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May 4, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has paid tribute to all those working the media industry in his message to mark World Press Freedom Day. He said in his May 3 message thanks to democracy his coalition government had removed the “dark days of oppression and suppressions”. “Today as we join ... <a title="Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/04/rabuka-salutes-fiji-media-but-warns-against-taking-freedom-for-granted/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka salutes Fiji media but warns against taking freedom for granted">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis Little more than a month into the new US presidency, The Washington Post’s owner dimmed the light on a motto that became a beacon for freedom during the first Trump administration. “Democracy dies in darkness” has appeared below Washington Post for the past eight years. Last month it was powdered in ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/10/gavin-ellis-amazon-founder-bezos-dims-lights-on-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Amazon founder Bezos dims lights on democracy">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
Reporters Without Borders One week ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the #HoldtheLine Coalition has called on the government of the Philippines to drop all pending cases and charges against veteran journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and grant her unrestricted permission to travel to Oslo to accept this international award. The government ... <a title="#HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/holdtheline-coalition-demands-charges-against-maria-ressa-be-dropped-before-nobel-awards/" aria-label="Read more about #HoldTheLine coalition demands charges against Maria Ressa be dropped before Nobel awards">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”. This means a generation growing up under under fears and moral panics about Muslims and unparalleled security measures around their bodies and lives. In my new book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, ... <a title="‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/07/im-not-afraid-of-terrorism-im-afraid-of-being-accused-of-being-a-terrorist-growing-up-muslim-after-9-11/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’ – growing up Muslim after 9/11">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Artist Dinar Candy has held a protest action over the extension of Indonesia’s Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) by wearing a bikini on the side of a road in Jakarta, reports CNN Indonesia. During the action, Candy also brought a banner with the message, “I’m stressed out because the ... <a title="Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10 years jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/indonesian-artist-charged-under-pornography-law-for-bikini-protest-faces-10-years-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10 years jail">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
EDITORIAL: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report, the Auckland-based independent news and analysis website, has been increasingly targeted by Indonesian trolls over the past three months, involving a spate of “letters to the editor” and social media attacks. One of the most frequent letter writers, an “Abel Lekahena”, who claims ... <a title="Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/dear-editor-we-have-you-in-our-sights-for-reporting-the-truth-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is relieved by the January 4 ruling of UK District Judge Vanessa Baraitser to block the United States’ attempt to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. However, it is extremely disappointed by the court’s failure to reject the substance of the case, leaving the door open to further ... <a title="RSF hails UK court blocking of US bid to extradite Julian Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/rsf-hails-uk-court-blocking-of-us-bid-to-extradite-julian-assange/" aria-label="Read more about RSF hails UK court blocking of US bid to extradite Julian Assange">Read more</a>
