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TNI soldiers in Wamena preparing to fly to Nduga where the attack against Istaka Karya workers and military engineers happened last December. Image: Iwan Adisaputra/Tempo/Antara Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Six hundred crack Indonesian soldiers are being deployed this week to provide security for the construction of the Trans-Papua highway. “This time about 600 troops are ... <a title="Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/indonesia-deploys-600-crack-soldiers-to-guard-trans-papua-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia deploys 600 crack soldiers to guard Trans-Papua highway">Read more</a>
President Moses Obed Tallis accepts customary gifts from the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs. Image: Royson Willie/Vanuatu Daily Post By Dan McGarry in Port Vila To pardon those convicted of betraying the public trust does a disservice to Vanuatu. It is disrespectful to the rule of law. It ignores the will of the people. It ... <a title="Daily Post: No pardons for Vanuatu politicians – no one is above the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/daily-post-no-pardons-for-vanuatu-politicians-no-one-is-above-the-law/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Post: No pardons for Vanuatu politicians – no one is above the law">Read more</a>
NASA representatives, including Dr Linus Digim’Rina, talking to journalists at the University of Papua New Guinea yesterday. Image: Alan Robson/PMC By Leiao Gerega in Port Moresby Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has sidelined the University of Papua New Guinea interim council but has retained interim chancellor Jeffery Kennedy. The decision yesterday appeased the disgruntled National Academic ... <a title="O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/07/oneill-sidelines-upng-interim-council-members-angry-staff-return-to-classes/" aria-label="Read more about O’Neill sidelines UPNG interim council members, angry staff return to classes">Read more</a>
A landmark ruling by an Australian court is expected to have international consequences for newsrooms, with media companies on notice they face large compensation claims if they fail to take care of journalists who regularly cover traumatic events. The Victorian County Court accepted the potential for psychological damage on those whose work requires them to ... <a title="Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/media-companies-on-notice-over-traumatised-journalists-after-landmark-age-court-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark Age court decision">Read more</a>
Protesters march to the Papua governor’s office in Jayapura on Monday carrying a banner that reads ‘Dissolve and expel Jafar Umar Thalib and his group from Papua, because it is the land of the Gospel.’ Image: Benny Mawel/ucanews.com By Benny Mawel in Jayapura A radical Muslim cleric faces being kicked out of Papua after more ... <a title="Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/papuans-call-for-expulsion-of-ambon-jihadist-army-cleric-over-unrest/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans call for expulsion of Ambon ‘jihadist army’ cleric over unrest">Read more</a>
The University of Papua New Guinea …. staff shutdown in protest over government interference in ‘credible VC appointment process’. Image: PNG Indy ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes The University of Papua New Guinea has for a long time been in need of far-reaching reform. But not all change is good, and what has happened this year ... <a title="UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/06/upng-shutdown-crisis-the-facts-behind-the-turmoil/" aria-label="Read more about UPNG shutdown crisis – the facts behind the turmoil">Read more</a>
Villagers welcome the WCC delegation in Kaliki village near Merauke in Papua province. Image: Jimmy Sormin/WCC A special mission from the World Council of Churches has criticised the ongoing human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the West Papua region after its five-day visit to Indonesia last week and has called for “more openness” ... <a title="WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/28/wcc-mission-criticises-papua-rights-violations-in-plea-for-openness/" aria-label="Read more about WCC mission criticises Papua rights violations in plea for ‘openness’">Read more</a>
By Yamin Kogoya in Canberra In the days leading up to Christmas, 16 Indonesian construction workers were killed in Nduga by the West Papuan National Liberation Army. Lukas Enembe, Governor of Papua, declared through media: “I am asking President Jokowi to withdraw all the troops in Nduga.” In response, Colonel Muhammad Aidi, the military spokesman ... <a title="Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/enembe-the-papuan-traditional-chief-indonesia-regards-as-dangerous/" aria-label="Read more about Enembe – the Papuan traditional chief Indonesia regards as ‘dangerous’">Read more</a>
Spike Lee, who stormed out of the Oscars after Green Book won Best Picture at Sunday’s Oscars, likened the news to a “bad call” by the referee at a Knicks game. Video: Variety By Stuart Richards in Adelaide Every year it is the same story: the Academy comes so close to catching up with the ... <a title="#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/oscars2019-play-it-safe-with-green-book-nothing-progressive-here/" aria-label="Read more about #Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here">Read more</a>
David Robie, Pacific Media Centre Monday, February 25, 2019 Abstract In 2016, the Pacific Media Centre responded to the devastation and tragedy wrought in Fiji by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston by initiating the Bearing Witness journalism project and dispatching two postgraduate students to Viti Levu to document and report on the impact of climate change ... <a title="Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/bearing-witness-2017-year-2-of-a-pacific-climate-change-storytelling-project/" aria-label="Read more about Bearing Witness 2017: Year 2 of a Pacific climate change storytelling project">Read more</a>
Papuan students among the elections protest marchers in Ambon, Indonesia. Image: Chen Toisuta/Gatra By Chen Toisuta in Ambon, Maluku Scores of students from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have called on the public to boycott or spoil votes in the legislative and presidential elections next month. ... <a title="Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/students-call-for-indonesian-election-boycott-alternative-political-force/" aria-label="Read more about Students call for Indonesian election boycott, alternative political force">Read more</a>