Freedom and the pursuit of happiness are basic human (not just men’s) rights

By PNG Echo I was appalled and concerned to wake up this morning to Post Courier front-page headlines: ‘Aussie stole my wife’. Firstly, the story is not news – Mr Goimba’s story has had a considerable airing over the years on various blogs that will mindlessly publish anything. None, to my knowledge have ever questioned the paradigm that Mr Goimba is entitled to have his wife back – even if it would be, clearly, against her will.  Although, I would have expected better standards of analysis and social responsibility of Post Courier. This is a long-running domestic saga where Mr. Goimba Continue reading Freedom and the pursuit of happiness are basic human (not just men’s) rights

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How will they know? The dilemma of foreign affairs journalism

By PNG Echo She had been hacked with a machete – opened up from her sternum to her pelvis. Her intestines were exposed and spilling out from her cut abdomen. She’d been disemboweled. The graphic pictures that appeared on Facebook came with the explanation that this was done to her, by her husband, in retaliation for adultery. Were it in the Middle East, we’d shake our heads and maybe say: “It’s typical of those radical Muslims with their Sharia Law and their lack of respect for women,” wouldn’t we?” Well it wasn’t. This occurred in a stridently Christian country from Continue reading How will they know? The dilemma of foreign affairs journalism

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