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Detained Manus refugee wins literary prize
Friday, 1 February 2019, 10:52 am | Pacific Media Watch
SYDNEY (France 24/AFP/Pacific Media Watch): An Iranian asylum-seeker detained in Papua New Guinea under Australian asylum laws has won Australia’s most valuable literary prize for a book he reportedly wrote using the online messaging service ... More >>
WEST PAPUA: Benny Wenda: People's petition handed over to UN
Monday, 28 January 2019, 10:14 am | Pacific Media Watch
As chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I have presented the West Papuan People’s Petition for self-determination to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. More >>
Freedom for cleric linked to Bali bombing? Why now?
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 2:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch
JAKARTA ( The Jakarta Post/Asia Pacific Report ): Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he ... More >>
FIJI: Critics see Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 2:36 pm | Pacific Media Watch
SUVA ( Global Voices/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch ): Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. More >>
UN official defends Papuan rights – free speech, assembly
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 10:07 am | Pacific Media Watch
West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a response to the mass arrests of Papuan protesters during flag raising ceremonies earlier this ... More >>
Rallies in Jakarta and Fiji highlight global human rights
Monday, 10 December 2018, 2:21 pm | Pacific Media Watch
JAKARTA ( CNN Indonesia/Indoleft News/ Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Centre ): Hundreds of workers from the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI) held a protest march at the weekend in the capital of Jakarta and Fiji’s Coalition on ... More >>
Widodo wants security forces to guard development projects
Monday, 10 December 2018, 9:46 am | Pacific Media Watch
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week’s shooting of construction workers in the Papua regency of Nduga. More >>
Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 4:11 pm | Pacific Media Watch
The statistics globally are chilling. And the Asia-Pacific region bears the brunt of the killing of journalists with impunity disproportionately. More >>
PNG: RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC
Thursday, 22 November 2018, 1:34 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/png-rsf-condemns-chinese-exclusion-journalists-apec-side-events-10265 More >>
PNG: ‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 1:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch
‘Business as usual’ vows Parkop after storming of Parliament Haus More >>
RSF condemns ‘tax evasion’ charge used to harass Rappler
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 1:02 pm | Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the tax evasion charges that the Philippine Department of Justice is bringing against the independent news website Rappler and its president, journalist Maria Ressa. More >>
Report fake page to Facebook plea from Fiji Times editor
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 1:00 pm | Pacific Media Watch
The Fiji Times has appealed to readers to report a fake Facebook account purporting to be the official page of the daily newspaper. More >>
Fiji PM rebukes journalist challlenge on media freedom laws
Monday, 12 November 2018, 7:14 am | Pacific Media Watch
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the country’s restrictive media laws are not affecting next week’s general election. More >>
On brink of fateful decision – new nation or status quo?
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 1:05 pm | Pacific Media Watch
New Caledonia, the closest neighbour to Australia and New Zealand, has been French-owned since 1853. But this may change at the weekend. More >>
PNG: Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from festival
Saturday, 13 October 2018, 5:25 pm | Pacific Media Watch
PNG: Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/png-paga-hill-iconic-human-rights-film-banned-png-festival-10248 More >>
NAURU: Loss of MSF mental health carers heightens fears
Sunday, 7 October 2018, 7:38 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nauru-loss-msf-mental-health-carers-heightens-fears-children-10245 More >>
Banabans of Rabi short climate documentary chosen
Saturday, 6 October 2018, 12:00 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-banabans-rabi-short-climate-documentary-chosen-nuku-alofa-10244 More >>
Pacific storytelling with a focus on the ignored and untold
Saturday, 6 October 2018, 11:59 am | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-pacific-storytelling-focus-ignored-and-untold-issues-10243 Wednesday, October 3, 2018 More >>
NZ: Aid workers’ open letter condemns 'Leaches' attack
Friday, 21 September 2018, 11:29 pm | Pacific Media Watch
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/nz-aid-workers-open-letter-condemns-broadcaster-pacific-leeches-attack-10237 More >>
Digital postgraduate student tackles Fiji pre-election mood
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:37 pm | Pacific Media Watch
REGION: Digital postgraduate student tackles Fiji pre-election mood, issues http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/region-digital-postgraduate-student-tackles-fiji-pre-election-mood-issues-10230 More >>
