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RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action

SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration of seven years of its...

Caitlin Johnstone: Israel continues its war on journalism

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone An Israeli airstrike destroyed the press office of the Lebanese news broadcaster Al Mayadeen on...

How the US became blind to Israeli terror

ANALYSIS: By Derek Leebaert The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) finding in January of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza,...

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...

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...

John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this...

Media education group, union protest over police demand for ABC ‘inside story’ climate footage

Pacific Media Watch The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) says it is “deeply concerned” at reports that Western Australian police are demanding...

The Pacific Archives – a rich and detailed free archive of audio, video and text news articles and research

The Junction If you're ever writing about issues in Pacific nations, there is a rich and detailed free archive of audio, video and text news...

Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating, immediate violence

COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ) Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with...

RSF hails decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian journalist

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has hailed the news that Narges Mohammadi — an Iranian journalist RSF has been defending for years —...

Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy over brutal Israeli occupation

Asia Pacific Report The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...