Criticism about human rights abuses in Nauru refugee camps leads to Facebook ban

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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (2nd R) and the Pacific Island Forum secretariat and secretary general, Tuiloma Neroni Slade (R), welcome other leaders on stage during the opening of the forum in Auckland, New Zealand, 7 September 2011, Bradley AMBROSE/AFP/Getty Images

Nauru bans Australian Broadcasting Corporation from Pacific Islands Forum

The government is accusing ABC of “blatant interference in Nauru’s domestic politics.”

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.

A group of around twenty protesters occupy Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's electoral office, demanding the end to the policy of offshore detention of asylum seekers, in the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff, Australia, 14 October 2015, REUTERS/David Gray

Concern over media restrictions on Australia’s asylum seeker policy

There are strong concerns about the media restrictions that surround Australia’s asylum seeker policy and its offshore immigration detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.