COURAGEOUS WOMEN FEATURED IN PJR'S MELANESIAN MEDIA FREEDOM EDITION
AN EVOCATIVE “Frontline” article about courageous women activists at the heart of a communication and media struggle for justice for West Papua features among the lead articles of the latest Pacific Journalism Review – the largest edition ever produced in spide of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
The article, by journalist and advocate Belinda Lopez, about the #illridewithyou campaign in West Papua features crusading lawyer Veronica Koman, activist Zely Ariane and others.
An editorial, PJR says hostile media environments in Fiji, Papua New Guinea and West Papua pose growing challenges to the Melanesian region’s democracies
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+ Pacific Media Watch in new climate crisis project with Internews
+ Rainbow Warrior bombing relived during lockdown