Freedom of speech

January 26, 2023

New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment dispute shows it’s more than a job perk

Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case

‘Not my king’: do we have the right to protest the monarchy at a time of mourning?

Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel

Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

July 26, 2022

Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human...

July 21, 2022

Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic...

April 28, 2022

Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up,...

April 15, 2022

Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news...

February 22, 2022

NFP leader accuses Fiji government of creating ‘police state’ after arrest

August 26, 2021

Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over...

July 27, 2021

AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts

June 9, 2021

Papuan protesters claim police using covid rapid tests to curb free...

February 26, 2021

Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene

September 6, 2020

Filep Karma reveals Jokowi’s unkept promise to free all Papua tapols

June 14, 2020

Civil society advocates condemn Fiji police ‘intimidation’ of USP students

June 12, 2020

Media rights groups protest against Timor’s draft defamation law

June 11, 2020

Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste

June 9, 2020

RSF condemns attacks on US protest journalists fueled by Trump slurs

June 2, 2020

Jesuit priests post bail in Philippines ‘Bikoy’ videos sedition case

February 17, 2020

Philippines court orders arrest of Trillanes, 10 others on sedition charge

February 14, 2020

Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A...

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September 4, 2019

Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban

June 24, 2019

Student winner tells of ‘tui nesting’ leadership in race speech award

May 12, 2019

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media

May 10, 2019

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Playing the Christchurch terrorism blame-game is dangerous

March 21, 2019

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling...

November 28, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Media’s fraught role in the Jami-Lee...

November 16, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have the rules of the game changed...

November 15, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Free speech has been strengthened at Massey

September 20, 2018

PNG Facebook ban threat casts shadow over Pacific media freedom

August 9, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Does freedom of speech extend to far-right...

July 10, 2018

Pacific news journalists grapple with challenges of social media, harsh laws

June 14, 2018

Juffa accuses O’Neill government of ‘shutting down’ free speech in PNG

June 5, 2018

Keith Jackson: Did dumb just get dumber and Sam Basil dig...

June 3, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Can the Human Rights Commission be fixed?

May 30, 2018

Protests sweep Indonesia over new law criminalising ‘criticism’ of MPs

March 22, 2018

Endangered – the frontline journalism of outrage

January 15, 2017

Why the ‘treason’ arrests in Indonesia are a worry for Asia-Pacific

December 7, 2016

Political parties need permits, say Fiji Police