Tag: Protest
Gallery: Peaceful protest highlights ‘Nakba’ injustices in Palestine
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
About 50 people staged a "wall of noise" protest in Auckland's port today in a bid to shut down the Israeli...
Auckland uni students protest over plan to close special libraries
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
University of Auckland students rallied today against a plan to close several of the university's specialist libraries, reports RNZ National.
The university's...
Demo at Freeport office in Jakarta calls for self-determination for West...
By Tony Firman in Jakarta
Calls for West Papuan self-determination were prominent during a demonstration in front of the offices of PT Freeport Indonesia in...
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ protest over Iran’s compulsory hijab laws
By Mahsa Alimardani of Global Voices
A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling.
Photos of...
Indonesian court convicts mining protester over ‘communist’ symbol
By Yovinus Guntur in Banyuwangi, Indonesia
An Indonesian court has convicted and sentenced an environmentalist to 10 months in prison on a charge of spreading...
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...