#ThaiCoup Social Media Shutdown
The Facebook website has been blocked in Thailand on Wednesday afternoon. Social media users across the country have not been able to access the site since 3pm. ...
Wave of Protests Signals Fundamental Shift in Malaysian Society
The present wave of protests seem to suggest a fundamental shift in Malaysian society today – there is a collective change of mood, away from passive and subservient acceptance of an authoritarian political or ...
Who is @PurePapua and what does he stand for?
Can @PurePapua achieve what he and many others have decided decades ago? West Papuans risk their lives, their families, their livelihood, their way of life ~ they risk everything, to be free from the yoke of slavery, ...
PNG: Shifting Island Feels Cyber Seismic Shift
As it has in the rest of the world, social media and the sudden explosion of mobile phone technology is bringing about profound changes in PNG culture, and its impact on politics is only beginning to be explored and ...
PNG Government Repeals Chinese Sponsored Amendments to Environment Act
When Justice Catherine Davani handed down the only dissenting judgment regarding the Ramu Nickel case, she suggested that the Environment be protected. She stated In Louis Medang v. China Metallurgical Group Corporat ...
Redefining perceptions of women in PNG
Perhaps Papua New Guinean women are the most under-rated strong women. Think of a typical village setting where over 80% of the country’s population resides. The women go fishing, make gardens, harvest sago, c ...
The ‘Real’ Princes of Persia
The uprisings popularly called the 'Arab Spring' have seen regional power in the middle east wrestled away from pro-American Regimes ...
Indonesia Gov’t Launches Cyber Attacks Against NGOs
"The Indonesian government is once again launching cowardly cyber warfare against NGO groups campaigning for West Papua. Our main website is downd." ...
Syria, Social Media & “Anti-Social” Activism
Many of the chants are conveniently translated for the myriad spectators and commentators. The one we hear most in Syria is “The people want to topple the regimeâ€. Note that word. People. It is people and ...
Rap News 7: #Revolution!
Rap News, Episode 7: It's 2011 and amid a flurry of political leaks and revelations, revolutions have rolled across North Africa and The Middle East, sweeping regimes and dictatorships before them. Join your host Rob ...
Egypt anti-govt protests escalate | Al Jazeera
Two Egyptian civilians and a police officer have died after a wave of unusually large anti-government demonstrations swept across the country. ...
