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Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose Israel’s Environment Ministry has removed the protected status of Nile crocodiles to allow them to be used in a moat guarding the country’s largest detainment camp,...

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

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch “This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me...

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...

Archive: Fiji – why the media were also Speight’s hostages

Some reporters and news organisations were too ready to give legitimacy to George Speight's "two bit" rebellion. The Fiji print media in particular failed...

Fiji’s ‘civil coup’ rebels free 10 MP hostages

By David Robie in Suva Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by gunnmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled "civil coup" were freed...

Fiji coup 2000: Protests over USP journalism website shutdown

Pacific Media Watch Journalism schools and media freedom groups have protested to the University of the South Pacific for suspending its Pacific Journalism Online website,...

Archive: University of the South Pacific shuts down journalism website

By Mithleshni Gurdayal Journalism students at the University of the South Pacific have expressed dismay over the forced shutdown of their website, Pacific Journalism Online...

Archive: Fiji: The Internet Coup

By Jeremy Rose The Fijians have taken to calling them "parachute journalists". The reporters, that is, who drop in from around the globe to file...

Archive: Council considers what to do about coup leader with ‘fanatical streak’

By David Robie in Suva Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs is meeting at a military camp near Suva to decide how to respond to the...