Doc Edge abandons ‘provocative’ Israeli Embassy sponsorship for 2023 festival
By John Minto
The Doc Edge Film Festival has abandoned Israeli Embassy sponsorship this year after a furore caused by such sponsorship last year.
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Media challenges in a digital world – a Pacific perspective (Part one)
In a keynote address at the 2015 University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism awards, Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie, formerly head...
Al-Aqsa raid: How BBC coverage is enabling Israeli violence
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and tireless campaigner against South African apartheid, once observed: “If you are neutral in...
As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now
Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a “final warning” to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an insult
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...
Solidarity medical aid convoy breaches blockade and says: ‘Gaza isn’t alone’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Roger Fowler
A delegation of the Miles of Smiles 41st solidarity aid convoy recently entered Gaza to deliver more than US$200,000 of...