Pacific backs Marshall Islands nuclear justice push

PACIFIC Island countries have rallied behind the Marshall Islands in its decades-long pursuit of justice over the United States’

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Regional diplomacy on West Papua ramps up

WEST Papua was first included on the agenda at a Forum leaders meeting in Kiribati in 2000, but the issue has been an ongoing

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6th Pacific Human Rights Film Festival shines a light in the darkness

Over 2,500 people across the Pacific have engaged with topics that are often misunderstood, through film and talanoa, as a part of the

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Public memory, voice and visibility

PEOPLE have been silenced and made invisible for centuries.In Milan Kundera’s novel The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979),

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Israel dismisses Suva protest over new embassy

AS Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka celebrated the opening of Israel’s embassy in Suva with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, a group of protesters waved Palestinian flags several floors below.

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Human Rights Watch backs Vanuatu

Vanuatu, alongside a cross-regional group of countries, circulated a draft UN General Assembly resolution to motivate member countries

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Rights protection central to climate strategy

HUMAN rights are firmly embedded in the Climate Mobility framework, reflecting Pacific values and international standards with ongoing community

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“Violent, often disproportionate repression” in New Caledonia

FRANCE's national human rights body has detailed violations of human rights and

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Pacific LBQ Activists Hold Feminist Strategy Meeting in Fiji

TWENTY-SEVEN Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer (LBQ+) feminists from ten Pacific Island countries and territories gathered in

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