Tag: Terrorism

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby The three local female researchers who were kidnapped with Australia-based New Zealand professor Bryce Barker are being kept in...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The swearing in of the extremist leadership in Israel demands the Aotearoa New Zealand government reassess its policy towards the Middle...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week,...

ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Sadiq Sohail, an East-West Centre research specialist in Honolulu Part 1 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban...

EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier Whether the leaders of Papua New Guinea realise it or not, sorcery is a big social issue. It is wreaking havoc while...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of...

The Press Freedom Tracker launch video featuring Peter Greste and the tracker team. Video: AJF Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Peter Greste-fronted Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The traditional parade on France's national day returns today after a one-year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic, reports France 24. European...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) believes that the Indonesian government has nine motives behind the branding of...

RNZ News Australian actress Rose Byrne is set to play NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the week following the 15 March...

General Gatot Nurmantyo, a former commander in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, giving his television interview - in Bahasa Indonesian. Video: TV-One Indonesia Asia Pacific...

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A bomb believed to have been detonated by two suicide attackers in Indonesia exploded outside a Catholic cathedral in Makassar, South...

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Media freedom defenders from Commonwealth countries have criticised many governments across the world that threaten and censor the work of...

A clip from This Is Not A Movie, a 2020 documentary by about Robert Fisk. Video: Doc Edge Festival Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, who for...

By Tracy Neal of RNZ News A senior journalism lecturer is urging the foreign media to respect New Zealand's strict reporting restrictions for the sentencing of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippines Anti-Terrorism Law, Vice-President Leni Robredo has pushed for safeguards so that the controversial...

FIRST PERSON: By Katie Todd, of RNZ News, reporting outside the High Court in Christchurch The latest chapter in the court proceedings of the accused...

By John Gerritsen of RNZ News National Party MPs crossed the floor of New Zealand's Parliament to congratulate Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Police Minister...

OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced a New Zealand ban on all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles She pledged the day...

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed she will never mention the name of the man accused of killing at least 50 people in...