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NZ: Otago University will not answer Critic’s criticisms in virus editorial

4 Apr

PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous

3 Apr

PNG : 9 border crossers arrested while governor calls for ‘shoot to kill’ order

2 Apr

WEST PAPUA: Freeport shooting: A sad tragedy, but don’t overlook past Papua repression

1 Apr

NZ: Southern Cross: Fate of community, local language papers in the balance

1 Apr

WEST PAPUA: NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting

31 Mar

PNG: Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing

30 Mar

REGION: Effective coronavirus messages and fake news: Can we do better?

28 Mar

REGION: Pacific coronavirus: Region infections rise sharply to 172

26 Mar

NZ: Wallis & Futuna dancers stranded in NZ by Covid-19, face hotel eviction

25 Mar

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Pacific Media Watch article

4 Apr

NZ: Otago University will not answer Critic’s criticisms in virus editorial

DUNEDIN (RNZ News/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): New Zealand’s Otago University will not respond to questions from Critic, the student magazine on campus, during the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown.

The decision comes after Critic published a scathing editorial about the university’s response to the virus.

Pacific Media Watch article

3 Apr

PHILIPPINES: Duterte’s ‘shoot them dead’ virus order to troops slammed as dangerous

MANILA (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) has strongly condemned the shoot-to-kill order by President Rodrigo Duterte this week as a ‘dangerous’ opening to target and kill anyone in a public space.

“We are raising the alarm in the international community on President Duterte’s directive to kill unruly violators of the coronavirus quarantine,” said coalition president Peter Murphy.

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

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

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.