Tag: Protests
Trevor Richards: How about an apology from NZ Rugby?
COMMENTARY: By Trevor Richards
Apologies have been in the news recently.
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron told "French" Polynesia (Ma'ohi Nui) that French nuclear testing...
NZ police chief says anti-lockdown protests ‘disappointing’
RNZ News
New Zealand police are out again today enforcing the rules of the level 4 lockdown concentrating on dealing with any illegal gatherings, ensuring...
Indonesian police break up Papuan petition protests in crackdown
RNZ Pacific
A series of demonstrations in the West Papua region today have been forcibly stopped by Indonesian police.
The protests were organised by a network...
Remembering Tiananmen in Hong Kong: An increasingly risky act of resistance
By Oiwan Lam in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police on June 4 deployed 7000 officers in Victoria Park and across the city to ensure that...
Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region.
The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
Marilyn Garson: Nakba is an event in the present tense –...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson
I woke up to the news and fear cut into me for my family in Israel. Where are they right now? ...
Police arrest 15 Papuan students at peaceful May Day rally in...
By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta
Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...
Indonesia slammed for inviting Myanmar coup leader to ASEAN
By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader...
Police scuffle with protesters against Myanmar junta leader at ASEAN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Police have forced protesters demonstrating at the weekend against the attendance of Myanmar military commander General Min Aung Hlaing at the...
Myanmar: The student voice as frontliners tackle the junta
SPECIAL REPORT: By Graeme Acton
As the military junta in Myanmar continues its brutal attempt to subdue nationwide protests following February's coup, New Zealand-based Myanmar...
Democratic struggle won’t end with ITE law revision, says Koman
By a special Asia Pacific Report correspondent in Jakarta
It was September 2019, and exiled Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman was enjoying her final...
‘This is a banana republic?’ – the Caribbean reacts to the...
ANALYSIS: By Janine Mendes-Franco and Emma Lewis
As armed supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump forced their way into the United States Capitol last...
‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in...
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the...
Waikeria Prison protesters surrender to NZ authorities after 6-day siege
By RNZ News
The 16 protesters at Waikeria Prison have surrendered to authorities after a six-day stand-off.
The news that the men had ended the stand-off...
Jakarta ‘regrets’ Morning Star flag protest at Melbourne consulate after...
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
Indonesia's Presidential Staff Office says it regrets the raising of the Morning Star flag - which is identified with Papuan independence...
Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold...
Wenda accuses Indonesian special forces over Papua ‘hunting ground’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesian special forces are turning West Papua into "more of a hunting ground", warns an exiled Papuan leader in response to...
Environmental movement condemns Indonesia’s ‘betrayal of the people’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
By officially passing the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation this week, Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR), has triggered widespread protests...
Rallies against Indonesian labour law turn violent as police, protesters clash
By Arya Dipa and Agustinus Hari in Bandung/Manado
Protests over the past few days against Indonesia's recently passed Job Creation Law have turned violent with...
Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcibly...
UNESCO raises alarm over surge of attacks on media covering protests
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In its new report, Safety of Journalists Covering Protests – Preserving Freedom of the Press During Times of Civil Unrest, the...