Tag: Protest

By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy (Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in...

By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Pacific Conference of Churches has called for justice in Mā'ohi (French Polynesia) and for Oscar Temaru, the activist mayor...

By Dewi Nurita in Jakarta The Indonesian government has submitted an appeal against the Jakarta Administrative District Court's (PTUN) decision that found President Joko Widodo...

By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta A court in East Kalimantan has found seven Papuans guilty of treason in separate trials for their involvement in antiracism...

By RNZ News New Zealand's first weekend at post-covid alert level 1 drew massive crowds to Super Rugby Aotearoa franchise matches in Auckland and Dunedin...

By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Thousands of people took part in the Black Lives Matter protests in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin today. Auckland's Aotea...

By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now...

By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives...

Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and...

By RNZ News The organisers of Black Lives Matter protests in several main centres will not be prosecuted. On Monday, thousands gathered at several events around...

ANALYSIS: By Philip Russo of Monash University The death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked protests across the United...

Pacific Media Watch Protests in at least 30 cities across the US following the police killing of George Floyd have resulted in violent attacks from...

By RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders have joined large numbers of Americans in protesting following the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd. In Auckland, Aotea...

ANALYSIS: By Danielle K. Kilgo of Indiana University A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life...

By Amanda Siddharta in Jakarta Six activists charged with treason in Jakarta for organising a protest rally for independence last August outside the presidential palace...

By Lokman Tsui in Hongkong This story is an edited version of a post published by the author on Facebook on Friday, May 22, reflecting...

Pacific Media Centre Seven more people have been detained in Indonesia for alleged treason since a complaint filed with the United Nations last month, says...

Pacific Media Watch Following yesterday's parliamentary row in the national chamber of Timor-Leste, chaotic scenes were streamed live on social media today for more than...

By Galih Gumelar in Jakarta A panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court have found six activists guilty of committing treasonous acts for...

Pacific Media Watch The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against Jimmy Lai, founder and chair of...

By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian ­ activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict...