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January 24, 2022
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinean doctor, who is alleged to be covid-19 positive, has been arrested and charged in Solomon Islands for illegally crossing the border. The doctor, from Bougainville and employed at Nonga Provincial Hospital in East New Britain province, was arrested and charged in the Solomon Islands capital, ... <a title="Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/covid-infected-png-doctor-arrested-in-solomon-islands-as-border-crosser/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-infected PNG doctor arrested in Solomon Islands as border crosser">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2021
By Maria Baru in Sorong, West Papua Brother Frater Anton Syufi of the Papua’s Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) has been arrested by the Jayapura city district police for wearing a banned Morning Star (BK) independence flag T-shirt while watching a soccer match between Papua and East Nusa Tenggara at Indonesia’s National Games at Mandala ... <a title="Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/08/police-arrest-spectator-at-papua-games-for-wearing-morning-star-t-shirt/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest spectator at Papua Games for wearing Morning Star T-shirt">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
By Assumpta Buchanan in Honiara A high school student is one of three people — including his two brothers — who has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for breaching a Solomon Islands trial covid-19 lockdown late last month. The 18-year-old was sentenced by a magistrates court on Wednesday with his older brothers after ... <a title="Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/honiara-court-jails-high-school-student-18-for-lockdown-breach/" aria-label="Read more about Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
RNZ News A man with covid-19 who allegedly escaped an Auckland MIQ facility today has been charged with breaking lockdown rules and has been bailed to return to a managed quarantine facility. The man was arrested this afternoon at an Ōtāhuhu address by police in full PPE gear after leaving the Novotel Ibis-Ellerslie without permission ... <a title="NZ police arrest alleged covid-positive MIQ hotel escaper in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/nz-police-arrest-alleged-covid-positive-miq-hotel-escaper-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police arrest alleged covid-positive MIQ hotel escaper in Auckland">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Human rights lawyer and Papua advocate Veronica Koman has formally reported the arrest of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Victor Yeimo to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The report was made by the UK based human rights organisation TAPOL with Koman as Yeimo’s lawyer. “An urgent call in the ... <a title="Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/arrest-of-papuan-activist-victor-yeimo-reported-to-un-rights-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk An exiled West Papuan leader has demanded the immediate release of arrested campaigner Victor Yeimo, saying that his detention was a “sign to the world” that the Indonesian government was using its terrorist designation as a smokescreen to further repress Papuans. Indonesian police arrested Yeimo, one of the most prominent leaders ... <a title="Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/free-victor-yeimo-now-says-exiled-papuan-leader-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Free Victor Yeimo now, says exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2020
The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange, a film by Juan Passarelli @jlpassarelli By Simon Floth in Armidale, NSW On Monday, September 7, Julian Assange is scheduled to appear in a British court for several weeks of hearings regarding the U.S. attempt to extradite him. This concerns Wikileaks obtaining and jointly publishing US-classified ... <a title="Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/06/assanges-uk-detention-violates-international-law-australia-must-intervene/" aria-label="Read more about Assange’s UK detention violates international law – Australia must intervene">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan has met and thanked Captain Nathan Tai Tombe and crew of the HMPNGS Moresby for their “brave action” in intercepting and impounding a foreign vessel off the coast at the weekend, reports the PNG Post-Courier. Eight crew on the unregistered ship were ... <a title="Sir Julius praises ‘brave’ captain, crew of PNG navy ship in sea arrest drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/sir-julius-praises-brave-captain-crew-of-png-navy-ship-in-sea-arrest-drama/" aria-label="Read more about Sir Julius praises ‘brave’ captain, crew of PNG navy ship in sea arrest drama">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2020
By EMTV News Former Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the National Executive Council of the then Papua New Guinea government approved the purchase of two heavy duty power generators for PNG Power to solve longstanding blackouts in Lae and Port Moresby. The allegation against him is that due process was not followed to enable PNG ... <a title="Former PM O’Neill blames current government for ‘politicised’ arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/26/former-pm-oneill-blames-current-government-for-politicised-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about Former PM O’Neill blames current government for ‘politicised’ arrest">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the non-profit environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on 17 December 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament ... <a title="Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/22/indonesia-arrests-mongabay-editor-one-month-after-first-detaining-him/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia ‘arrests’ Mongabay editor – one month after first detaining him">Read more</a>
