Pacific Media Watch Nius

TONGA: Tonga drops five places in world free press rankings – ‘keep fighting’ call
4 May
WEST PAPUA: Church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article
4 May
GUAM: News blackout: Since when are our journalists being 'info rationed’?
3 May
REGION: Pacific Beat: How Pacific governments use coronavirus crisis to curb media
1 May
FIJI: RSF challenges Suva over general’s ‘stifle criticism’ views on virus
29 Apr
WEST PAPUA: ‘If you don’t want to die, don’t come to Papua’, warns response team doctor
29 Apr
FIJI: Media industry faces challenges over coronavirus disruption
28 Apr
WEST PAPUA: Jakarta court finds 6 activists guilty of treason for holding Papuan protest
26 Apr
GLOBAL: ‘Don’t blame the messenger,’ warns UN over media virus crackdowns
25 Apr
PNG: Media Council calls for ‘transparency’ over coronavirus – news media tested
23 Apr
NZ; Virus stress raises Pasifika community worries on illnesses, domestic violence
22 Apr
AUSTRALIA: MEAA welcomes making Facebook and Google pay for media content
21 Apr
REGION: Pacific coronavirus: NZ’s big decision, j-schools and media closures
21 Apr
HONG KONG: Police arrest Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai among 14 pro-democracy activists
19 Apr
INDONESIA: RSF condemns Jakarta government over using Covid-19 to ‘silence’ state criticism
18 Apr
REGION: Desperate times unleash digital creativity, flexibility for journalism schools
15 Apr
WEST PAPUA: Conflict watchdog warns Jakarta is fuelling tension in Papua over virus
13 Apr
REGION: Selfish lockdown breaches cause headaches in Fiji, NZ
12 Apr
PNG: Police Minister Kramer blasts two journalists in virus reporting row
12 Apr
WEST PAPUA: OPM proposes ceasefire to help contain spread of Covid-19
11 Apr