カテゴリー: Nauru
Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although advertisements ‘not unlawful in themselves’An international migration firm is being investigated for allegedly promoting access to the Vanuatu’s …
With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 daysNuclear weapons will soon be illegal. Just over 75 years since their devastation was first unleashed on the world, the global communi…
Access to clean, safe drinking water across the Pacific is the lowest of any region in the world, raising fears for the rapid spread of coronavirus Papua New Guinea’s battle against a climbing rate of Covid-19 infections is being hampered by the most b…
Vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularitiesFor decades a jewel in the crown of Pacific regionalism, the University of the South Pacific has endured 12 months of scandal, beset by allegat…
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua sentenced to 18 months for riot over 2015 demonstration while others receive lesser termsA group of protesters known as the Nauru 19 have been sentenced to jail after a highly controversial retrial for charges stemming fro…
Lead defendant Mathew Batsiua tells court ‘history will absolve’ the group who had ‘stood up for democracy’A group of high-profile protesters known as the Nauru 19 have been found guilty of rioting and other charges after a widely condemned trial was r…
Geoffrey Muecke says Nauruan government regarded group as guilty without ensuring a fair trialAustralian judge Geoffrey Muecke is reluctant to go on the record. It is “anathema” to him that any judge, retired or active, would speak publicly on a case t…
Squire Jeremiah and Rutherford Jeremiah are among the group set to face a new trial beginning on MondayTwo members of the so-called Nauru 19 have sought asylum in Australia ahead of a retrial this week. Lawyers say the trial has been rigged against the…
Aingimea takes office as Australia attempts to repeal medevac laws and Nauru accused of blocking medical care to refugeesNauru’s new president, Lionel Aingimea, says he will be like a “father of the nation”, guiding and protecting the South Pacific isl…
Results come amid continuing humanitarian crisis for almost 300 refugees still on the islandNauru’s president, Baron Waqa, has lost his seat in parliament.Election results from his electorate of Boe show that Waqa, who has been president since 2013, lo…
Medecins Sans Frontieres accuses Nauru of breaching medical ethicsA 36-year-old Pakistani refugee has been hospitalised after he set himself alight on Nauru on Friday.This comes amid warnings the government’s attempts to repeal the medevac laws could h…