Tag: Protest
NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost...
RNZ News
Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remained on the New Zealand Parliament lawn today as health officials reported a big increase in covid-19 cases nationally.
But...
120 protesters at NZ’s Parliament arrested as tension grows on third...
RNZ News
One hundred and twenty protesters have been arrested for refusing to leave the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament after being trespassed today
Police say...
Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier
RNZ News
Police handcuffed three people after protesters today tried to push through a barrier on the grounds of New Zealand's Parliament -- known as...
Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass
RNZ News
More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters...
Iwi clinic egged as anti-vaxxers force caution in vaccine rollout for...
By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting
Māori health providers in Aotearoa New Zealand are holding back on covid-19 vaccinations for children in the face of...
Brian Tamaki remanded in custody for alleged breach of bail conditions
RNZ News
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki was arrested today and has been remanded in custody.
He appeared by videolink in Auckland District Court this afternoon.
His...
NZ police probe after Tamaki speaks at Christchurch anti-vaccine protest
By Niva Chittock, RNZ News Reporter
New Zealand police are investigating an anti-vaccine protest attended by Destiny Church leader pastor Brian Tamaki.
A Destiny Church spokesperson...
Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...
RNZ Pacific
Malaita province in Solomon Islands is planning to poll people on self-determination.
It comes two weeks after a Malaitan-led protest against the national government...
Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands prime minister came in for searing criticism when he faced a confidence vote in Parliament today.
A motion of no confidence...
‘Shameless, misguided’ NZ anti-vax protesters cost Newmarket stores
RNZ News
An anti-vax protest that shut down the centre of Newmarket in New Zealand's largest city Auckland today may have cost local businesses hundreds...
Indonesian police charge 8 Papuan youths with ‘treason’ over flying Morning...
By Dhias Suwandi in Jayapura
Eight youths have been declared suspects on charges of makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) for flying the banned Papuan independence flag...
Iwi urge pastor Tamaki to ‘follow science’ in fight against covid-19
RNZ News
An iwi that pastor Brian Tamaki descends from are calling him out to say he is putting Māori communities at risk.
This follows mass...
NZ Parliament on high security as anti-vaxxer protesters gather
RNZ News
New Zealand's Parliament was on high security today as thousands marched through the capital Wellington for an anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protest.
Thousands of people...
Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Protesting students have held demonstrations in several cities around Indonesia to mark seven years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration, reports...
Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta
The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...
Police break up rally by Papua activists at US embassy in...
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...
Samoan parliament sits but opposition MPs banned
RNZ Pacific
Five months after Samoa's April 9 general election the FAST party government finally began its first parliamentary session today.
But it was without the...
Medical treatment for Victor Yeimo after police break up Papua protest
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura
Papuan activist Victor Yeimo has been receiving medical treatment in hospital following a police crackdown on a protest in the...
Protest call at prosecutor’s home to demand hospital care for Yeimo
By Dwi Bowo Raharjo and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari in Jayapura
West Papua National Committee (KNPB) diplomacy commission head Kobabe Wanimbo has appealed to the...
Davey Edward, Rainbow Warrior campaigner in Rongelap, dies at 68
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A former Rainbow Warrior campaigner and Greenpeace International technical manager, Davey Edward, has died in Perth, Australia. He was 68.
Edward had...
Bali legal aid director cited for ‘treason’ after assisting Papuan protesters
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The director of the Bali Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), Ni Kadek Vany Primaliraning, has been reported to the Bali regional police...
1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition...