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NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom groups

Pacific Media Watch Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by the Israeli armed forces. And protesters...

Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to end impunity

By David Robie Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil...

Gavin Ellis: Forensic detail on NZME but where are the guarantees?

KNIGHTLY VIEWS: By Gavin Ellis Excoriating is the word that may best describe expat Canadian James Grenon’s 11-page critique...

Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine or void for China and Russia to fill?

ANALYSIS: By Valerie A. Cooper Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so far, perhaps...

Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge NZ’s Winston Peters at state of the nation speech

SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New...

Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy

By Lydia Lewis The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed last weekend. The Micronesian nation experienced...

NZ arms company building linked to Gaza genocide, claim peace activists

SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England Peace activists who scaled the roof an an international weapons company operating from Christchurch yesterday say the company links Aotearoa...

‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta we’re still being erased.’

DOCUMENTARY: Democracy Now! The Palestinian-Israeli film No Other Land won an Oscar for best documentary feature at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The film — recently screened in...

Caitlin Johnstone: Trump sends Netanyahu weapons while talking tough to Zelensky

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Israeli media are now reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering “a brief resumption” of the onslaught in Gaza in...

Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear justice by US

Asia Pacific Report In the year marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents and 71 years since the...

Chris Hedges: The purge of the Deep State and the road to dictatorship

ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The Trump administration’s war with the Deep State is not a purgative. It is not about freeing us from the tyranny...