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February 17, 2019
By Ainur Rohmah in Jakarta Fake news and hate speech are inundating Indonesia on and offline with the country’s general election just two months away and with presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and incumbent Joko Widodo locked in a contest for the top spot. Jokowi, as the president is known, remains clearly in the lead with ... <a title="Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/17/indonesian-smear-campaigns-target-jokowi-ahead-of-presidential-election/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian smear campaigns target Jokowi ahead of presidential election">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Timor-Leste Press Union president Francisco Belo condemning the arrest and charge of “cyber libel” against Rappler publisher Maria Ressa. Image: Antonio Dasiparu/TLPU Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Timor-Leste Press Union has protested in front of the Philippine Embassy in the capital Dili in solidarity with indicted Journalist Maria Ressa over her “persecution” and in defence ... <a title="Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/timorese-journalists-protest-outside-philippine-embassy-over-ressa-arrest/" aria-label="Read more about Timorese journalists protest outside Philippine embassy over Ressa arrest">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Rappler publisher condemns Duterte government’s “abuse of power”. Video: ABS-CBN By Iris Gonzales in Manila The Philippine press has seen many dark days but Maria Ressa’s arrest this week is among the worst. It signals dangerous times for our country’s democracy, 33 years since it was restored in 1986. Ressa is a veteran journalist who ... <a title="‘Don’t be silent,’ says defiant Maria Ressa in fight for press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/dont-be-silent-says-defiant-maria-ressa-in-fight-for-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t be silent,’ says defiant Maria Ressa in fight for press freedom">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Award-winning journalist, publisher and editor Maria Ressa (left) being arrested in Rappler’s newsroom yesterday. She was being kept in detention last night. Image: Maria Tan/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday’s arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent Manila-based news website Rappler, on ... <a title="Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/philippine-website-editor-maria-ressa-held-on-cyber-libel-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Facebook announced last week that it had taken down hundreds of pages, groups and accounts with ties to Saracen, an online syndicate believed to have been involved in creating hoaxes for money. Image: Panchenko Vladimir/Jakarta Post/Shutterstock By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta Indonesian social media activist Permadi Arya has threatened to file a Rp 1 ... <a title="Jakarta media activist threatens to sue Facebook for shutting accounts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/jakarta-media-activist-threatens-to-sue-facebook-for-shutting-accounts/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta media activist threatens to sue Facebook for shutting accounts">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2019
By Dieqy Hasbi Widhana in Jakarta Indonesia’s National Press Day (HPN), which falls on February 9 – yesterday, is a reminder of the murder of Radar Bali journalist Anak Agung Gede Prabangsa in 2009. Based on the results of an investigation by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), which was later published under the title ... <a title="No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/10/no-progress-on-press-freedom-impunity-under-jokowis-watch/" aria-label="Read more about No progress on press freedom, impunity under Jokowi’s watch">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2019
“This indictment is evidence that the law has been weaponised – the NBI’s own lawyers recommended the case be thrown out,” says Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. Image: Rappler Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest “absurd charges” that the Philippine Justice Department is planning to bring against the news website ... <a title="Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/08/philippine-website-accused-in-absurd-seven-year-old-media-libel-case/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website accused in ‘absurd’ seven-year-old media libel case">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2019
Truong Duy Nhat’s disappearance is all the more disturbing because he is widely respected as a blogger. Image: RSF/Youtube). Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a famous Vietnamese blogger who went missing in Bangkok last ... <a title="Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/vietnamese-blogger-critic-missing-and-feared-kidnapped-in-bangkok/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Presidential candidates Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Ma’ruf Amin make statements during the first candidate debate on January 18. Image: Dhoni Setiawan/Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto as the second presidential debate draws nearer, ... <a title="Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/jokowi-plays-it-tough-accusing-prabowo-of-outbursts-of-lies/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines president Archbishop Romulo Valles (right) and vice-president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David address the media in a press conference yesterday. Image: Maria Tan/Rappler By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has slammed the “cycle of hate” in the country as seen in the ... <a title="Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bishops-slam-cycle-of-hate-they-say-is-destroying-moral-fabric-of-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam ‘cycle of hate’ they say is destroying moral fabric of Philippines">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine Daily Inquirer By Rambo Talabong and Mara Cepeda in Jolo, Philippines At least 20 people were killed as two explosions rocked the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, ... <a title="At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/at-least-20-killed-as-two-bomb-blasts-hit-jolo-cathedral-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines">Read more</a>
