Tag: US nuclear tests
Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to David Robie
Pacific Media Watch
Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths of Plains FM96.9 radio talk to Dr David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report, about heightened...
Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history
SPECIAL REPORT: By Giff Johnson
The late Member of Parliament Jeton Anjain and the people of the nuclear test-affected Rongelap Atoll changed the course of...
Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy
By Lydia Lewis
The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed last weekend.
The Micronesian nation experienced...
Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear justice by US
Asia Pacific Report
In the year marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents and 71 years since the...
Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist
By Rachael Nath
Securing a nuclear-free region has been a long battle for the Pacific.
After the Second World War, the United States, along with its...
Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been ‘squandered’
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders...