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May 20, 2025
Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand By Helen Musa in Canberra Former Palestinian diplomat and long-time Canberra identity Ali Kazak died on Saturday en route to Palestine. Sources at the Canberra Islamic Centre report that he was recovering from heart surgery and died during a stopover in Thailand. Kazak was born ... <a title="Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/20/former-canberra-diplomat-ali-kuzak-dies-on-the-way-to-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Pacific Media Watch American film star celebrity John Cusack, who describes himself on his x-page bio as an “apocalyptic shit-disturber”, has posted an open letter to the world denouncing the Israeli “mass murder” in Gaza and calling for “your outrage”. While warning the public to “don’t stop talking about Palestine/Gaza”, he says that the “hollow ... <a title="Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/open-letter-from-john-cusack-the-children-of-gaza-need-your-outrage-end-the-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from John Cusack: ‘The children of Gaza need your outrage – end the siege’">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli atrocities in its brutal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. For more than 73 days, Israel ... <a title="‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/cracks-are-opening-up-in-western-complicity-over-gaza-genocide-says-minto/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji’s coalition government are “detached from the values that Fijians hold dear”, says the NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR). The rights coalition has expressed deep concern over Rabuka’s ongoing engagements with Indonesia. “History will judge how we respond as Fijians to this ... <a title="Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/fiji-rights-coalition-slams-betrayal-of-west-papua-for-indonesian-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England in Christchurch “RNZ is failing in its duty to inform the public of an entirely preventable humanitarian catastrophe.” Tautoko to Jeremy Rose, Ramon Das and Eugene Doyle for this critique of a review of RNZ’s coverage of a genocide. Sadly, this highlights RNZ’s failure to report the genocide from the perspective ... <a title="Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/time-for-nz-media-to-ditch-the-propaganda-and-stand-against-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papuan self-determination has called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the human rights crisis in the Melanesian region with the Indonesian president this week. Albanese is visiting Indonesia for two days from tomorrow. AWPA has written a letter to Albanese making the appeal for ... <a title="AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with Prabowo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/awpa-calls-on-albanese-to-raise-west-papuan-human-rights-with-prabowo/" aria-label="Read more about AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with Prabowo">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the ... <a title="PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/psna-says-broadcast-ruling-a-warning-to-nz-news-media-to-be-wary-of-israeli-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a “Declaration on Palestine” against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of Palestinians by Israel that has illegally occupied their indigenous lands for more than seven decades. The document, which had already drawn more than 300 signatures from staff, students and alumni ... <a title="Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/otago-academics-plan-declaration-on-palestine-to-face-daily-horrors/" aria-label="Read more about Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades, a human rights researcher says. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims that Indonesia killed at least one civilian and severely injured another ... <a title="‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/fighting-more-frequent-now-researcher-warns-of-escalating-west-papua-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an eventual regional war is the ousting of the Israeli prime minister. US President Donald Trump has closed his line of communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to various ... <a title="‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/cutting-off-communications-did-trump-really-just-turn-his-back-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Philippines Solidarity national assembly has condemned the National Party-led Coalition government in New Zealand over signing a “deplorable” visiting forces agreement with the Philippine government “Given the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ appalling human rights record and continuing attacks on activists in the Philippines, it is deplorable for the New ... <a title="Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/philippine-advocacy-group-condemns-nz-military-pact-with-manila-rejects-election-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to cooperate with them on military training — a seemingly benign act of diplomacy that conceals a darker purpose. This strategic manoeuvre is the latest in Indonesia’s efforts to neutralise Pacific ... <a title="Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/11/indonesias-pacific-manoeuvres-money-military-and-silencing-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua">Read more</a>
