Tag: Terrorism
Disinformation and climate crisis, governance, training feature in PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training...
PNG law change empowers police to use lethal force in kidnapping,...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under "domestic...
Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence
RNZ News
Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been appointed as Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call.
Ardern established the initiative to eliminate violent extremist content...
K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...
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...
John Minto: Israel’s new leadership demands NZ reassess its Middle East...
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...
Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta...
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,...
The world must not wash its hands of Afghanistan’s misery
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...
PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control
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...
‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family
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...
AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists
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...
France’s Bastille Day parade takes place in shadow of covid pandemic
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...
Nine reasons why Jakarta has branded Papuan armed rebels as ‘terrorists’
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...
Actress Rose Byrne to play Jacinda Ardern in mosque attacks film
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...
Don’t brand West Papuan resistance OPM ‘terrorist’, say ex-general, critics
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...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
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...
Indonesian suicide bombing rocks Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday
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...
Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’
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...
Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power
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...
Foreign media told to ‘obey rules’ over mosque gunman sentencing
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...
‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law
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...
Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day
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...
NZ’s gun law change: ‘One of the most important pieces of...
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...