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‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed over ignoring plea

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch “This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.” These chilling words by detained and tortured Palestinian...

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists...

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the...

‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’ – released detainees on Gaza doctor

By Qassam Muaddi On June 10, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya appeared on a screen before Israel’s Supreme Court via...

The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question...

Pacific media perspectives featured by authors in new communication book

Pacific Media Watch Four researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in a new global book on intercultural...

Gaza ceasefire: After 15 months of brutality, Israel has failed on every front

A ceasefire in Gaza is not the end of Palestine’s nightmare, but the start of Israel’s. Legal moves will only gather momentum as the...

Global watchdog calls for ‘open’ probe into crimes against Gaza media as ceasefire agreed

Asia Pacific Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow foreign journalists into Gaza in the...

Jonathan Cook: Dr Abu Safiya symbolised humanity in Gaza. Israel and the West are destroying it

Israel isn’t eradicating "the terrorists". It’s turning Gaza into a wasteland, a hellscape, where doctors no longer exist, aid workers are a memory, and...

Majed al-Zeer: Amid genocide, the tide is turning for Palestine but the fight is far from over

ANALYSIS: By Majed al-Zeer The suffering of the Palestinian people, which began with the Nakba and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948,...

An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics

REVIEW: By David Robie Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...