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Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal and unprovoked...

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the...

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist

OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project...

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...

John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and Palestinian resistance

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The Hamas attack on Israel yesterday has brought the usual round of systemic misreporting by New Zealand news outlets as they...

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...

Charlot Salwai elected 4th prime minister of Vanuatu in three years

By Koroi Hawkins and Don Wiseman Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been voted out through a motion-of-no-confidence in the country’s Parliament in Port Vila...

Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN Human Rights role

Asia Pacific Report The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as “obstructed” in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report. The civic space watchdog said...