Tag: Protest
Students reject new Yogyakarta airport, condemn forced evictions
By Ristu Hanafi in Yogyakarta
Protesters and students from Indonesia's Alliance against the Kulon Progo Airport have again demonstrated in front of the PT Angkasa...
Jakarta rally calls for Freeport closure, West Papua self-determination
By Dhio Faiz in Jakarta
A demonstration held in Jakarta by hundreds of students and youth from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian...
Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff
By Lalu Rahadian in Jakarta
Conflicts in Papua province will not be resolved until the Indonesian government provides the Papuan people with an opportunity to...
Rampaging mob attacks PM O’Neill’s interests – ‘warlords’ take over Mendi
By Johnny Poiya and Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
A rampaging crowd has attacked Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s official vehicle and business...
Jakarta advocacy group accuses hardline general over attack
By Dwi Andayani and Noval Dwinuary Antoni in Jakarta
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy head Muhammad Isnur has accused retired Major-General Kivlan Zen and...
Thousands of Filipinos demand end to killings in Duterte’s drug war
Children as young as five have become the latest victims in what's believed to be the bloodiest week in the Philippines since President Rodrigo...
Strip medals from French Rainbow Warrior saboteurs, says Star-Times
Pacific Media Centre's Alistar Kata profiles the legacy of activism from the 1985 Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Video:...
Lae police chief confirms ‘students’ set fire to PNG ballot papers...
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Lae Metropolitan Police Superintendent Anthony Wagambie Jnr has confirmed that ballot papers were burnt at...
Images: ‘No BCL, no mining,’ say protesting Panguna women
Landowner women and mothers have protested over plans to reopen the Panguna mine on Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.
They demonstrated in Arawa in central...
Greenpeace Indonesia protesters target US climate policy ‘disaster’
Pacific Media Centre News Desk
Greenpeace Indonesia has staged a protest in front of the US embassy in Jakarta over the decision of President Donald...
Opposition will ‘not let up’ to planned seabed mining in Philippines
By Rachel E. Llorca in Manila
Fishermen from the archipelagic province of Romblon in the Philippines are opposed to planned deep sea mining ventures...
Blacklisting of freelance journalist on Papua mission ‘paranoid’, says Tempo
ANALYSIS: Tempo
The blacklisting of Jack Hewson, a freelance journalist working for Al Jazeera, shows the Indonesian government's paranoia towards foreign journalists.
The government should allow...
Greenpeace activist swimmers halt seismic oil exploration ‘Beast’
Three Greenpeace activists -- including Greenpeace NZ executive director Russel Norman -- today swam in front of the 125m Amazon Warrior, nicknamed "The Beast".
The...
Iran condemns air strike on Syria – UK, Australia, NZ give...
An unidentified US Navy destroyer launching missiles at a Syrian government air base. Video: TheMozzextras
Iran has condemned a United States strike on a Syrian...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...
Church supports ‘concrete feet’ environment protest in Jakarta
The church in Indonesia has lent its weight behind an ongoing demonstration outside the presidential palace by Javanese farmers protesting against the establishment of...
On the oil protest front line: ‘It’s their future they’re fighting...
By Kendall Hutt
Young environmentalists were on the front lines of the fight against oil and gas exploration in New Zealand today with the People's...
NZ climate change protesters blockade oil conference in Taranaki
Climate change protesters blockaded the Petroleum Summit in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth today where the government was expected to announce the...
Indonesian women march for equal rights and protection
The women's march in Jakarta. Video: UNANews
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
More than 1000 Indonesian women took to the streets of Jakarta this week...
Papuan student protests call on Indonesia to close Freeport
Protesters from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and religious pupils from an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) have faced off against each other at the...
Duterte critics, supporters clash on EDSA People Power anniversary
A scuffle erupts after around as Duterte supporters arrive at a rally of thousands of Duterte critics near the People Power Monument. Video: Rappler
Critics...
Frustrated PNG gas supply landowners protest over non-payment of royalties
Protesting landowners in Central Province blockade the PNG LNG plant site today in anger over unpaid royalties. Video: EMTV
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
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