Papua New Guinea: Multiple protests against government actions and increasing restrictions on the press Published at 20.06.2023 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth indigenous groups protest extractive industries restrictive law bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Slow progress in ensuring accountability for unlawful killing of protesters in PNG while journalists face restrictions and threats Published at 30.12.2022 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption killing of protestors intimidation harassment excessive force Read more
PNG government commits to reforms at UN review but press freedom concerns remain Published at 14.07.2022 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development censorship intimidation Read more
Despite UN rights review, attacks on press freedom continue in PNG with suspension of journalist Published at 15.02.2022 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women political interference Read more
Consultation on freedom of information policy in PNG, protests against mandatory vaccinations Published at 29.09.2021 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development access to info. law labour rights protest Read more
Lawyer assaulted following corruption report, protest disrupted and journalists attacked in PNG Published at 06.07.2021 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest non state actors protest disruption women Read more
Landowners hold sit-in protest for compensation while 2016 protesters file lawsuit Published at 15.04.2021 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest land rights Read more
Advocacy groups and activists continue campaign against mining projects in PNG despite threats Published at 23.11.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries HRD threatened land rights environmental rights intimidation Read more
New PNG pandemic law puts rights at risk while groups protest against mine and domestic violence Published at 25.08.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights protest restrictive law women environmental rights Read more
Journalists targeted in PNG amid the COVID-19 pandemic while nurses strike over lack of protection Published at 14.05.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment refugees and migrants protest Read more
Activist group continues resistance against seabed mining in PNG Published at 15.01.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries refugees and migrants environmental rights protest Read more
Attacks and threats against human rights defenders persist in Papua New Guinea Published at 01.07.2019 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation LGBTI women public vilification harassment indigenous groups sexual assault protest extractive industries censorship HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
