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June 20, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s security forces have arrested eight people believed to be involved in the organisation of pro-independence-related riots that broke out in the French Pacific territory last month. The eight include leaders of the so-called Field Action Coordinating Cell (CCAT), a group that was set up ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence militant leaders arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/20/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-pro-independence-militant-leaders-arrested/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Pro-independence militant leaders arrested">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report French police and gendarmes force were deployed around the political headquarters of the pro-independence Caledonian Union in Kanaky New Caledonia’s Nouméa suburb of Magenta in a crackdown today. The public prosecutor confirmed that eight protesters had been arrested, including the leader of the CCAT action groups, Christian Téin, as suspects in a ... <a title="French police raid pro-independence Kanak party HQ, arrest eight in crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/french-police-raid-pro-independence-kanak-party-hq-arrest-eight-in-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about French police raid pro-independence Kanak party HQ, arrest eight in crackdown">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the 12-day state of emergency imposed in New Caledonia on May 15 would not be extended “for the time being”. The decision not to renew the state of emergency was mainly designed to “allow the components of the pro-independence FLNKS ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time being’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/28/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-macron-lifts-state-of-emergency-for-time-being/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron lifts state of emergency ‘for time being’">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with back-to-back sessions including opposing leaders in the French Pacific territory. Macron left New Caledonia this morning, leaving some members of his entourage to deal with details in the still-inflamed situation. After ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-macron-ends-day-of-political-talks-with-both-sides/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2024
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Jean-Marie Tjibaou, a revered Kanak visionary, was inspirational to indigenous Pacific political activists across Oceania, just like Tongan anthropologist and writer Epeli Hao’ofa was to cultural advocates. Tragically, he was assassinated in 1989 by an opponent within the independence movement during the so-called “les événements” in ... <a title="Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/17/kanaky-in-flames-five-takeaways-from-the-new-caledonia-independence-riots/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky in flames: Five takeaways from the New Caledonia independence riots">Read more</a>