Tag: freedom of speech
When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and political hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena
By David Robie for Pacific Media Watch
Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital...
Janfrie Wakim: Time to take action over the Gaza bloodshed – hope isn’t enough
About 5000 pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in Auckland’s Aotea Square and marched down Queen Street today calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid in the...
NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist in Jakarta libel case
Asia Pacific Report
A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...
Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests
Jubi News in Jayapura
Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...
Fiji police apologise for West Papua politics ‘mix-up’ before Reclaim the Night march
Pacific Media Watch
Fiji police have apologised for “miscommunication” that led to an incident before the Reclaim the Night march last night that almost led...