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Vanuatu DPM slams kidnap, attack on woman: ‘Enough is enough’
By TJ Aumua The kidnapping and attack on a local Vanuatu female tourism manager, Florence Lengkon, has stirred strong criticism of violence against women in the island nation. Deputy Prime Minister Joe...
View ArticleVanuatu police appeal for calm, warn drivers to ‘behave professionally’
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila Vanuatu police have appealed to the public to remain calm and have warned drivers and owners of public transport to ensure they provide a high quality service and start...
View ArticlePNG police officer accused of assault on female journalists at Boroko
By Annette Kora in Port Moresby A TV Wan female journalist and two National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reporters in Papua New Guinea have been assaulted by a plain clothes police officer while...
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PNG media council condemns police assault on journalist during protest
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned a police assault on a woman journalist during yesterday’s confrontation between University of Papua New Guinea students and the police force in...
View ArticleLeaked documents reveal children sexually abused at Nauru prison
This Al Jazeera report on YouTube says a leaked Nauru report highlights “appalling” refugee conditions. More than 2000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported...
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Vanuatu rights advocate Jenny Ligo blasts failed case against accused drivers
By Len Garae in Port Vila Vanuatu gender and human rights advocate Jenny Ligo has called on the Minister of Justice to “revisit resources” made available to curb violence against women. Ligo,...
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Attack on FBC reporter outside court stirs Fiji media protests
By Kelly Vacala in Suva The safety of media personnel has come under the spotlight again after an attack on a Fiji Broadcasting Corporation television journalist on Monday. FBC’s Praneeta Prakash …...
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PNG Media Council blasts assault on EMTV election news crew
EMTV’s head of news Neville Choi reports on the assault on the television crew — see item at 4min01sec. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Watch News Desk The Media Council of Papua New Guinea today...
View ArticlePINA condemns attack on PNG journalist covering volcano
By RNZ Pacific The president of the Pacific Islands News Association says he is appalled and disappointed by an attack on Papua New Guinea journalist Dorothy Mark, who travelled to Manam Island on...
View ArticlePacific media freedom groups blast assault on reporters on volcano island
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Some villagers affected by the volcanic eruption on Manam island haven taken out their anger and frustration against four journalists covering the disaster, triggering...
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Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops...
Scott Waide’s blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at the manner at which two of my reporters – one male and...
View ArticleVideo showing Fiji PM seizing opposition MP goes viral
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A video of Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama grabbing and shoving an opposition MP has gone viral. The video emerged on the Facebook page of Fiji blog Coup...
View ArticleFiji opposition MP suspended for refusing to apologise to PM
By RNZ Pacific A Fiji opposition MP has been suspended from parliament for six months for refusing to apologise to the Prime Minister. Pio Tikoduadua and several other opposition MPs walked out of...
View ArticleGroup of youth in Vanuatu sentenced for ‘barbaric’ Wan Smolbag attack
By RNZ Pacific Four people convicted of assaulting the director of Vanuatu’s highly acclaimed Wan Smolbag Theatre Company have been sentenced for what the judge has called “truly barbaric treatment of...
View ArticleTNI accused of attacking, arresting Papuans after traffic row – girl dead
By Alya Nurbaiti in Jakarta and Benny Mawel in Jayapura Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers reportedly attacked and arrested civilians at a dormitory and nearby houses in Jayapura after a traffic...
View ArticleIndonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia’s illegal military occupation in his homeland, has been beaten up by...
View ArticlePolice, TNI raid Papuan secretariat in Merauke – 14 activists arrested
By Charles Maniani in Manokwari Indonesian Mobile Brigade (Brimob) paramilitary police, national police intelligence officers (intel) and the army’s special forces (Kopassus) have stormed the West...
View ArticleWorld Press Freedom Day 2021: Hostility towards journalists on rise
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal, says the union for...
View Article‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness
RNZ News A man who was at the Countdown supermarket in New Zealand’s South Island city of Dunedin when four people were stabbed has described the incident as terrifying. The attack happened at the...
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Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says National Capital District Governor Powes...
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