Politics

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of...

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in...

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New...

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception

RNZ News The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being...

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its...

Eugene Doyle: The demon in the mirror. Trump exposes who we are

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle They “will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of...

How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior podcast series

REVIEW: By Giff Johnson in Majuro As a prelude to the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejatto Island in Kwajalein in...

Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty investigation

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...

Tjibaou’s party unveils plan for New Caledonia’s future ‘independence’

By Patrick Decloitre New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has unveiled the main outcome of its congress last month, including its plans...

Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post

ANALYSIS: By Abdelghany Sayed On November 24, The Washington Post’s editorial board published an editorial in which it laid out its views on the arrest...

Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’

Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed “colonial grip” of Indonesia’s...