Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Australia's refugee 'islands of despair'
By  • 21 March 2019
Australia's continued detention of about 1,000 refugees and asylum-seekers on two remote Pacific islands has garnered international criticism as details emerge of alarming rates of attempted suicide and poor medical care. Yet many Australians see…
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Island nations confront climate change
By  • 1 November 2018
About halfway between Hawaii and Australia is the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. In tourism photos, the place looks like a tropical paradise. But the country of about 100,000 people is facing a critical threat…
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In Solomons, photographer captures disappearing islands
By  • 1 November 2018
"If the community has to leave the island…they are going to lose their culture.” Few places on earth are as vulnerable to climate change as Ontong Java in the Solomon Islands. [caption id="attachment_9715" align="alignright" width="339"]…
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Papua New Guinea struggles after quake [program]
By  • 3 May 2018
Two months after a major earthquake devastated parts of Papua New Guinea's highlands, one of the world's most remote and diverse nations is still struggling to cope. The quake left more than a half million…
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Photographer spotlights Papua New Guinea's tribal dress
By  • 3 May 2018
With tribal traditions under threat, an effort to preserve culture through photography [caption id="attachment_9291" align="alignright" width="295"] Photographer and cinematographer Wylda Bayrón, with a boy in Papua New Guinea.[/caption] Over the course of her 14-year career, photographer…
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The future of indigenous media [video]
By  • 13 December 2016
Just 12 languages are spoken by two-thirds of the world's seven billion inhabitants. For the globe's 370 million indigenous people, keeping their native languages alive in an increasingly interconnected world is an enormous challenge. On this…
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Aboriginal Australia in flux in 'Another Country'
By  • 14 July 2016
  Australia's aboriginal people have struggled to preserve their own culture and identity while adapting to the changes wrought by the modern world. It's this struggle that is the subject of "Another Country," a documentary…
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Project Exile: Criticizing Sri Lanka war leads to exile
By  • 18 April 2016
When columnist and human rights activist Sunanda Deshapriya criticized the Sri Lankan government’s war against Tamil rebels, he didn’t know he wouldn’t be able to return to his country for six years. [caption id="attachment_6839" align="alignleft"…
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East Timor leader files suit over contract reporting
By  • 8 March 2016
The prime minister of East Timor has filed a criminal defamation suit against a newspaper reporter who wrote an article about potential bid-rigging in a government contract. Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo filed a criminal…
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In Australia, Aborigines win coastal lands after two decade fight
By  • 20 November 2014
Victory is another success for indigenous land claims for an impoverished minority. For Australia’s Aborigines, it was a notable win in a long effort to reclaim lost land. After a two- decade legal battle, a…
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