Tag: Violence

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian military says a tribunal has sentenced an army major to life in prison for his involvement in the brutal murder of...

ANALYSIS: By Khairiah A. Rahman "On the ground, there is a sense of disquiet and distrust of the organisers’ motivations for the hui, as some...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby At least 32 people have been killed in an all-out war between Kulumata and Kuboma tribes in Milne Bay’s...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer A documentary from Stuff Circuit this week delved into Aotearoa New Zealand's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement. Why did...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Mong Palatino In Papua New Guinea, some already disenfranchised women have to face an added burden of sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV). However,...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea opposition leader Belden Namah has called on a member of Parliament, Lohia Boe Samuel, to resign over the accidental fatal...

RNZ News The area around New Zealand's Parliament has today been the scene of a full-day ordeal of violence as police removed protesters whose behaviour...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is saddened and angered by protesters' actions today, and that the New Zealand Parliament's grounds have been...

By Nick Truebridge, RNZ Checkpoint reporter Police leaders condemned the behaviour by protesters outside New Zealand's Parliament in the capital Wellington today as "absolutely disgraceful". The...

COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and...

By Mark Talia in Port Moresby "Enough is enough," is the impassioned plea of the women, mothers and daughters of Papua New Guinea, says Mea...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara A defiant Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has vowed tonight that he will not resign and will defend Solomon Islands democracy...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The covid protest outside Parliament earlier this month served as a warning that Aotearoa New Zealand is not...

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...

By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News reporter New Zealand's Department of Corrections has revealed more details about the LynnMall terrorist's violent behaviour while he was remanded...

By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter An Australian criminologist who deemed the New Zealand shopping mall attacker "low risk" in 2018 believes there were missed...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji police have warned that any attempts to destabilise and cause instability will be investigated and dealt with, reports The Fiji...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guineans who continue to commit crimes under the pretext of "sorcery" must...

RNZ Pacific Three crew members from a Chinese-owned Fiji-flagged fishing vessel are being questioned by police after an alleged beheading at sea. Six crew members from...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...

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...

By Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara in Jayapura Victor Mambor, journalist and editor of the Papua-based Tabloid Jubi, has become the target of a...