Tag: media freedom
Media freedom under attack in the Pacific
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
With the trial of three newspaper executives underway in Fiji in May on charges of sedition, the assault of a...
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...
What does good journalism mean? Lisa Er talks to David Robie
Green Planet FM's Lisa Er talks to Pacific Media Centre's David Robie on the state of the media in NZ and the Asia-Pacific region....
Fiji’s media still struggling to regain ‘free and fair’ space
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Almost eight months after the much-heralded election to usher Fiji back into democracy mode, the country will mark World Press Freedom...
Behind the elusive mythmaking over Fiji, West Papua
By David Robie
On the eve of a vital meeting in Port Vila planning a more unified stance over independence in West Papua by disparate...
Shooting the messenger, Pacific style
Media freedom as an issue in the Pacific has been defined in far too narrow terms, as if Big Brother governments and politicians ignorant...