Articles by Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
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Newspaper closedown a blow for news choices, says PFF
Auckland-based Kiribati Independent publisher and editor Taberannang Korauaba will retain the online edition of the paper but has stopped print circulation in Kiribati while police follow up on complaints linking to the newspaper’s registration status.
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Regime’s license threat condemned
The Fiji regime has threatened that coverage of people it brands as “opposition” will cost Fiji TV its broadcast license.
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PNG: Media must take assault threats to Police
Colleagues, the www.pacificfreedomforum.org link has been updated with the text below. With thanks for your use and sharing with relevant networks. *** , PFF, Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS–Another assault threat resulting in a TV film crew being forced to delete their footage has taken place in Papua New Guinea over the weekend. Regional media monitoring network […]
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Parties urged to respect media role
The call comes after reports of an unscheduled speech made by ousted Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare on the national broadcaster, NBC.
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Government encouraged to set end-date for newspaper ban
“The order to cease publishing of the Kiribati Independent as per the Newspapers Act would avoid perceptions of political interference by clarifying to all what the steps are, and how long it will all take,” says PFF.
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IFJ releases Press Freedom in the Pacific report
In partnership with PFF, IFJ released its first Press Freedom in the Pacific report at a press launch held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to celebrate World Press Freedom Day.
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PNG media pioneer honored on WPFD day
A minute of silence before a WPFD Editors Forum will honour the late Yehiura Hriehwazi, one of Papua New Guinea’s leading journalists, who died suddenly on 8 January 2012.
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Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists
Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.