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‘Emulate 1981’ Springbok tour solidarity over Palestine plea by South African activist

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A South African activist representing more than 200,000 shack dwellers has praised New Zealanders for their international solidarity against settler colonialism and...

Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland’s downtown Te Komititanga Square...

UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists’ death toll spirals

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has released a blistering report on media complicity in war crimes as Israelis...

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report In what is probably one of its most shameful acts...

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...

International broadcasters demand Israel and Egypt allow media Gaza access

The New Arab A group of more than 50 global broadcast journalists has demanded Israel and Egypt allow the media access to the besieged Gaza...

Archive: France protects abortion in constitution – The bicycle pump that ate Paris

Today is International Women's Day. On Monday, 4 March 2024, four days ago, French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine the right to...

Israel is pillaging not just Gaza’s cities but also its natural resources – water and gas

ANALYSIS: By Sultan Barakat Over the past few months, appalling videos have emerged from the conflict zone in Gaza of Israeli troops looting the properties of...

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...

A grim Atlas guides NZ’s right-wing politics

The three-party coalition that took power in New Zealand late in 2023, after a campaign centred on attacking the country’s founding Waitangi Treaty, has...

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...