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July 24, 2024
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79, the Timorese government sent its Education Minister, Dulce de Jesus Soares, to deliver a moving eulogy at the funeral service at Church of All Nations in Carlton. Helen will be remembered for many things, ... <a title="Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/helen-hill-for-social-justice-and-timor-lestes-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International Court of Justice ruled last Friday that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal, should come to an end — “as rapidly as possible”. Israel’s illegal military ... <a title="Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/democracy-now-diana-buttu-analyse-icj-ruling-over-illegal-and-rapid-end-to-israel-occupation-of-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid end’ to Israel occupation of Palestine">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Pacific Media WatchPacific Journalism Review founder Dr David Robie says PJR has published more than 1100 research articles over its three decades of existence and is the largest single Pacific media research repository. But it has always been “far more than a research journal”, he added at the launch of the 30th anniversary edition at ... <a title="Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/independent-pjr-far-more-than-a-research-journal-says-founder/" aria-label="Read more about Independent PJR ‘far more than a research journal’, says founder">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
In the West Bank, one in three Palestinians has experienced one or more incarcerations during their life since 1967, or 35 percent of the population, while in Kanaky, the Nouméa prison, known as Camp Est, is populated by 95 percent Kanaks, while they represent only 39 to 43 percent of the Caledonian population. SPECIAL REPORT: ... <a title="From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/from-kanaky-to-palestine-how-paris-is-weaponising-deportations-from-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming “another East Timor”. The ... <a title="Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/21/latest-puncak-jaya-massacre-reveals-west-papua-is-a-time-bomb-claims-benny-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’, claims Benny Wenda">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2024
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a “constructive force” to find a “path forward” in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says. “The situation has reached an impasse, and one not easily navigated given the violence that broke out — the democratic injuries that have reopened old wounds and created ... <a title="NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/20/nzs-winston-peters-calls-for-more-diplomacy-engagement-compromise-in-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2024
PANG Media The PANG media team at this month’s Pacific International Media Conference in Fiji caught up with independent journalist, author and educator Dr David Robie and questioned him on his views about decolonisation in the Pacific. Dr Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report and deputy chair of Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN), a co-organiser ... <a title="PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/19/pang-talks-to-journalist-david-robie-on-pacific-decolonisation-issues/" aria-label="Read more about PANG talks to journalist David Robie on Pacific decolonisation issues">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in international waters if it continues to ignore the implementation of a domestic waste oil policy that is 28 years overdue. The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority’s Director for Renewable Brendan ... <a title="PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/png-oil-and-lng-shipments-face-foreign-waters-ban-if-waste-oil-problem-not-sorted/" aria-label="Read more about PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Indonesia’s commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua, reports a Kompas correspondent who attended the Pacific International Media Conference in Suva earlier this month. By Laraswati Ariadne Anwar in Suva The Pacific Island countries are Indonesia’s neighbours. However, ... <a title="Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/fiji-anchor-of-indonesian-diplomacy-in-the-pacific-a-view-from-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view from Jakarta">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Many platitudes about media freedom and democracy laced last week’s Pacific International Media Conference in the Fijian capital of Suva. There was a mood of euphoria at the impressive event, especially from politicians who talked about journalism being the “oxygen of democracy”. The dumping of the draconian and widely hated Fiji Media ... <a title="When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/15/when-media-freedom-as-the-oxygen-of-democracy-and-hypocrisy-share-the-same-pacific-arena/" aria-label="Read more about When media freedom as the ‘oxygen of democracy’ and hypocrisy share the same Pacific arena">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2024
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network News If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s capital to discuss the state and future of the industry in the region. The three-day Pacific Media Conference 2024 on July 4-6 is organised and hosted by the University of ... <a title="Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/13/newsmakers-dissect-state-and-future-of-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2024
Pacific Journalism Review Pacific Journalism Review has challenged journalists to take a courageous and humanitarian stand over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza in its latest edition with several articles about the state of news media credibility and the shocking death toll of Palestinian reporters. It has also taken a stand in support of WikiLeaks founder ... <a title="Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/12/pacific-journalism-review-turns-30-and-challenges-media-over-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Journalism Review turns 30 – and challenges media over Gaza">Read more</a>
