Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s done with 3 PNG hostages freed
Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese.
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MUST READ: West Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels
Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week with a New Zealand pilot caught in the middle.
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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports
When Papuan journalist Victor Mambor visited New Zealand almost nine years ago, he impressed student journalists from the Pacific Media Centre and community activists with his refreshing candour and courage.
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Fiji’s media veterans recount intimidation under FijiFirst government – eye on reforms
Pacific Beat interviews journalists, including TDB contributor David Robie, on how Fiji has fared under the draconian Media Act that has restricted media freedom over the past decade – and the moves to change the law.
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‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home
David Robie also blogs at Café Pacific: A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom.
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2022 – Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano
The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for the Pacific.
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Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity
A tragic day of mourning. Thousands thronged the West Papuan funeral cortège for human rights leader Filep Karma as the banned Morning Star led the way in defiance of the Indonesian military.
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Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar
A Fiji-based academic has challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting was a case of climate injustice.
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Defend NZ’s ‘fragile democracy’ by tackling disinformation, says advocate
A human rights advocate has appealed for people in Aotearoa New Zealand to take personal responsibility in the fight against disinformation and to upskill their critical thinking skills.
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New Asia Pacific nonprofit takes up role of PJR publishing for research
A new Asia Pacific nonprofit group has taken up the role of publishing the independent Pacific Journalism Review and other research and publication ventures. The launch of the NGO has ensured the viability of the New Zealand-based 28-year-old journal that was founded at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994.