...

By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby An urgent application filed by the Students Representative Council president Kenneth Rapa against the University of Papua New Guinea...

Former Chief Ombudsman and Police Commissioner Illa Geno in the EMTV News video. By Serah Aupong in Port Moresby Former Chief Ombudsman and Police Commissioner Illa...

By Thompson Marango in Port Vila Two lawyers from Australia have been taken on board the defence team representing 11 of the jailed Vanuatu politicians...

By Thompson Marango in Port Vila The Supreme Court decision to ban the 14 convicted former MPs from holding public offices in Vanuatu for 10...

Anti-corruption police have arrested and charged a Papua New Guinea Supreme Court judge with judicial corruption, reports Loop PNG. Judge Bernard Sakora, 68, of the...

By Talebula Kate in Suva The Fiji Times is challenging the selection of the Fiji Sun as the government's exclusive carrier of newspaper advertisements for the...

Former PNG politician Dame Carol Kidu, who features in Media Stockade's feature documentary The Opposition, is seeking an injunction to stop the filmmakers from...

Opinion by Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report Respected New Zealand Herald journalist Phil Taylor’s reportage last week has again raised concerns about poor transparency...