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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 6 May 2015
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 6 May 2015
3:05 PM.A human rights advocate says Nauru's Facebook ban is leaving asylum seekers there even more isolated; A call for the immediate suspension of negotiations on the regional free trade agreement… Read more Audio
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Ban further isolates asylum seekers on Nauru
3:04 PM.An Australian human rights advocate says the Nauruan government's Facebook ban is extremely concerning particularly for asylum seekers who are now further isolated from the world as they continue to… Read more Audio
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Solomons look to modernise intellectual property rights law
3:01 PM.The Solomon Islands government says there is an urgent need to protect the country's culture, traditional knowledge and practises from exploitation in the internet age. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 6 May 2015
5:04 AM.Pacific civil societies, trade unions raise concerns over PACER-Plus; UNDP helps Bougainville prepare for key poll; A Fiji based academic says a new funding formula is needed for the Pacific Islands… Read more Audio
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Civil societies, trade unions raise concerns over PACER-Plus
5:03 AM.Pacific civil societies and trade union groups are calling for the immediate suspension of PACER-Plus negotiations. Audio
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UNDP helps Bougainville prepare for key poll
5:02 AM.The UNDP is helping prepare scrutineers, the media and others for the Bougainville elections which run for two weeks from next Monday. Audio