human rights

Provincial Govt sends in armed police against customary landholders

On 28 Oct, 2016 By ACTNOW

Logging on New Hanover: "This is our customary land. Why would they do this to us?"

New Ireland Provincial Government has sent in armed police to defend illegal logging and road clearing operations on New Hanover island. Local people have been engaged in a long struggle to defend their land and reclaim what is rightfully theirs from the foreign logging companies.

Dirty SABL Palm Oil to hit the International Market

On 06 Sep, 2016 By ACTNOW

The oil palm mill at Dirina in Pomio

SABL Story Project*

Who would think that a responsible government, whose income is dependent on tax revenue would allow one of our major export crop to be smeared with more dirt?

Vanuatu community advocates shocked by Port Moresby

On 30 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

Community advocates pose outside the door to the PNG Parliament Chamber

Four young community advocates from Vanuatu have been shocked by the conditions they have seen in Port Moresby and have vowed not to allow their own country to suffer a similar fate.

Govt ignores Human Rights envoys over SABL land grab

On 14 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

Disgraceful shootings of students must be promptly investigated

On 09 Jun, 2016 By ACTNOW

Injured student is rushed to emergency room in Port Moresby after police shot into crowd of peaceful protestors (Getty Images)

Source: Amnesty International

The shooting of students peacefully protesting in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, is a disgraceful attack on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression.

Government must act on international criticism over human rights

On 13 May, 2016 By ACTNOW

Civil society organisations are urging the Papua New Guinea government to take immediate action to end pervasive land grabbing and illegal logging after these issues were highlighted by governments around the world in formal recommendations put before the United Nations yesterday. (1)

When free education isn't free: creeping corruption in education

On 30 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: DevPolicy Blog

Jury still out on whether seabed mining is good for Pacific

On 29 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: Radio NZ

The Pacific Community says it is still not clear whether the potential economic benefits of sea bed mining will outweigh the negative effects on the environment and on local livelihoods.

The comments come after the SPC's proposed legal and regulatory framework on sea bed mining was accused of neglecting indigenous and environmental safeguards.

Where is the justice? how our courts aid grand corruption

On 24 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Papua New Guinea Correctional Service, Bomana Prison

Source: PNG Exposed Blogs

Here we go again. It appears there is a two-tier justice system, one for the poor and one for the rich.

Earlier this month the National Court sentenced a Bank of South Pacific employee David Poholi to five years imprisonment with hard labour, for misappropriating K688,000 from his employer, BSP.

SPC-EU Framework needs safeguards

On 17 Mar, 2016 By ACTNOW

Source: PANG

Blue Ocean Law and Pacific Network on Globalisation Release Legal Analysis of SPC-EU Regional Legislative and Regulatory Framework –

Calls for Greater Indigenous and Environmental Safeguards

Regional partners Blue Ocean Law and PANG.

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