Tag: Press Freedom

ANALYSIS: By Mong Palatino Various stakeholders have warned that the draft National Media Development Policy released by Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas has told the Papua New Guinean government and national leaders to allow the media...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's draft National Media Development Policy is not intended to give the government power to control the media...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Papua New Guinea’s government to immediately withdraw a draconian draft media “development” policy that has...

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby The new media development policy being proposed by the Papua New Guinea Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, could lead...

PNG Post-Courier An anti-corruption NGO in Papua New Guinea has criticised the haste with which the government is conducting consultation on a draft National Media...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the...

By Rebecca Kuku Media is not a tool of government to promote its agenda -- however altruistic that agenda may be, says media academic Dr...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...

By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva While steps are being taken behind the scenes by Fiji's coalition government to review the country's existing media legislation, civil...

ABC Pacific Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when suddenly a Molotov cocktail went crashing through their...

By Lice Movono in Suva Veteran Fijian journalist Netani Rika and his wife were resting in their living room when he was suddenly woken, startled...

By David Robie When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and...

RNZ Pacific Journalist Victor Mambor, who is the chief editor of the West Papuan newspaper and website Jubi, has received the Oktovianus Pogau Award from...

Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...

By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka Fiji's Media Industry Development Act will soon be reviewed over the next few weeks. Speaking to The Fiji Times in Lautoka...

Pacific Media Watch A prominent Papuan journalist has said a recent bombing near his home is the latest in a string of attacks against him,...

By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...

ANALYSIS: By Brett Wilkins As Julian Assange awaits the final appeal of his looming extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London's...

By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of four...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Fiji's much-anticipated Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) Act review is now being drafted and expected to be tabled at the...