Diplomacy

WEST PAPUA: ‘We’ll not be safe with Indonesia,’ says Benny Wenda

11 May

PNG: Keith Jackson on Turnbull — media snubs, refugee jitters and money problems

12 Apr

GLOBAL: Diplomats 'easing' into social media, MFAT chief tells Otago seminar

4 Jul

REGION: Radio Waatea and The Daily Blog's Fifth Estate on 'Pacific tensions'

17 Jun

FIJI: NZ news media 'generally hostile', says Bainimarama

10 Jun

REGION: New Zealand could offer more jobs, says PACER Plus team

10 Aug

GLOBAL: Pacific anger lingers 30 years after the Rainbow Warrior spy 'fiasco'

9 Jul

WEST PAPUA: Independence movement faces make-or-break political test

25 Jun

WEST PAPUA: ULMWP members hope unity will guarantee MSG membership

22 Jun

COOK ISLANDS: UN membership bid puts NZ relations 'at risk'

22 Jun

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Pacific Media Watch article

12 Aug

GLOBAL: RSF calls on Facebook to restore censored Papua press freedom article

PARIS (Reporters Without Borders/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Centre): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Facebook to restore an article that was censored for violating its rules on nudity and has urged the social media platform to be more transparent and responsible about respect for the free flow of information.

Pacific Media Watch article

11 Aug

HONGKONG: RSF denounces arrest of Apple Daily founder, who risks life imprisonment

PARIS (Reporters Without Borders/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media freedom watchdog has denounced the arrest of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

Lai, 71, was arrested at his home residence on the morning of August 10, 2020, accused of “colluding with foreign forces”.

Publication

17 Feb

Pacific Media Centre Annual Review 2019

The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) had another busy and productive year publishing, researching and providing advocacy on several Asia-Pacific issues.

Publication

31 Jul

Toktok No 39 / Winter 2019

PMC UNVEILS CREATIVE SHOWCASE

Event

Webinar: The #RainbowWarrior Incident: 35 Years later

THURSDAY JULY 30 9AM (NZ TIME):
Upcoming webinar roundtable on "The #RainbowWarrior Incident: 35 Years Later" as part of the France and Beyond conference on 29 July 2020 (9am July 30 NZ time). Organised by Dr Roxanne Panchasi of Simon Fraser University. Co-sponsored by the Europe Institute, Massey University and the University of Auckland.

Panelists:
Dr Roxanne Panchasi, Simon Fraser University (moderator)

Event

Amnesty On Campus: Human rights and Southeast Asia

6pm - 8 pm, Wednesday, March 18
Pat Hanan Room, Arts 2, University of Auckland

CANCELLED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PRECAUTION

AMNESTY ON CAMPUS UoA: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Speakers:
Media freedom and Southeast Human Rights: Focus on the Philippines - Professor David Robie, director, Pacific Media Centre
West Papua - Author Maire Leadbeater
Violations against the Rohingya - Kyaw