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October 30, 2024
Talamua Media The Commonwealth Heads of Government adopted the Commonwealth Principles on Freedom of Expression and the Role of the Media in Good Governance at their summit meeting in Apia, Samoa, last week. These Principles highlight the importance of freedom of expression and media freedom to democracy. They state that Commonwealth governments “should consider repealing ... <a title="Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/30/commonwealth-takes-bold-step-to-protect-freedom-of-expression/" aria-label="Read more about Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has praised Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for his “brave ambush” in questioning new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto over West Papua. Prabowo offered an “amnesty” for West Papuan pro-independence activists during Marape’s revent meeting with Prabowo on the fringes of the inauguration, the PNG leader ... <a title="Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/wenda-praises-pngs-marape-over-brave-ambush-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ over West Papua">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain As CHOGM came to a close, Samoa rightfully basked in the resounding success for the country and people as hosts of the Commonwealth leaders’ meeting. Footage of Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa swaying along to the siva dance as she sat beside Britain’s King Charles III encapsulated a palpable national ... <a title="‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/climate-chogm-success-for-samoa-but-whats-in-it-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Climate’ CHOGM success for Samoa but what’s in it for the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Mariam Shahin has been making films about Gaza for more than 30 years. She has also made many documentaries and short films for Al Jazeera English since it launched in 2006. When she moved to Gaza in 2005, she felt a powerful sense of optimism following the Israeli withdrawal. Mariam Shahin . ... <a title="Echoes of a Lost Gaza – Al Jazeera documentary on a brutal war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/echoes-of-a-lost-gaza-al-jazeera-documentary-on-a-brutal-war/" aria-label="Read more about Echoes of a Lost Gaza – Al Jazeera documentary on a brutal war">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne In February 2017, as Donald Trump took office, The Washington Post adopted the first slogan in its 140-year history: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”. How ironic, then, that it should now be helping to extinguish the flame of American democracy by refusing to endorse a candidate for the ... <a title="Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/two-of-the-uss-biggest-newspapers-have-refused-to-endorse-a-presidential-candidate-this-is-how-democracy-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Two of the US’s biggest newspapers have refused to endorse a presidential candidate. This is how democracy dies">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ troika, along with the Fiji’s prime minister, arrived in Kanaky New Caledonia at the weekend for a fact-finding mission on the French Pacific territory’s situation. The troika plus format involves the PIF’s previous, current and future chairs. They are mission ... <a title="Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/pacific-leaders-troika-begins-new-caledonia-fact-finding-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders’ troika begins New Caledonia fact-finding mission">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor A Kanak pastor from the Protestant Church of Kanaky New Caledonia, attending a Pacific solidarity forum in Aotearoa, says connecting with Pacific activists has given him the chance to feel hope again after months of riots in the French territory. Reverend Billy Wetewea told RNZ Pacific on the ... <a title="Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/kanak-pastor-advocates-for-hope-and-humanity-as-pacific-leaders-visit-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Kanak pastor advocates for ‘hope and ‘humanity’ as Pacific leaders visit New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A remote Filipino school in Bicol province assisted by a small New Zealand voluntary NGO has been seriously damaged by floodwaters in the wake of Typhoon Kristine (Trami) that left at least 82 people dead across the Philippines last week. Mangcayo Elementary School, which was submerged by Typhoon Usman fringe storms six ... <a title="Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/remote-mangcayo-school-among-areas-hit-by-typhoon-kristine-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Tuvalu’s Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia’s reliability in addressing the climate crisis. Kofe was reacting to the latest report by report by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, which found that Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are responsible for more ... <a title="‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’, says Tuvalu MP on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/27/we-have-to-keep-pressuring-australia-to-do-the-right-thing-says-tuvalu-mp-on-climate-action/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’, says Tuvalu MP on climate action">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach to decolonisation by experts of the UN Human Rights Committee. The UN committee met this week in Geneva for France’s five-yearly human rights review with a focus on its Pacific ... <a title="UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/un-experts-alarmed-by-kanaky-new-caledonia-deaths-as-pacific-fact-finding-mission-readies/" aria-label="Read more about UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent “revenge killings” along the Laiagam-Sirunki Highway in the Highlands province of Enga. The attacks, which occured last Friday and Monday, are believed to be connected to an unresolved death that took place in ... <a title="PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/png-bus-shooting-this-sort-of-revenge-killing-is-unheard-of/" aria-label="Read more about PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’">Read more</a>
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October 26, 2024
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) — celebration of seven years of its Taipei office, presenting a raft of proposals to the Taiwan government, and hosting its Asia-Pacific network of correspondents. Director general Thibaut Bruttin and the Taipei ... <a title="RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/26/rsf-tackles-taiwans-media-freedom-achilles-heel-boosts-asia-pacific-monitoring-action/" aria-label="Read more about RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action">Read more</a>
