Politics

A ‘forgotten hero’ against Imperial Japan, but the legacy of ‘Bintao’ Vinzons is being revived

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Vinzons is a quiet coastal town in the eastern Philippines province of Camarines Norte in Bicol. With a spread out population of about 45,000. it is...

Fiji, NZ protesters kick off UN day of solidarity for Palestine amid calls for sanctions, boycotts on Israel

By David Robie Protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off the UN Day of Solidarity with the...

Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

RNZ Pacific Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji’s coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time...

‘Father of Timor Post’ – why Asia Pacific media legend Bob Howarth’s legacy will live on

TRIBUTE: By Mouzinho Lopes de Araujo The world has lost a giant with the passing of Australian media legend...

Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as...

Rendezvous with the ‘no nukes’ Aneityum cover girl after 33 years

Dr David Robie was one of the resource speakers at a Teachers' Wānanga on teaching about the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement...

Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions

By David Robie Advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific have condemned the AUKUS military pact and warned New Zealand that the agreement would make...

Jakarta’s rights commission criticised for ‘failure’ over NZ pilot hostage case

By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesia’s former National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik says it is difficult to expect Komnas HAM...

Gordon Campbell: Double standard Israeli news narratives about Palestine

By Gordon Campbell So far, the coverage of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) assault on the Jenin refugee camp has followed a familiar pattern. Images...

Jayapura court finds Yeimo guilty of ‘treason’ in appeal – longer sentence

Jubi News The Jayapura High Court has found West Papuan human rights and social justice activist Victor Yeimo guilty of treason and sentenced him to...

Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities

Asia Pacific Report An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...