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June 8, 2020
By Soli Wilson in Apia A power struggle at the University of the South Pacific is continuing despite students and staff warning that it now threatens the future of the university. Elizabeth Reade Fong, a representative of the university’s Students and Staff Association, said more than 500 members at USP had signed a petition in ... <a title="USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/usp-students-staff-call-on-council-to-drop-harassment-of-ahluwalia/" aria-label="Read more about USP students, staff call on council to drop ‘harassment’ of Ahluwalia">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Michael Plank of the University of Canterbury; Alex James of the University of Canterbury; Audrey Lustig of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research; Nicholas Steyn; Rachelle Binny of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, and Shaun Hendy There is now a 95 percent chance covid-19 has been eliminated in New Zealand, according to our modelling, based ... <a title="NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/nz-hits-95-chance-of-eliminating-covid-but-new-cases-will-emerge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ hits 95% chance of eliminating covid – but new cases will emerge">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
By Jade Bradford in Perth News that Australian Associated Press has been saved is being welcomed by media outlets in socially and culturally complex Pacific countries such as Papua New Guinea where dramatic and important stories often emerge. When the closure of AAP was announced earlier this year, concern was expressed by media industry figures ... <a title="Pacific media react with relief over proposed sale reprieve for AAP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/pacific-media-react-with-relief-over-proposed-sale-reprieve-for-aap/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media react with relief over proposed sale reprieve for AAP">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Denis Muller of the University of Melbourne When a newspaper with the authority of The New York Times chooses to publish a party-political essay calculated to further inflame the violence wracking cities across America, serious questions arise. On June 3 the Times published in its opinion section an essay by a Republican senator ... <a title="In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/07/in-publishing-tom-cotton-the-new-york-times-has-made-a-terrible-error/" aria-label="Read more about In publishing Tom Cotton, The New York Times has made a terrible error">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
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie Three cartoonists had especially poignant takes on the tragic and toxic political aftermath of martyr George Floyd’s brutal killing under the knee of a white American policeman in Minneapolis last week. The Boston Globe’s Christopher Weyant featured a split frame contrasting a red-capped “Make America Great Again” and a ... <a title="Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/toxic-us-politics-a-brutal-killing-and-the-messengers-become-the-target/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic US politics, a brutal killing and the messengers become the target">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The conversation around the 2020 covid19 pandemic has been widely framed as ‘health versus the economy’. It has been quite political, with people leaning to the left emphasising ‘health’, and people leaning to the right emphasising ‘the economy’. A couple of weeks ago (27 May), on RNZ I heard outspoken British ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/keith-rankin-analysis-economic-impacts-of-pandemics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Economic Impacts of Pandemics">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 5, 2020
Human rights watchdog TAPOL has condemned the demand by Indonesian prosecutors seeking 17 and five years imprisonment for West Papuan activists Buchtar Tabuni and Irwanus Uropmabin. On June 2, the Jayapura District Prosecutor’s Office issued 33 pages containing charges against the defendant Irwanus Uropmabin. In the document, the Public Prosecutor concluded that Irwanus Uropmabin was ... <a title="TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/05/tapol-condemns-prosecutor-push-for-heavy-sentences-for-uprising-activists/" aria-label="Read more about TAPOL condemns prosecutor push for heavy sentences for ‘uprising activists’">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie in Jakarta A panel of judges at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has granted a lawsuit filed by civil society groups against the Indonesian government’s decision to impose an internet blackout during weeks of protests in Papua and West Papua provinces last year, declaring that such a move violated ... <a title="Jokowi ‘violates the law’ for banning internet in Papua, court rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/jokowi-violates-the-law-for-banning-internet-in-papua-court-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi ‘violates the law’ for banning internet in Papua, court rules">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
Pacific Media Centre A Papua New Guinea provincial governor has defending his actions for speaking up in Parliament yesterday on the government’s mooted proposal to extend the state of emergency (SoE) for two more months. Writing on social media, Governor Allan Bird of East Sepik cited instances of police abuse under the SoE implementation and ... <a title="Governor Bird condemns PNG police brutality, calls for local covid data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/governor-bird-condemns-png-police-brutality-calls-for-local-covid-data/" aria-label="Read more about Governor Bird condemns PNG police brutality, calls for local covid data">Read more</a>
