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Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’ becoming normalised

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned against the IDF slaughter “obscenity” becoming accepted as normal in the...

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of “racial hatred” against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who...

Student newspaper wins lawsuit against Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestine speech

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration has violated the constitutional rights of international...

West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West...

Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activists made strong pleas for stronger boycotts of Israeli products...

NZ protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over Gaza atrocities

By David Robie A leader of one of New Zealand’s main Palestine solidarity groups today called on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador and...

West Papuan wounds of suffering – diplomatic pressure on Indonesia needed urgently

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua’s...

Censorship over Gaza is a crucial complement of genocide

ANALYSIS: By Somdeep Sen Last month on the BBC’s flagship news programme, Newsnight, author and journalist Howard Eric Jacobson complained that Britain’s public broadcaster had...

ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking

Pacific Media Watch Editorial staff at Australia’s public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior...

Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific

Asia Pacific Report Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the...

Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass...