Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance

Five years ago the Pacific Media Centre and Pacific Media Watch published a ‘state of media freedom report’—the first such documentation in the Pacific region—and the most devastating section was about West Papua (Perrottet & Robie, 2011, 2012). The harrowing account of human rights violations a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4d6f608183ba461dbd885b6ffa34d4792021-12-02T12:50:19ZReview: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance10.24135/pjr.v22i1.221023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/4d6f608183ba461dbd885b6ffa34d4792016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/22https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Five years ago the Pacific Media Centre and Pacific Media Watch published a ‘state of media freedom report’—the first such documentation in the Pacific region—and the most devastating section was about West Papua (Perrottet & Robie, 2011, 2012). The harrowing account of human rights violations and abuses of freedom of speech by the Indonesian military and security forces eclipsed comparable reports from the Pacific, including Fiji which was at the time a cause célèbre for free press champions. The theme of this report echoed many articles I have written over the years highlighting the ‘black’ or ‘blind spot’ demonstrated by New Zealand media neglect of covering West Papua and the self-determination cause (see Robie, 2011). Since then much has changed.David RobieAsia Pacific Networkarticlecivil resistancecivil rightsfreedom of speechfreedom of expressionmedia freedompolitical activismCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2016)
institution DOAJ
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topic civil resistance
civil rights
freedom of speech
freedom of expression
media freedom
political activism
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle civil resistance
civil rights
freedom of speech
freedom of expression
media freedom
political activism
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
David Robie
Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
description Five years ago the Pacific Media Centre and Pacific Media Watch published a ‘state of media freedom report’—the first such documentation in the Pacific region—and the most devastating section was about West Papua (Perrottet & Robie, 2011, 2012). The harrowing account of human rights violations and abuses of freedom of speech by the Indonesian military and security forces eclipsed comparable reports from the Pacific, including Fiji which was at the time a cause célèbre for free press champions. The theme of this report echoed many articles I have written over the years highlighting the ‘black’ or ‘blind spot’ demonstrated by New Zealand media neglect of covering West Papua and the self-determination cause (see Robie, 2011). Since then much has changed.
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title Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
title_short Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
title_full Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
title_fullStr Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
title_full_unstemmed Review: Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance
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