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April 1, 2025
“I started filming when we started to end.” With these haunting words, Basel Adra begins No Other Land, the Oscar-winning documentary that depicts life in Masafer Yatta, a collection of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank that are under complete occupation – military and civil – by Israel. For Basel and his community, this ... <a title="It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West Bank plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/01/it-will-take-more-than-an-oscar-to-stop-israels-west-bank-plans/" aria-label="Read more about It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West Bank plans">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2022
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever. Didn’t he allegedly sexually assault two women in Sweden? Isn’t that why he holed up for years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid facing charges? When the bobbies finally ... <a title="A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/10/a-new-book-argues-julian-assange-is-being-tortured-will-australias-new-pm-do-anything-about-it/" aria-label="Read more about A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s new PM do anything about it?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan advocacy group in Australia has appealed to Foreign Minister Marise Payne to take the cue from a new United Nations Rapporteurs statement this week condemning the “ongoing human rights abuses” in the Indonesian-ruled West Papuan region. Joe Collins of the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) said there was ... <a title="Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/australian-group-calls-for-action-over-un-indonesian-papuan-abuses-report/" aria-label="Read more about Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to “keep him from dying in prison”, after reports emerged that his health had deteriorated, reports The Jakarta Post. Victor Yeimo, 39, the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in ... <a title="Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/detained-west-papuan-activist-at-risk-of-dying-in-jail-un-expert-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Detained West Papuan activist at risk of ‘dying in jail’, UN expert warns">Read more</a>
