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Australia: Investigative Reporter, Family Attacked
Monday, 28 October 2002, 9:02 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
NEW YORK, October 25, 2002: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the recent attack on journalist Hedley Thomas and his family at their home in Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. Thomas is a reporter with the Courier-Mail, a national ... More >>
'Lethal Hypocrisy' - John Pilger On State Terroris
Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 11:52 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
John Pilger's controversial documentary Palestine is still the Issue was broadcast on Television New Zealand's DNZ World extra documentary slot tonight following its broadcast by SBS in Australia. Here is his latest article in the wake of the Bali ... More >>
PNG: TI, Media Council Condemn Settlements 'Shame'
Monday, 21 October 2002, 8:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
The PNG Media Council and Transparency International of Papua New Guinea, two of the leading anti-corruption campaigners, have called for immediate measures to rectify the out-of-court settlements by Government lawyers, The National reports. More >>
Women Campaigners Condemn TV Pornography
Friday, 18 October 2002, 9:15 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PAPE'ETE (Tahiti-Presse/Pacific Media Watch): Five women from Tahitian opposition parties claim there is too much pornography and violence on TV screens in French Polynesia, reports Tahiti-Presse Online. More >>
Fiji: PM Qarase Spends $79,000 To Publish Speeches
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 9:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase spent more than F$79,000 to publish his speeches in local newspapers last year, reports The Fiji Times. More >>
Fiji: Sun Welcomes New Expatriate Publisher
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 9:39 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (The Sun/Pacific Media Watch): Sun (Fiji) News Ltd, claimed to be Fiji's only independent daily newspaper, has named its new chief executive and publisher as Australian community newspaperman Michael Richards, The Sun reports. More >>
Fiji State Wants Regulated Deregulaton Of Media
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 9:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (The Sun/Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji government supports deregulation of the media - but Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase stresses it should be regulated, reports The Sun. More >>
Tongan press crusader Kalafi Moala wins award
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:22 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): A New Zealand-based Tongan newspaper publisher who has crusaded for democracy in his island kingdom and been jailed for contempt of Parliament has been awarded the new Pacific Media Freedom Award. More >>
Radio Fiji chief suspended
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:17 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Fijilive/Pacific Media Watch): Sireli Kini, chief executive of Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd, has been suspended following investigations into allegations against him, the Daily Post reports. More >>
Staff accuse Communications Fiji radio group
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:16 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Fijilive/Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji Public Service Association has lodged a complaint to the Ministry of Labour after workers of Communications (Fiji) Ltd claimed they were being harassed after signing up to join the union, the Daily Post ... More >>
Media In Constant Battle Over Press Freedom
Monday, 30 September 2002, 9:14 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT VILA (Pacific Media Watch): Pacific news media is waging a "constant battle" against government pressure and sometimes within itself - but remains a vital barometer of the region's well-being, reports Pacific Weekly Review. More >>
Call For Sydney WTO Protest Website Shut Down
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 10:48 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
NSW Police Minister Michael Costa has asked the Federal Government to shut down websites with instructions to disrupt a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Sydney. More >>
Fiji Times Sacks Controversial Chief-Of-Staff
Friday, 13 September 2002, 11:00 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Daily Post/Pacific Media Watch) Fiji Times chief-of-staff Margaret Wise has been dismissed for allegedly leaking editorial material to other media organisations yesterday, reports the Daily Post. More >>
PM's Chief Adviser Wants Zimbabwe Style Media
Friday, 13 September 2002, 10:59 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
RAROTONGA (Pacnews/Cook Islands News): The Prime Minister's chief adviser Piho Rua says Cook Islands Government should use the Zimbabwe media law as a model to control newspapers, Pacnews reports. More >>
Samoan Media Freedom Fighter To Visit New Zealand
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 11:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
An internationally renowned Samoan journalist and media freedom fighter is set to visit Auckland later this month. Savea Sano Malifa, editor of Samoan newspaper the Samoan Observer, will be guest speaker at the second annual Pacific Islands Media ... More >>
'Shabby Suva' And Other Tales
Monday, 2 September 2002, 11:56 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): Fiji's capital Suva is described as a "shabby dump" and the country portrayed as having a depressing future under the current regime in next week's edition of the Listener. More >>
Accused Coup Plotter Defended By State Lawyer
Friday, 30 August 2002, 3:28 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Accused Coup Plotter To Be Defended By State Lawyer LINK - Wansolwara Online By KELERA MUAVESI and IMRAN ALI: August 28, 2002 More >>
Two Tahiti Daily Newspapers Still On Strike
Friday, 30 August 2002, 3:26 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PAPE'ETE, Tahiti (ATP/Pacific Media Watch): Journalists, technicians and printers at the two Tahiti daily newspapers, La Dépêche de Tahiti and Les Nouvelles de Tahiti, are still on strike, Tahiti Presse reports. More >>
Fiji Journalists Are 'Mad, Crazy Loonies'
Thursday, 29 August 2002, 3:09 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Fiji Journalists Are 'Mad, Crazy Loonies', Says Senator http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/docs/news/wansolnews/2002/2002august/wansol2908022.html More >>
Court Rules Legal Aid For Leading Coup Participant
Monday, 26 August 2002, 9:11 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacnews/Pacific Media Watch) --- Fiji's High Court has ordered that one of the key figures of the 2000 coup - a politician who is accused of treason along with a media personality - be granted tax-payer funded legal aid, Pacnews reports. More >>
