Articles by Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
PINA statement for World Press Freedom Day
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a PINA special bulletin: World Press Freedom Day Message, 3 May 2005, from the President of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), Apulu Lance Polu REGION: We, in the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), join the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day today, May 3. This year’s theme: Media […]
PINA concerned over police action against television station
(PINA/IFEX) – PINA has expressed grave concern over police action to pressure Fiji TV to reveal the name of its source in the case of an alleged leaked police statement central to the 2000 coup investigations. The files relating to the investigation later mysteriously disappeared. On the afternoon of 20 April 2005, officers from the […]
Photographer assaulted by parliamentary guard
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a PINA statement: PINA expresses concern over journalist’s assault by parliament guard SUVA: The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has expressed concern at the assault of a Daily Post photographer by a guard at the Fiji parliament in Suva this week. The photographer, who covers the Fiji Senate, left his […]
PINA hails media ruling declaring two media regulations void
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a 13 October 2004 PINA statement: PINA Hails Tonga media ruling REGION – The Pacific Islands News Association ( PINA) has hailed a ruling by Chief Justice Webster declaring the Media Operators Act 2003 and the Newspapers Act 2003 in the kingdom of Tonga void. PINA President Faumuina Lance Polu […]
World Press Freedom Day message from PINA president
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a 30 April 2004 PINA statement: Media Freedom Day Message by Apulu Lance Polu, President, Pacific Islands News Association – PINA REGION – The media in conflict situations and transition becomes not too distant anymore for us in the Pacific region. Political corruption, ethnic violence and segregation, and the threat […]
Reporter assaulted by police officers
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a PINA statement: PINA CONDEMNS POLICE BRUTALITY Suva – The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has condemned the 28 November 2003 attack of a “National” newspaper reporter by policemen outside the Gordon Market in Port Moresby. Speaking from Samoa, PINA President Apulu Lance Polu said the physical attack and verbal […]
PINA spotlights pressures in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga
(PINA/IFEX) – The following is a PINA news report: On 7 April 2003, PINA President Johnson Honimae said alarm bells are ringing for freedom of expression and media freedom in the Pacific Islands. Solomon Islander Honimae, leader of the region’s main news media professional association, said there are currently crises in three countries, with efforts […]
Government brings in tough new media law after losing in court
(PINA/IFEX) – On 4 April 2003, the Pacific Islands news service PINA Nius reported that the Tongan authorities have introduced a tough new media law which, the government says, cannot be subject to judicial review by the courts. The move came immediately after the kingdom’s Supreme Court said the government’s earlier bans on the New […]