Tongasat’s appeal aimed at hindering suing former PMs, says Pōhiva
Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva … plan to lodge additional legal action to force pay back of the Tomgasat money. Image: Kalino...
Rabuka acquitted on assets charge, free to contest 2018 general election
SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka in court today. He has been acquitted and will be free to contest the 2018 general election on...
BDS activists reject Israeli fine, raise $33,000 for Gaza stress health
Lorde cancelled her concert in Tel Aviv days after BDS activists appealed to the singer in an open letter. Image: YouTube screenshot
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Duterte critic Trillanes second senator to be arrested – for 2003 ‘rebellion’
Senator Antonio Trillanes … a rebellion charge against Trillanes has been revived after President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 572, revoking a...
Tahiti’s Salmon fined for defaming president with ‘vote buying’ claim
Tahiti President Edouard Fritch wins election defamation case against rival … awarded US$2000 pay out in damages. Image: French Polynesia govt
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Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees
The Australian High Court building in Canberra. Image: Bentley Smith/Flickr/The Interpreter
BRIEFING: By Erin Harris
The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the...
PNG court overturns loggers ban on custom landowners entering own land
Landowners win six-year legal battle in Pomio District, site of a controversial Special Agriculture Business Lease (SABL) where large tracts of rainforest have...
