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December 12, 2022
Amnesty International Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human Rights Day yesterday — December 10, which marks the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Indonesian authorities made 116 arrests and injured at least 17 people during multiple ... <a title="Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/amnesty-condemns-mass-arrests-of-west-papuans-on-human-rights-day/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2022
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand’s Green Party has again urged the government to step up its condemnation of Iran. About 50 protesters burned headscarves and passports outside the Iranian embassy in the capital Wellington yesterday. There has been a wave of protest in Iran and around the world over the death in custody of Mahsa ... <a title="Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/29/green-party-tells-nz-dont-hold-back-on-protests-over-iran-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran crackdown">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/david-robie-pacific-lessons-in-climate-crisis-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
RNZ News An academic says hostage diplomacy is a well-known tactic of the Iranian regime and New Zealanders should not go to the country. Topher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray are understood to have been detained for months after entering Iran. The New Zealand government negotiated for the safe release of the pair but has remained ... <a title="Academic warns of more hostage crises as ‘revolution’ unfolds in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/academic-warns-of-more-hostage-crises-as-revolution-unfolds-in-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Academic warns of more hostage crises as ‘revolution’ unfolds in Iran">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2022
Pacific Media Watch The #HoldTheLine Coalition has urged President Marcos of the Philippines to end persecution of journalists and independent media by dropping all charges against Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Maria Ressa and her co-accused. This week, the Philippine Court of Appeals rejected Ressa’s motion for a reconsideration of her 2020 conviction on a trumped-up ... <a title="Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/16/keep-maria-ressa-out-of-jail-holdtheline-tells-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about Keep Maria Ressa out of jail, #HoldTheLine tells Marcos">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University As protests in Iran drag on into their fourth week over the violent death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, there are two central questions. The first is whether these protests involving women and girls across Iran are different from upheavals in the past, or ... <a title="Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be enough to bring about change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/14/women-led-protests-in-iran-gather-momentum-but-will-they-be-enough-to-bring-about-change/" aria-label="Read more about Women-led protests in Iran gather momentum – but will they be enough to bring about change?">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. over their cyber libel case. In a 16-page decision dated October 10, the court’s fourth division denied the appeal. Associate Justices ... <a title="Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/ressa-disappointed-over-failed-appeal-and-ongoing-harassment-in-philippine-cyber-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber libel case">Read more</a>
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October 13, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr — the only son and namesake of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos — delivered an inaugural address that did not mention press freedom. Press freedom also went unmentioned when he delivered his first State of ... <a title="How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/13/how-philippine-press-freedom-has-been-abandoned-under-bongbong-marcos/" aria-label="Read more about How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos">Read more</a>
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October 11, 2022
By Fika Nurul Ulya in Jakarta The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has appealed to Indonesian police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to stop his officers intimidating Aremania (Arema Football Club fans) and witnesses in the Kanjuruhan football stadium tragedy in which 131 people died. They are also asking Prabowo to order the police professionalism ... <a title="Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/11/indonesian-police-asked-to-stop-intimidating-witnesses-over-football-stadium-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2022
REVIEW: By David Robie Seven weeks ago the Philippines truth-telling martial law film Katips was basking in the limelight in the country’s national FAMAS academy movie awards, winning best picture and a total of six other awards. Last week it began a four month “world tour” of 10 countries starting in the Middle East followed ... <a title="Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/19/martial-law-brutality-in-educational-musical-drama-katips-touches-raw-nerve-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2022
RNZ News A woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of two young children whose remains were discovered in suitcases in Manurewa, South Auckland, last month. New Zealand police can now confirm that a 42-year-old woman has been arrested in South Korea. Counties Manukau CIB detective inspector Tofilau Fa’ amanuia Vaaelua said South Korean ... <a title="Police arrest woman in South Korea over NZ child bodies in suitcase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/16/police-arrest-woman-in-south-korea-over-nz-child-bodies-in-suitcase/" aria-label="Read more about Police arrest woman in South Korea over NZ child bodies in suitcase">Read more</a>