Justice

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 physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable. Now joining the Cook...

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...

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the US State Department

COMMENTARY: By Annelle Sheline Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than...

The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...

Why have Albanese and other politicians been referred to the ICC over Israel’s war on Gaza?

ANALYSIS: By Donald Rothwell In an unprecedented legal development, senior Australian politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, have been referred to the International Criminal Court...

Open letter: Dear President Biden, why do you support genocide in Gaza?

OPEN LETTER: By Ghada Ageel Dear President Biden, I am writing to you for the second time. I first wrote to you on November 4 after...

Caitlin Johnstone: When the imperial media report on an Israeli massacre

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone In what many are now calling the Flour Massacre, at least 112 Gazans were killed and hundreds more injured after Israeli...

John Minto: Why New Zealand should not designate Hamas a terrorist group

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The New Zealand government is shortly to announce whether it will designate Hamas a “terrorist” group in response to the October...