Tag: Sanctions

Asia Pacific Report Christchurch, New Zealand's third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto You could be forgiven if you missed the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion that Israel’s long-standing occupation of...

By Efe Özkan Pro-Palestinian anti-war activists in Australia have protested in Melbourne, disrupting a defence expo set to open on Wednesday. Protesters gathered yesterday in...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains disturbingly quiet on the unfolding genocide in Gaza. New Zealand’s silence is clearly undermining its self-image as...

Asia Pacific Report From France to Australia, university pro-Palestine protests in the United States have now spread to several countries with students pitching on-campus camps. And...

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Despite the carnage, United Nations resolutions and international court rulings, Israel's war in Gaza has the potential to...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah -- the dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis -- as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Two years ago New Zealand joined 22 other countries in supporting the Ukrainian case against Russia at the International Court of...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super...

RNZ Pacific The High Court in Suva has allowed an application by the public prosecutor to stop the super yacht Amadea belonging to Russian billionaire...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka The seizure of a super yacht -- reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch -- by the US government in...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka “We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...

RNZ News A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov. The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay,...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato With the cabinet meeting on Monday agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent...

RNZ News In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand's government is implementing a range of measures, including a travel ban on Russian officials...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Liljeblad, Australian National University Since the coup in Myanmar on February 1, the international community has struggled to agree on coherent action...