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May 17, 2026
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three days before World Press Freedom Day, journalists in the Asia-Pacific region were quick to check out their ranking. Overall the prognosis wasn’t very flattering. No country in the region was ... <a title="Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/17/improvements-in-pacific-media-freedom-but-a-shameful-silence-on-gaza-death-trap/" aria-label="Read more about Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza ‘death trap’">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International says it is “deeply alarmed” over the obstruction of justice and chaotic scenes — including gunfire — witnessed at the Philippines Senate this week over a fugitive from the International Criminal Court. Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who faces an arrest warrant issued by the ICC, escaped from the Senate ... <a title="‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/arrest-wanted-filipino-former-police-chief-call-by-amnesty-after-escape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment ... <a title="Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/trumps-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-actually-targets-china/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal war on Iran and the brutal onslaught on Lebanon this week breaching a fragile two-week truce. While high-powered delegations from Iran and the United States were arriving in Islamabad for ... <a title="Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/protesters-rally-across-aotearoa-in-condemnation-of-israel-us-warmongering-and-shameful-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ">Read more</a>
