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October 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report An exiled West Papuan leader has praised Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for his “brave ambush” in questioning new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto over West Papua. Prabowo offered an “amnesty” for West Papuan pro-independence activists during Marape’s revent meeting with Prabowo on the fringes of the inauguration, the PNG leader ... <a title="Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/wenda-praises-pngs-marape-over-brave-ambush-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda praises PNG’s Marape over ‘brave ambush’ over West Papua">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Mariam Shahin has been making films about Gaza for more than 30 years. She has also made many documentaries and short films for Al Jazeera English since it launched in 2006. When she moved to Gaza in 2005, she felt a powerful sense of optimism following the Israeli withdrawal. Mariam Shahin . ... <a title="Echoes of a Lost Gaza – Al Jazeera documentary on a brutal war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/29/echoes-of-a-lost-gaza-al-jazeera-documentary-on-a-brutal-war/" aria-label="Read more about Echoes of a Lost Gaza – Al Jazeera documentary on a brutal war">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A remote Filipino school in Bicol province assisted by a small New Zealand voluntary NGO has been seriously damaged by floodwaters in the wake of Typhoon Kristine (Trami) that left at least 82 people dead across the Philippines last week. Mangcayo Elementary School, which was submerged by Typhoon Usman fringe storms six ... <a title="Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/28/remote-mangcayo-school-among-areas-hit-by-typhoon-kristine-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Remote Mangcayo school among areas hit by Typhoon Kristine floods">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has “cleared the air” with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People. He denied that Fiji — the only country to vote against the resolution — ... <a title="PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/pm-defends-fijis-un-ambush-vote-challenged-by-human-rights-advocate/" aria-label="Read more about PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin In the lead up to the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto last Sunday, Indonesia established five “Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions” in key regions across West Papua — a move described by Indonesian Army Chief-of-Staff Maruli Simanjuntak as a “strategic initiative” by the new leader. The battalions are based in the ... <a title="Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/prabowo-takes-power-as-indonesian-military-set-up-new-battalions-what-now-for-west-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West Papuans?">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestine Territories. “It is great that Christchurch is the first council in New Zealand to take up this cause. We hope others will follow ... <a title="NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/nzs-labour-calls-on-other-cities-to-follow-israel-boycott-lead/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2024
The National, PNG Indonesia will offer amnesty to West Papuans who have contested Jakarta’s sovereignty over the Melanesian region resulting in conflicts and clashes with law enforcement agencies, says Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape. He arrived in Port Moresby on Monday night from Indonesia where he attended the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto ... <a title="Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/24/indonesia-to-offer-amnesty-for-west-papuans-contesting-jakartas-rule/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the disputed Papua region were responding to this reality with anxiety and, for some, cautious optimism. The remote and resource-rich region has long been a flashpoint for conflict, with its people enduring decades of alleged military ... <a title="Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/prabowos-presidency-sparks-fear-and-faint-hope-in-indonesias-contested-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Christchurch, New Zealand’s third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business with organisations involved in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. It passed a resolution to amend its procurement policy to exclude companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements on ... <a title="NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/23/nzs-third-largest-city-sanctions-israel-over-illegal-palestine-settlements/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza — a conflict that has taken a devastating toll on journalists and media outlets in Palestine, reports the International Press Institute. In Gaza, Israeli strikes have killed at least 123 ... <a title="One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/one-year-of-war-in-gaza-protect-journalists-now-says-ipi/" aria-label="Read more about One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
Pacific Media Watch ABC’s The Pacific has gained rare access into West Papua, a region ruled by Indonesia that has been plagued by military violence and political unrest for decades. Now, as well as the long-running struggle for independence, some say the Melanesian region’s pristine environment is under threat by the expansion of logging and ... <a title="West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/west-papua-the-war-on-our-doorstep-under-the-pacific-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific spotlight">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2024
By John Minto Published in the Christchurch Star newspaper yesterday — this was the advert rejected last week by Stuff, New Zealand’s major news website, by an editorial management which apparently thinks pro-Israel sympathies are more important than the industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and Lebanon. Stuff told the Palestinian Solidarity Movement Aotearoa (PSNA) ... <a title="Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/12/published-by-the-star-the-genocide-advert-that-stuff-didnt-want-you-to-see/" aria-label="Read more about Published by the Star – the genocide advert that Stuff didn’t want you to see">Read more</a>
