Samoa repealed its defamation laws in 2013 but reintroduced criminal defamation with harsher penalties in 2017. This statement was originally published on pacificfreedomforum.org on 24 May 2025. Samoa ...

he Pacific Freedom Forum is calling for the review of the revival of the libel law. This statement was originally published on Pacific Freedom Forum’s Facebook page on 6 January 2018. New criminal ...

The recent friction between the Nigerian government and one of the country’s leading newspapers, Daily Trust, has sent ripples through the media and political landscape. The controversy centres on the ...

Fresh from banning the country's only daily newspaper, Samoa's government is now developing rules for all media outlets, that could include background checks on journalists.

Samoan and Pacific media groups have reiterated the demand to repeal Samoa’s defamation law after a senior journalist was slapped with a criminal charge over a report involving police officers.

A draft government protocol for journalists covering press conferences has raised concerns that it could restrict the work of media in the Pacific island nation of Samoa. The 19-page draft guidelines ...