THE Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned the reported assault on a female journalist and two other staff of the Government-owned television station Kundu on Monday night in Port Moresby.
Police said a group of armed men at Morata held up the driver and drove off with the three females on board. Police found the vehicle and the women abandoned by their attackers later that evening in another part of the city. “Pacific media colleagues condemn and denounce these attacks and call on police to act swiftly to bring those responsible to justice,” the forum’s co-chair Titi Gabi said in a statement. She said the safety and security issues facing women journalists, and getting to and from their homes, were a huge concern. “We commend the staff for stepping up their call on their bosses and NBC’s management for hearing the grievances of staff and quickly committing to support the three women as well as step up transport with private security for their bus routes,” Gabi said. The forum’s co-chair Monica Miller of American Samoa conveyed support and solidarity from regional colleagues to the victims of the attack. “Our heartfelt thoughts are with our colleagues through their healing,” Miller said. “Even as we are aware sexual assault against women is not uncommon across our societies as a whole but our employers, the state, and all of us as individuals must do more to stop the culture of impunity when it comes to already-high levels of sexual violence against our sisters in Papua New Guinea.”
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