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HR Watch says PNG has failed to protect women and children

On 13 Jan, 2017 By ACTNOW

A student protest in Port Moresby in June 2016. Human Rights Watch says PNG has failed to respond to corruption and police violence. Photograph: AAP

Author: Helen Davidson Source: The Guardian

Papua New Guineans took to the streets to protest against government corruption and were met by gunfire, Human Rights Watch has said in a scathing assessment of Australia’s nearest neighbour.

PNG media watchdog queries 'gagging' order over West Papua issue during Indonesian minister's visit

On 04 Mar, 2015 By Elizabeth1

PNG Prime Minister speaks up on West Papua

On 09 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: The interpreter

PNG police task force to combat police brutality

On 23 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

The Papua New Guinea government is to set up a Police Task Force to combat police brutality.

The Post Courier reports that the task force will have up to 30 police officers whose primary role will be to instill discipline and restore respect among the police and the public.

Kundiawa MP Tobias Kulang had raised the issue of frequent reports of police brutality in Port Moresby with Mr O'Neill during question time in parliament yesterday.

Is An Obsession With Foreign Investment Eroding Democracy in Papua New Guinea?

On 30 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Westminster system good for PNG politics

On 12 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Photo: Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill_PNGvillage

Source: Mellisa Martin

The Westminster system of government is an ideal form of government for Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said yesterday. He said this during the opening of the Governor-General’s new office at Government House in Port Moresby.

Current political crisis has roots in imposed system of government

On 04 Jul, 2014 By rait man

Sir John Guise warned Australia thirty years ago that a Westminster style of government was not suitable for Papua New Guinea and that instability would result if Australia went ahead and imposed its will on PNG.

In a remarkable television interview that can be watched below, Guise warned that having a strong centralized power as Canberra wanted and eventually imposed would lead to abuse, exactly as we are seeing now with the Prime Minister able to manipulate events to suit his own personal interests.

For Our Nations to Live, Capitalism must die

On 12 Jun, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Silencing critics is not the answer

On 17 Apr, 2014 By rait man

Dr Thomas Webster

I AM EXPRESSING my grave concern over the views expressed by Politicians regarding the comments and views made by researchers and academics, with a view to silencing them.

Prime Minister O’Neill And Corruption Proves Victorious Against UPNG Students

On 11 Apr, 2014 By rait man

By UPNG Insider on PNG Blogs

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