Fresh from banning the country's only daily newspaper, Samoa's government is now developing rules for all media outlets, that ...

The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) expresses deep concern over the Government of Samoa’s decision to ban the Samoa Observer, one of the country’s longest-serving independent newspapers.

The IPI global network calls on Samoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt to immediately reverse an order banning the Samoa Observer from attending his weekly press conferences, and ...

Banning an entire news organization from press conferences hurts the public interest as people will lose access to independent reporting on matters of national importance.” ...

The International Federation of Journalists expresses solidarity with journalists and their sources in Samoa who are being subject to legal threats and investigations that seek to prevent them from ...