Articles by Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)
The outlawing of a Pacific flag?
Indonesia’s influence in Fiji and the Solomon Islands may be behind a worrying crackdown in those islands.
Leading press freedom group and IFEX member should be granted access to UN bodies
Civil society groups ask ECOSOC to reconsider granting valued press freedom group and IFEX member, The Committee to Protect Journalists, consultative status at the UN.
Nauru electoral observers urged to monitor media access
Electoral observers in Nauru must include access to news media within their reports to ensure human rights are fully respected.
Pacific media condemn PNG police shootings, latest journo assault
In the panic and pandemonium caused by police tear gas and shooting at unarmed citizens, a female journalist was assaulted while covering a protest in Papua New Guinea.
Tongan Prime Minister should end harassment of local journalist Viola Ulakai
IFEX members call on the Prime Minister of Tonga to cease threats of suspension of journalist Viola Ulakai and respect his past commitment to press freedom in the country.
Free expression groups call on UN to appoint Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists
34 IFEX members are supporting RSF’s initiative to create the position of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists.
Pacific Freedom Forum calls for cross-party support for free media
This statement was originally published on PFF’s Facebook page on 13 March 2016. Free media need support from all political parties, not just the government of the day, says PFF, the Pacific Freedom Forum. “We welcome moves by the new government of Vanuatu to rebuild the public broadcaster,” says PFF Chair Titi Gabi, commenting on […]
Cook Islands urged to withdraw media injunction
Government in the Cook Islands must withdraw an injunction stopping media from publishing a constitutional opinion that criticises overspending, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.