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Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting

July 25, 2022

By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City, a shooting incident inside the Ateneo de Manila University claimed the lives of at least three individuals, including the former mayor of Lamitan, Basilan, Rose Furigay. Furigay was supposed to ... <a title="Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/three-killed-including-former-mayor-in-manila-university-campus-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting">Read more</a>

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Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?

January 5, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration. Over the weekend, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed Israeli agents were planning to attack US forces in Iraq to provide US President Donald Trump with a pretext for striking Iran. ... <a title="Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/05/are-us-and-iran-headed-for-a-military-showdown-before-trump-leaves-office/" aria-label="Read more about Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump leaves office?">Read more</a>

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Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide deaths

December 27, 2020

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The commander of the Indonesian Army Military Police (Danpuspomad), Lieutenant-General Dodik Widjanarko says TNI AD soldiers in Papua have committed acts of violence, including burning bodies to erase traces of their killing. General Widjanarko said bodies were burned after in an incident that led to two civilians, Luther Zanambani and Apinus ... <a title="Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/27/military-police-chief-says-tni-soldiers-burned-papuan-bodies-to-hide-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Military police chief says TNI soldiers burned Papuan bodies to hide deaths">Read more</a>

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Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights court

December 27, 2020

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The family of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani, who was shot dead in Hitadipa district, Intan Jaya regency, Papua, three months ago are asking that the case be tried in a human rights court. They oppose having the trial being taken to a military tribunal, reports CNN Indonesia. “They [Yeremia’s family] want the ... <a title="Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/27/family-of-murdered-papuan-pastor-want-case-tried-in-human-rights-court/" aria-label="Read more about Family of murdered Papuan pastor want case tried in human rights court">Read more</a>

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West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation

October 12, 2020

By RNZ Pacific The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and also asked him to follow through on his commitment to meet with Papuan pro-referendum groups. The churches said they were writing because of the escalation ... <a title="West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/12/west-papua-churches-call-on-widodo-to-end-militarisation/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua churches call on Widodo to end militarisation">Read more</a>

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Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest

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>

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RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ

March 11, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government to end the “absurd situation” in which Australian investigative journalist Mary Ann Jolley is banned from visiting New Zealand because she was deported from Malaysia in 2015 in connection with her reporting. “I’m basically regarded by New Zealand as a ... <a title="RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/11/rsf-protests-over-absurd-ban-on-australian-journalist-visiting-nz/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over ‘absurd’ ban on Australian journalist visiting NZ">Read more</a>