Politics

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 headed to the polls. Michael West Media reports. REVIEW: By Aleta Moriarty Israeli...

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...

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

An edited version of a speech Mary Kostakidis delivered at the Media Diversity Australia Symposium where she spoke...

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime...

Indonesian military apologies fail to mask the harassment, gagging of Papuan leaders

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute...

Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the US State Department

COMMENTARY: By Annelle Sheline Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs in its war in Gaza, which has killed more than...

Caitlin Johnstone: Imagine if Russia or China did the things Israel is doing in Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Imagine how the Western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of...

The Jakarta Post: Stop fighting fire with fire in Papua – it only leads to a bigger fire

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...

Investigative author says GCSB-hosted spy system likely to be one used in capture-kill ops

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand investigative journalist and author says the US spy system hosted by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) appears to...

Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans

Jubi/West Papua Daily Repeated cases of Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers torturing civilians in Papua have been evident, as seen in the viral video depicting the...