Nauru

Amnesty International says the Nauru government's decision to ban Australia's ABC from the Pacific Islands Forum summit is a brazen attempt to suppress critical coverage.

Australia's public broadcaster says it still plans to go to this year's Pacific Islands Forum summit, after Nauru's government banned it from entering the country.

New Zealand's parliamentary press gallery has echoed outrage in Australia at the Nauru government's decision to ban the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The ABC has been banned from covering the Pacific Islands Forum after the Nauruan government accused the public broadcaster of "continued biased and false reporting' about the country.

The Iranian community on Nauru has launched a petition calling for the body of asylum seeker Fariborz Karami to be brought to Australia

A Singapore court has fined a local company buying and shipping phosphate from Nauru with corruption.

The Nauru government says it has no comment about a hefty bill it has been ordered to pay by today by a Supreme Court judge.

A Supreme Court judge in Nauru has declared legislation passed earlier this month 'null and void'.

The Pacific Islands Forum is seeking to raise concerns about the state of the Nauru judiciary with the country's president.

A Nauru judge has ruled that the state must assist the defence with its costs in the case of the so-called 'Nauru 19'.

The United Nations Development Programme is to lead a two-year project to strengthen the capacity of the Nauru Electoral Commission.

It is hoped the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting on Nauru will draw attention to the plight of refugees Australia detains there, an advocate says.

The Nauru government is not following good governance and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum should speak out, an academic says.

The reported suicide of a Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru has led to some services been withdrawn from refugees there, according to a leading advocate.