Fiji Coups

FIJI: Rabuka’s message to 1987 Fiji coup victims: ‘To you I say, I am sorry’

16 May

‘Unfree and unfair’?: Media intimidation in Fiji’s 2014 elections

4 Apr

Peace journalism in New Zealand news media: a study on the coverage of the 2014 Fijian general election by Television New Zealand’s OneNews through a peace journalism framework

8 Dec

FIJI: 'Wild' coups frightening but exciting time as journo, says Gardner

26 Jul

FIJI: Bainimarama claims victory and pledges to rule for ‘all Fijians’

22 Sep

FIJI: Last ballot papers for elections leave printer – in safe storage

9 Sep

FIJI: Cane cutters walk long way to vote in post-coup election as pre-polls open

4 Sep

NZ-based student journalists head for Fiji to cover post-coup election

4 Sep

Top 10 things you need to know about Fiji’s new electoral system

3 Sep

FIJI: Poll shows strong support for coup leader as protesters picket NZ rally

10 Aug

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Article

25 Aug

West Papua’s road to 'independence', following the Timorese lead?

The groundswell of regional support continues to grow in the Pacific - and also globally - for West Papuan self-determination, writes David Robie. The latest repression only adds to this momentum.

Indonesia’s harsh policies towards West Papua ought to be scrapped. Whatever happened to the brief window of enlightenment ushered in by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in 2015 with promises of a more “open door” policy towards foreign journalists and human rights groups?

Pacific Media Watch article

24 Aug

WEST PAPUA: RSF calls for immediate end to internet blackout

PARIS (Reporters Without Borders/Pacific Media Watch): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for an immediate end to a two-day-old internet blackout in West Papua, where Indonesian security forces have been clashing with Papuan pro-independence demonstrators.

The blackout violates the freedom to inform and makes it hard for journalists to work, RSF said.

Publication

1 Aug

The NZ Mosque Massacre: Dilemmas for journalism and democracy

Edited by David Robie and Philip Cass

Publication

1 Jun

Science Writing and Climate Change - a new environmental journalism book

“Disaster reporting, which focuses on deaths and casualties for the benefit of local readers, is understandable.

Event

Melanesian Media Freedom Forum 2019

MELANESIAN MEDIA FREEDOM FORUM 2019 - November 11-13
The Melanesian Media Freedom Forum was developed to respond to increasing media repression in Melanesia and to future-proof press freedom, though trans-national regional co-operation and knowledge-sharing among Melanesian journalists, editors, publishers, press-freedom advocates and journalism scholars.