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October 30, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become more informed. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself crushed between these two counterbalances — the asserted right of powerful nations to operate in secret, and the right of the press ... <a title="Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/assumptions-vs-facts-how-the-julian-assange-case-confronts-our-biases/" aria-label="Read more about Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our biases">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week’s A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTubeA VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast with Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan In this week’s security podcast, Dr Paul G. Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders ... <a title="A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/a-view-from-afar-could-aucklands-lynnmall-stabbing-attack-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
By Arjuna Pademme in Jayapura The Indonesian government appears to be at a loss about how to quell the struggle of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) with its plan to designate Papuan independence organisations as “terrorist” groups. Democracy Alliance for Papua (ADP) director Latifah Anum Siregar says that the Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT) should rethink ... <a title="Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/designating-opm-as-terrorists-will-increase-tension-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Designating OPM as terrorists will ‘increase tension, rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Media freedom defenders from Commonwealth countries have criticised many governments across the world that threaten and censor the work of journalists. A virtual conference on media freedom in the Commonwealth was hosted by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS) in a webinar in London this week. Three speakers condemned Chinese ... <a title="Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/21/media-freedom-defenders-criticise-china-other-pacific-info-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By RNZ News The Christchurch mosque shooter has been designated as a “terrorist entity” by the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The designation under New Zealand legislation freezes the assets of terrorist entities and makes it a criminal offence to participate in or support the activities of the designated terrorist entity. Last Thursday, Australian ... <a title="NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/nz-designates-christchurch-mosque-shooter-as-a-terrorist-entity/" aria-label="Read more about NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The last of the victim impact statements were being heard in a New Zealand court today on the third day of sentencing of the Christchurch mosque terrorist. Brenton Harrison Tarrant is facing sentencing for ... <a title="NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/nz-mosque-terrorists-sentencing-gunman-looks-like-shell-of-person/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2020
“We are requesting, if you can, just do it online. Because these are not ordinary times,” Gamboa said in a mix of English and Filipino. In SONA protests, activist groups usually deliver a counterpoint to the president’s rendition of current events in his or her report to Congress. The protests usually consist of marches and ... <a title="Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/police-chief-to-manila-democracy-protesters-just-do-it-online/" aria-label="Read more about Police chief to Manila democracy protesters – ‘Just do it online’">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2020
By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed security laws that threaten to undermine their basic freedoms and human rights, says the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The bishops’ call came after they recently received a ... <a title="Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/bishops-slam-draconian-security-laws-in-philippines-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Days after President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Philippines Anti-Terrorism Law, Vice-President Leni Robredo has pushed for safeguards so that the controversial measure would not be abused, reports Rappler. In her weekly radio show with co-host Ely Saludar, Robredo noted that she does not oppose the law itself, but wants assurance that ... <a title="‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/06/fight-not-over-says-robredo-pushing-for-safeguards-in-anti-terror-law/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fight not over’, says Robredo pushing for safeguards in anti-terror law">Read more</a>
