The Melanesian Media Declaration

Abstract

We, the participants at the Melanesian Media Freedom representing media from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and West Papua, wish to express concern about growing threats to media freedom in our region and call on members of our industry and other organisations and individuals to take action to help secure the future of the Fourth Estate as a vital pillar of democracy.

Keywords

• Fiji
• media freedom
• Melanesia
• Melanesia Media Freedom Forum
• MMFF
• Papua New Guinea