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Asia Pacific Report The Free Palestine Party was presented at a solidarity rally at the weekend as the new political group contesting the New Zealand general election in November. But the plea was “don’t vote for us” — instead, use the party as a platform pressure the government to honour its obligations under international law
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has blasted Solomon Islands cabinet ministers who moved against their leader on the eve of the Pacific Island Forum Leaders Meeting in Palau. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has been forced home to deal with a motion of no confidence from his
RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s Government for Reform, Empowerment, Accountability and Transformation (GREAT) coalition appears headed for a major test after three of his most senior ministers formally quit on Monday. This comes after Wale, 57, who was elected to the top job just over 100 days ago, cut short a
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader living in Australia is calling on Oceania leaders at the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Palau this week to condemn growing military violence in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region. Paula Makabory, an executive member of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), has also appealed to Melanesian
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau With the final list of leaders attending the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Palau still unconfirmed, the regional body’s policy hub is moving to emphasise the robustness of potential decisions and outcomes from the week. The annual summit is supposed to bring together
Vanuatu Daily Post The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) should revisit a proposal for an independent regional delegation to visit West Papua and assess reported human rights concerns, says Vanuatu Special Envoy on Decolonisation and Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Joe Natuman. With the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM) opening today, Natuman said Pacific leaders would
Asia Pacific Report A national pro-Palestine advocacy group has criticised the “absence of signature” by the New Zealand government on a 22-member joint statement condemning the E1 Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank as a “moral collapse” in foreign policy. The recent joint statement was issued by the foreign ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada,
RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale made an emergency trip back to Honiara on Sunday morning from Palau after a motion of no confidence was filed against him. Wale was in Palau to attend the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting as its current chair. He was suppose to hand over the chairmanship
Asia Pacific Report Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s Middle East policies and called on voters to oust it and elect parties pledging “humanitarian” policies. The spokespeople accused the Christopher Luxon-led government of turning a “blind eye to a full-blown genocide” and being complicit in crimes against humanity. Speaking at
Deepcut News More than 450 University of Sydney (USyd) alumni and current staff have signed a letter calling for a mass meeting to discuss the university’s ties to Israel amid concerns of a crackdown on free speech. The letter, submitted to Chancellor David Thodey on Tuesday, accused the university of “failing to respond meaningfully to
ANALYSIS: By Mahjoob Zweiri It has been six months since the United States and Israel launched their coordinated military campaign against Iran on February 28. The war is easily cast as the latest turn in the long antagonism between Washington and Tehran, but that frame misses its immediate context. Its real context is the aftermath
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific After an historic day in which the result of Bougainville’s independence referendum was finally tabled in Papua New Guinea’s national Parliament, an eventual decision on the matter is at least months away. The Parliament adjourned after debate on Thursday on the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result from 2019