Censorship

February 23, 2021

Myanmar’s junta plans draconian cyber-security law to stifle dissent

RSF condemns Google for dropping Australian media searches in ‘tests’

To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

CIVICUS criticises Pacific countries over use of covid to curb freedoms

PM defends temporary suspension of Facebook until new law in place

November 23, 2020

Facebook censorship on West Papua – then deafening silence

August 18, 2020

NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight after disinformation

August 17, 2020

RSF calls on Facebook to restore censored Papua press freedom article

August 12, 2020

Southern Cross: Uproar over ABS-CBN denial of TV licence by government

July 13, 2020

Duterte’s congressional supporters seal Philippine TV network’s fate

July 11, 2020

Jokowi ‘violates the law’ for banning internet in Papua, court rules

June 4, 2020

Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, global media freedom

April 25, 2020

Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic

April 4, 2020

Vanuatu using Covid-19 to impose censorship on media, citizens

April 3, 2020

Philippine protesters back ABS-CBN television survival against Duterte

February 18, 2020

Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media...

February 11, 2020

RSF calls on Philippines Congress to renew ABS-CBN network’s franchise

January 31, 2020

Journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking

August 21, 2019

Wendy Bacon: Journalism is not a crime – why I support...

July 13, 2019

Canadian cartoonist ‘dumped’ after viral Trump cartoon

July 2, 2019

Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban

June 24, 2019

Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban

June 18, 2019

Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman

June 17, 2019

Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education

June 12, 2019

Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas

June 10, 2019

Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality

June 8, 2019

Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers

June 7, 2019

Media freedom in Melanesia focus of next PJR and upcoming forum

May 7, 2019

Asian and Pacific nations struggling over media self-censorship, says RSF

April 24, 2019

Yap’s traditional chiefs seek to expel, gag probing US journalist

April 22, 2019

Pacific ‘bright spots’ amid World Press Freedom Index Asian warnings

April 20, 2019

WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested to enable US extradition ‘for journalism’ – act...

April 12, 2019

Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest

February 16, 2019

Critics see Fiji’s Online Safety Act as ‘Trojan horse’ for online...

January 23, 2019

Sacked head of Timor-Leste state broadcaster claims ‘political axe’

January 22, 2019

Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our...

November 25, 2018

RSF condemns Chinese exclusion of journalists at APEC side events

November 22, 2018

Rights violations, censorship threatens EU-Vietnam deal, says watchdog

October 4, 2018

Nauru authorities detain TVNZ Pacific reporter for interviewing refugee

September 4, 2018

RSF condemns jail terms for two Myanmar journalists in ‘sham trial’

September 4, 2018

Aid groups call on Pacific leaders to end Nauru refugee ‘stain...

September 1, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Chelsea Manning visit exposes hypocrisy on left...

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August 30, 2018

Controversial ‘Confucius’ doco gets mixed response at NZ universities

August 10, 2018

Nauru, Fiji and Pacific Facebook gags criticised in Asia-Pacific media freedom...