Tag: International Federation of Journalists
IFJ condemns deputy PM’s comments as threat to NZ press freedom
Pacific Media Watch
Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters — who claimed that...
Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media...
‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?
By Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie
A lively 43sec video clip surfaced during last week’s Pacific Islands Forum in the Fiji capital of Suva...
Rave hospitality, but Indonesia fails West Papua with media freedom hypocrisy
By David Robie in Jakarta
Indonesian hospitality was given a rave notice last week for hosting World Press Freedom Day 2017, but it was also...
Archive: Rabuka stirs bitter media freedom row
Former Fiji military strongman Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka is now deputy Prime Minister in the civilian interim government. As leader of the 1987 coups d'état,...