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The Marshall Islands has taken the unprecedented action of closing off all airline travel into the country for a two-week period in an effort to prevent importation of the Covid-19 coronarivus .

The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea has called on the prime minister to discuss resettling Manus Island refugees in New Zealand.

As a new decade dawns much of the Pacific is grappling with major upheavals, from climate and health crises to self-determination struggles. Jamie Tahana and Johnny Blades look at the state of play.

Nauru's chief justice has "categorically and unreservedly denied" that there is any interference from government in the island's judiciary.

Australian taxpayers should be disturbed that they've helped fund a new prison in Nauru that will house a group of political protesters, says a lawyer.

A group of anti-government protesters, known as the 'Nauru 19', has been sentenced to jail terms of up to 11 months, in what has been described as a "chilling precedent".

A public plea has been made in Nauru for the president to pardon a group convicted of offences over an anti-government protest.

The Nauru Government is lashing out because it has been called out for its bad behaviour, an Australian lawyer says.

The judge who convicted a group of anti-government protesters on Nauru has been accused of misapplying the country's bail laws.

The conviction of 12 Nauruan anti-government protesters is "appalling", an Australian barrister says.

Twelve members of the group known as the 'Nauru 19' have been found guilty of rioting and disorderly behaviour.

The trial of 12 people without legal representation in Nauru's Supreme Court has been called an "extraordinary breach" of individual rights and the rule of law.

A verdict in a controversial court case in Nauru is expected late this week or early next week.

Independent Australian MP, Andrew Wilkie, has written to Foreign Minister Marise Payne pleading for her to intervene in the Nauru trial of the pro-democracy activists dubbed the 'Nauru 19'.

First Person - Australia is deliberately prolonging the suffering of refugees it detained on Manus Island who are now languishing in Port Moresby, writes refugee Shaminda Kanapathi.

A Nauru Supreme Court judge has dismissed another adjournment application by members of the so-called 'Nauru 19'.

An Australian lawyer, who has represented the so-called 'Nauru 19' in the past, says the rule of law on the island has completely broken down.