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Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland’s downtown Te Komititanga Square today recalled the 1917 colonial “Balfour betrayal” and condemned it for...

UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists’ death toll spirals

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has released a blistering report on media complicity in war crimes as Israelis...

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report In what is probably one of its most shameful acts...

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and...

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

An edited version of a speech Mary Kostakidis delivered at the Media Diversity Australia Symposium where she spoke...

Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show

Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a nuclear-free Pacific and other issues in...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis understand that Trump can end the nightmare in Gaza. Americans should know this too

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone It’s so revealing how Israelis keep begging Trump to end the killing in Gaza, because they understand that the US President...

‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists tell of being targeted by Israel

Pacific Media Watch Palestinian journalists have long known Gaza to be the most dangerous place on earth for media workers, but Israel’s attack on a...

Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must read for environmental activism

REVIEW: By Jenny Nicholls Author David Robie left his cabin on the Rainbow Warrior three days before it was blown up by the Directorate General...

The Arab, the Left and those who remained silent: History will not forgive you

By Ramzy Baroud The consequences of the Israeli genocide in Gaza will be dire. An event of this degree of barbarity, sustained by an international...

Luxon ‘grow a spine’ chants as big rallies call for NZ to recognise Palestine state

Asia Pacific Report “Grow a spine for Palestine!” was a frequent theme among about 5000 people protesting in the heart of New Zealand’s largest city...