Nauru
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Migration firm investigated over ads promising Vanuatu passports
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although adv…
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Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing | Dimity Hawkins
With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force i…
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Pacific’s fight against Covid-19 hamstrung by lack of clean water
Access to clean, safe drinking water across the Pacific is the lowest of any region in the world, raising fear…
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‘Witch-hunts’ and whistleblowers: University of the South Pacific in crisis
Vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularitiesF…
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Nauru 19 members jailed over protest against crackdown on opposition MPs
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua sentenced to 18 months for riot over 2015 demonstration while others receive les…
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Nauru 19 found guilty of rioting and other charges in controversial retrial
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua tells court ‘history will absolve’ the group who had ‘stood up for democracy’A g…
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Nauru 19: Australian judge blasts ‘appalling’ persecution of protesters
Geoffrey Muecke says Nauruan government regarded group as guilty without ensuring a fair trialAustralian judge…
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Nauru 19 pair seek asylum in Australia ahead of retrial that lawyers say is rigged
Squire Jeremiah and Rutherford Jeremiah are among the group set to face a new trial beginning on MondayTwo mem…
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Nauru’s parliament elects Lionel Aingimea as president amid refugee crisis
Aingimea takes office as Australia attempts to repeal medevac laws and Nauru accused of blocking medical care …
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Nauru election: president Baron Waqa loses his seat
Results come amid continuing humanitarian crisis for almost 300 refugees still on the islandNauru’s president,…
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Pakistani refugee sets himself alight on Nauru
Medecins Sans Frontieres accuses Nauru of breaching medical ethicsA 36-year-old Pakistani refugee has been hos…