Articles

Caitlin Johnstone: On human rights, ‘friendly’ war crimes and Western hypocrisy

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The death toll has risen to 12 from Israel’s terror attack in Lebanon on Tuesday which detonated explosive materials hidden in thousands of pagers. Another 20 people...

Great journalism overview of troubling politics and violence in the Pacific region

BOOK REVIEW: By Anna-Karina Hermkens Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific is...

Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels

COMMENTARY: By David Robie in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam’s famous Củ Chi tunnel network was on our bucket...

Ramzy Baroud: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the acceleration of the collapse of Israel

ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed on August 26 to build a synagogue inside...

West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote is in...

OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan colonisation

Asia Pacific Report The leader of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) has called for the establishment of a “United Indigenous Nations” for global justice and...

Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate

OBITUARY: By David Robie New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has...

Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election nears

By David Robie Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe...

New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua

By David Robie A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021 by Indonesian security forces on a remote West Papuan...

Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’

ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...

Ailing suspended Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army hospital

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya An Indonesian court has held a hearing to consider whether the ailing suspended Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, is well enough...