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August 4, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and disinformation dispatches in a crude attempt to gloss over human rights violations. Just three months ago I wrote about this issue in my “Dear editor” article exposing the disinformation campaign. There ... <a title="Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/open-season-again-for-indonesian-military-trolls-and-fake-news-campaign-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN Human Rights Council over a shocking assault on a young deaf indigenous Papuan that has been likened to the George Floyd tragedy in the United States. The treatment of Steven ... <a title="ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/31/ulmwp-calls-for-suspension-of-indonesia-from-un-rights-council-over-assault-on-deaf-papuan/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over assault on deaf Papuan">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2021
Warning: Content may be distressing to some viewers. The video of the assault on the Papuan deaf teenager. Video: Benar News SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Shocking video footage showing a brutal and inhumane assault on a deaf Papuan teenager named Steven has emerged from the Merauke region of Papua and sparked outrage. This assault ... <a title="Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/30/outrage-over-indonesian-officers-for-stomping-on-disabled-papuan-teens-head/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage over Indonesian officers for stomping on disabled Papuan teen’s head">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a “nightmare” scenario in response to fears of civil disorder and a tarnished global image. “The very face of the American consumerism was forced to mask up,” said The New Zealand Herald today as the nation “hunkered down ... <a title="Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/nightmare-haunts-us-dream-says-leading-nz-newspaper/" aria-label="Read more about Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch Thousands of people took part in the Black Lives Matter protests in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin today. Auckland’s Aotea Square protesters, largely peaceful and family oriented, marched to Custom Street and demonstrated outside the American consulate where protesters took a knee and observed a minute of silence for ... <a title="Thousands throng Auckland for NZ Black Lives Matter protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/14/thousands-throng-auckland-for-nz-black-lives-matter-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands throng Auckland for NZ Black Lives Matter protests">Read more</a>
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June 12, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano From Washington DC It is hard to describe the community energy generated this week from the mass protests throughout the country. June 6 in Washington, DC was like a street festival full of symbols of poignancy, rage, hope, contained aggression, and beauty. This amalgam ... <a title="Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/12/photo-essay-no-justice-no-peace-george-floyd-breathes-in-the-cries-of-millions/" aria-label="Read more about Photo essay: “No Justice, No Peace!” George Floyd Breathes in the Cries of Millions">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By RNZ News Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced today that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future. A trial of the teams of police carrying firearms (ARTs) were launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury last year and ended in April. In recent days, mass protests ... <a title="NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/nz-police-scrapping-armed-response-teams-after-trial-says-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about NZ police scrapping Armed Response Teams after trial, says Commissioner">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of people were protesting across Australia today to oppose the deaths of Indigenous people in police custody. It comes as Black Lives Matter protests are held around the world after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in the US state of Minneapolis. Rallies kicked ... <a title="Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/thousands-rally-across-australia-to-protest-against-indigenous-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands rally across Australia to protest against Indigenous deaths">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2020
By Budi Sutrisno in Jakarta As the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died while being arrested in the United States, sparks a global outcry, Indonesian rights advocates and young people have stepped forward to remind fellow citizens that racism has long been an issue at home as well. The scene of Floyd ... <a title="‘#PapuanLivesMatter’: George Floyd’s death exposes double standards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/06/papuanlivesmatter-george-floyds-death-exposes-double-standards/" aria-label="Read more about ‘#PapuanLivesMatter’: George Floyd’s death exposes double standards">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA Editorial TeamFrom Washington DC The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) joins the Black Alliance for Peace[1] and other pro-democracy organizations throughout the world in calling for the United Nations to address the systemic violations of human rights by the police and other security forces in the ... <a title="COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/coha-joins-world-wide-outcry-against-police-brutality-in-the-us/" aria-label="Read more about COHA joins world-wide outcry against police brutality in the US">Read more</a>
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June 2, 2020
By RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders have joined large numbers of Americans in protesting following the killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd. In Auckland, Aotea Square overflowed yesterday with people before thousands marched down Queen Street towards the US consulate building. Organisers said the aim was simple,”we want to put pressure on our government ... <a title="Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/02/thousands-march-in-nz-solidarity-rallies-with-black-lives-matter/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands march in NZ solidarity rallies with Black Lives Matter">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Danielle K. Kilgo of Indiana University A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently suffocated under the weight of a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. The video went viral. What happened next has played out time and again in ... <a title="Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/01/riot-or-resistance-how-media-frames-unrest-in-minneapolis-will-shape-publics-view-of-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest">Read more</a>
