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December 11, 2024
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Violence against children in Fiji is estimated to have cost the country F$460 million, or more than 4 percent of Fiji’s GDP a year, says new research highlighted on International Human Rights Day. This research was carried out jointly by UNICEF and Fiji’s Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection. ... <a title="Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/11/violence-against-children-in-fiji-costs-nation-460m-says-unicef-study/" aria-label="Read more about Violence against children in Fiji costs nation $460m, says Unicef study">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Lopeti Senituli in Nuku’alofa In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan Parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no confidence (VONC) scheduled for last Monday, December 9, in Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku and the Cabinet, Hu’akavameiliku surprised everyone by announcing his resignation — even before the actual debate ... <a title="Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/11/tongas-pm-huakavameiliku-throws-in-the-towel-behind-the-timeline/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s PM Hu’akavameiliku throws in the towel – behind the timeline">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned the assassination of Cambodian investigative environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng who has died from his wounds. He was shot by an illegal logger last week while investigating unlawful deforestation in the country’s northwest. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged the Cambodian government ... <a title="RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/rsf-condemns-assassination-of-cambodian-environmental-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
RNZ Pacific Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East “are secure and accounted for,” the country’s Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua confirmed today. Tikoduadua said Fiji had troops deployed in the Golan Heights under the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and the UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNSTO). He said they remained safe amid the ... <a title="Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/syria-crisis-fijian-peacekeepers-secure-and-accounted-for-amid-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about Syria crisis: Fijian peacekeepers ‘secure and accounted for’ amid tensions">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
RNZ Pacific Parliamentarians in Tonga will meet on Christmas Eve to select the kingdom’s new prime minister, Speaker of the House Lord Fakafanua has confirmed. He told RNZ Pacific that Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni’s resignation on Monday ahead of a second motion of no confidence was unprecedented. However, he said the Tongan constitution was clear on ... <a title="Tonga’s Speaker confirms new PM to be chosen on Christmas Eve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/tongas-speaker-confirms-new-pm-to-be-chosen-on-christmas-eve/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s Speaker confirms new PM to be chosen on Christmas Eve">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
RNZ Pacific Tongan Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has resigned, the Tongan Parliament Office has confirmed. Hu’akavameiliku resigned in Parliament today, ahead of the no confidence motion. “At the opening of today’s [Monday] session a teary-eyed Prime Minister asked the Lord Speaker if he could say a few words, before the Motion was tabled. He ... <a title="‘Teary-eyed’ Tongan PM resigns ahead of no-confidence vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/teary-eyed-tongan-pm-resigns-ahead-of-no-confidence-vote/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Teary-eyed’ Tongan PM resigns ahead of no-confidence vote">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
The Cook Islands has used its first-ever appearance at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to advocate for the “decolonisation” of international law. While making an oral statement for an advisory opinion on the obligations of states regarding climate change, Auckland University senior lecturer Fuimaono Dr Dylan Asafo placed the blame on “our international legal ... <a title="Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/cook-islands-seeks-decolonisation-of-international-law-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands seeks ‘decolonisation’ of international law at ICJ">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane The first large-scale environmental impact assessment of Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea has found local communities face life-threatening risks from its legacy. The independent study was initiated after frustrated landowners in PNG’s Autonomous Region of Bougainville took their longstanding grievances against Rio Tinto to the Australian ... <a title="Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine clean-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/panguna-human-rights-report-fuels-bougainville-demands-for-rio-tinto-funded-mine-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about Panguna human rights report fuels Bougainville demands for Rio Tinto-funded mine clean-up">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Governor Powes Parkop of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby has appealed to West Papuans living in his country to carry on the self-determination struggle for future generations and to not lose hope. Parkop, a staunch supporter of the West Papua cause, reminded Papuans at their Independence Day last Sunday of the ... <a title="PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/pngs-parkop-tells-exiled-papuans-dont-lose-hope-keep-up-the-freedom-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Parkop tells exiled Papuans ‘don’t lose hope – keep up the freedom struggle’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and called on Aotearoa New Zealand to take more action over the atrocities in the besieged enclave of Gaza. The global human rights movement’s 296-page fully documented report says Israel has ... <a title="Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/08/amnesty-international-doubles-down-on-israeli-gaza-genocide-atrocities-report-at-nz-rally/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty International doubles down on Israeli Gaza ‘genocide, atrocities’ report at NZ rally">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific A group of concerned alumni of the University of the South Pacific has called the regional institution’s delay in releasing the outcomes of the 98th USP Council meeting held in Rarotonga late last month “totally unacceptable”. The group released a statement on Thursday, stating that the regional university’s main decision-making body and support ... <a title="Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/alumni-group-slams-usps-failure-to-release-council-meeting-outcomes/" aria-label="Read more about Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism Things can always get worse. Much worse. The Biden/Harris administration has bank-rolled and funded Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza, the sight of the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. Israeli soldiers wilfully ... <a title="Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/07/israeli-extremism-has-a-new-best-friend-in-the-white-house/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House">Read more</a>
