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March 23, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the “sadistic brutality” of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent United Nations human rights visit to the colonised Melanesian territory. “There is an urgent need for states to take more serious action on human rights in West Papua,” said president ... <a title="Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/wenda-condemns-sadistic-brutality-of-indonesian-torture-of-papuan-calls-for-un-action/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda condemns ‘sadistic brutality’ of Indonesian torture of Papuan – calls for UN action">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Editorial staff at Australia’s public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior managers over the handling of complaints by Israeli lobbyists. At a national meeting of members of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance this week, staff passed a resolution of no ... <a title="ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/23/abc-editorial-staff-call-for-content-chief-to-resign-over-gaza-comments-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about ABC editorial staff call for content chief to resign over Gaza comments sacking">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2024
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass 600” temporary visas were approved between last November and February for Palestinians with close and immediate family connections. Families of those fleeing Gaza, and organisations assisting Palestinians to leave ... <a title="Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/22/under-pressure-australia-reinstates-some-visas-to-gazans-fleeing-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with ties to this country. More than 30 organisations — including World Vision, Save the Children and Greenpeace — have sent an open letter to ministers, calling on them to step ... <a title="NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/nz-government-urged-to-help-evacuate-palestinians-from-war-on-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have taken pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war on Gaza to an unprecedented level. In a new development, hundreds of protesters joined in a street theatre performance outside Albanese’s electorate office on ... <a title="Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/hundreds-stage-sydney-die-in-to-protest-massacres-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
Pacific Media Watch Ismail al-Ghoul, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who was held for 12 hours at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, says Israeli forces rounded up Palestinian journalists at the facility and made them kneel on the ground for hours, while naked and blindfolded. “The occupation forces handcuffed and blindfolded us for about 12 hours from ... <a title="Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/israeli-troops-seize-blindfold-naked-journalists-in-bid-to-silence-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2024
The letters, which were published last week, were addressed to Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairperson Megawati Sukarnoputri, National Democrat Party (NasDem) Chairperson Surya Paloh, National Awakening Party (PKB) Chairperson Muhaimin Iskandar, Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) President Ahmad Syaikhu and United Development Party (PPP) Chairperson Muhammad Mardiono. In the letter, the social justice ... <a title="50 anti-corruption advocates call for probe into Indonesian ‘election fraud’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/19/50-anti-corruption-advocates-call-for-probe-into-indonesian-election-fraud/" aria-label="Read more about 50 anti-corruption advocates call for probe into Indonesian ‘election fraud’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland’s Takutai Square today hailed the strong stance of Ireland over Israel’s genocidal war against Gaza – in contrast to a weak New Zealand position – while two blocks away in Te Komititanga Square (Britomart) hundreds of revellers were celebrating St Patrick’s Day. “The Irish ... <a title="NZ Palestine protesters praise Irish solidarity over Gaza on St Patrick’s Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/17/nz-palestine-protesters-praise-irish-solidarity-over-gaza-on-st-patricks-day/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Palestine protesters praise Irish solidarity over Gaza on St Patrick’s Day">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden administration to stop giving it military assistance for its assault on the Gaza Strip. Robinson, the former president of Ireland, conducted an on-camera interview with Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís ... <a title="Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/elders-chair-mary-robinson-calls-for-biden-to-stop-arming-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2024
Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is a genocide being abetted by the United States. Hasan says US media is overwhelmingly pro-Israel and fails to convey the truth to audiences. “Palestinian voices not being on American television ... <a title="Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/16/mehdi-hasan-on-genocide-in-gaza-and-the-silencing-of-palestinian-voices-in-news-media/" aria-label="Read more about Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in news media">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance by the government against the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire. They carried placards, posters and banners declaring “Food not bombs for the tamariki [children] of ... <a title="‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/15/food-not-bombs-gaza-protesters-picket-mfat-offices-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Indigenous support for Palestine around the world has been overwhelming — and Aotearoa New Zealand is no exception, says a leading Māori environmental and human rights advocate. Writing on her Kia Mau – Resisting Colonial Fictions website, Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) says that week after week, tangata whenua have been showing support ... <a title="Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/14/maori-advocate-tina-ngata-hails-overwhelming-indigenous-support-for-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine">Read more</a>
