Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Articles by Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines., Wikimedia

New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed

IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.

Compassionate release called for in case of Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman

Civil society groups have written an open letter urging medical discharge from prison for distinguished Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman .

Six anti-constitutional referendum activists speak outside Bangkok's Remand Prison after a Thai military court ordered their release on bail, 6 July 2016, REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Asia Pacific round-up: Kem Ley, Kashmir ban and Pakistan’s law

Murders, media bans and surveillance laws put growing pressures on civil society in Asia.

The wife of political analyst Kem Ley attends his funeral ceremony at a pagoda in Phnom Penh, 11 July 2016, REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodian government must support civil society and seek justice for Kem Ley

IFEX members call for end to Cambodian governments arrests and harassment of civil society and independent investigation of the killing of noted commentator Kem Ley.

In this 17 November 2001 file photo, a Papuan holds the Morning Star independence flag during the funeral of a prominent independence leader in Sentani, West Papua, REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

The outlawing of a Pacific flag?

Indonesia’s influence in Fiji and the Solomon Islands may be behind a worrying crackdown in those islands.

Joint Debate of Assembly and ECOSOC on Partnerships for Post-2015 Agenda, UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

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.

Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of Nauru, speaks during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, 30 September 2015, AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

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.

On 10 June 2016, a Papua New Guinean, resident in Australia, participates in a protest in Sydney against PNG police violence earlier in the week against university students in Port Moresby, REUTERS/Jason Reed

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.