Tag: Student protest

Protests to challenge the presidential election results have escalated in the capital of Jakarta for two nights running. Video: Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Jakarta...

By Devina Halim in Jakarta Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for justice and truth from the government over the Trisakti student shooting tragedy through legal...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Radio 95bfm Jemima Huston is joined by AUT Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie and reporter Rahul Bhattarai about the...

By Global Voices Late on the night of August 5, 2018, award-winning Bangladeshi photographer and activist Dr Shahidul Alam was forcibly abducted from his house...

By Yuliawati in Jakarta Scores of Indonesian police blocked Papuan students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta who planned to hold a demonstration on...

By a special correspondent in Manila To mark the 44th anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines today and to call to mind the atrocities...

By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea administration's decision to ban eight students from continuing their studies is illegal,...

By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea (UNPG) Administration has permanently excluded all the Student Representative Council (SRC) members and...

By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea has served a contempt charge against the Students Representative Council lawyer Laken Lepatu...

The group of unknown men who killed Romanong in his dorm room are also accused of setting fire to various buildings on campus after...

In this "PNG Diehard" citizen video last month, Papua New Guinea police are seen and heard open-firing at students from the University of PNG...

By David Robie A Papua New Guinea media educator today called for an investigation into coverage of the two months of protest at the nation’s...

By Kendall Hutt The president of Papua New Guinea's media council has highlighted the ongoing challenges facing the government and media educators in a panel...

The alternative New Zealand radio station 95bFM, based at the University of Auckland, today featured Papua New Guinea's student unrest in a live interview. Andrew...

Story and video by Serah Aupong in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea Council has suspended the 2016 Academic Year. The announcement of the...

Papua New Guinea's government has appointed retired judge Justice Warwick Andrew as Chair of the Commission of Inquiry established to investigate recent violence at...

When EMTV News arrived at the UPNG main campus yesterday, students were armed with bush knives, stones, sticks and metal bars as they chased...

By Peter Solo Kinjap in Port Moresby Students from the University of Papua New Guinea reportedly clashed with Uniforce Security Service guards today, leading to...

Black smoke was billowing from the University of Papua New Guinea Uniforce security base at Waigani today after cars were set ablaze. A UPNG staff...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila A Vanuatu government team left for Port Moresby today to conduct an on-the-ground assessment of the crisis at...

By Philip Kepson in Wabag The Engan students at the University of Goroka have called on the Papua New Guinea government to investigate what was...

Papua New Guinea authorities deny a student has died from the police crushing of a protest at the University of PNG last Wednesday, but...