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November 6, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two Indonesian journalists who had reported on an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra have been found stabbed to death. According to environmental news site Mongabay, the body of Maraden Sianipar was found on October 30 in a ditch in the concession of palm grower PT Sei Alih Berombang (SAB). The ... <a title="Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/06/journalists-fighting-oil-palm-plantation-found-stabbed-to-death-in-sumatra/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Source: Medium [https://bit.ly/2o1ytEo]. Analysis by Ronald F Pol from AMLassurance.com (Dr Pol’s PhD is in policy effectiveness, outcomes and money laundering) The modern anti-money laundering system (which makes banks and other firms check identity documents and scan billions of financial transactions) doesn’t stop crime. Criminals keep up to 99.9% of the earnings from misery, and a ... <a title="Ronald F Pol: The war on money laundering has failed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/ronald-f-pol-the-war-on-money-laundering-has-failed/" aria-label="Read more about Ronald F Pol: The war on money laundering has failed">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A Filipino human rights lawyer has come away uninjured after unidentified motorcyclists fired gunshots into her car on the central Philippines island of Panay, reports The Sun Star. According to the report, Criselda Heredia was with her daughter and a client when the attack happened last month. “I was just ambushed. ... <a title="Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/filipino-human-rights-lawyer-uninjured-after-gunmen-ambush-car/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
By Michael Andrew The devastating loss of life and suffering from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been remembered in Auckland. Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the 74th anniversary of the bombings brought activists and members of the public to the Ellen Melville Centre to commemorate ... <a title="Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-remembrance-bolsters-peace-and-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk As four more journalists were assaulted in the North Point in Hong Kong area on Sunday August 11th, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have called on the authorities to put an end to the violence against the press. In the past two months, journalists covering the anti-extradition bill protests were increasingly the ... <a title="RSF condemns journalist assault as Hong Kong violence escalates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/rsf-condemns-journalist-assault-as-hong-kong-violence-escalates/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns journalist assault as Hong Kong violence escalates">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian police have not been investigating reported cases of violence against journalists, reports Indonesian magazine Tempo. According to the Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), there have been 26 cases of alleged violence against journalists reported to police in 2019 but not one has been fully investigated, let alone taken to ... <a title="Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/07/indonesian-police-not-investigating-violence-against-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A report has detailed shocking levels of physical violence and neglect towards millions of Pacific Islands children, sparking calls for better-targeted aid programmes from countries like New Zealand and Australia The report team, from combined aid agencies, investigated child-rearing practices in seven Pacific countries, as well as Timor-Leste. The report found as ... <a title="Up to four million children abused across Pacific, report finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/02/up-to-four-million-children-abused-across-pacific-report-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Up to four million children abused across Pacific, report finds">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk An influential warlord in PNG’s Hela province has handed himself in to security forces in the wake of mass killings last month, reports The National. Libe Koi of Pujaro village in Tagali surrendered himself and apologised to the people who have been affected by the tribal fighting in the Highlands region. ... <a title="PNG warlord hands himself in to end tribal conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/png-warlord-hands-himself-in-to-end-tribal-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about PNG warlord hands himself in to end tribal conflict">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Phil Fitzpatrick in Tumby Bay The recent horrific events in Hela Province have brought the role of the police force in Papua New Guinea into sharp focus. Prime Minister James Marape is currently in Australia and has apparently discussed the issue with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. We can only hope that Morrison, if ... <a title="Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/phil-fitzpatrick-pngs-kramer-crucial-law-and-order-change-maker/" aria-label="Read more about Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
By Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s threat to pursue anyone who impedes investment is worrying environmental activists who claim that such actions could criminalise those fighting for the environment, reports CNN Indonesia. Jokowi made the threat during his July 14 “Vision Indonesia” speech, in which he said he would chase and “soundly ... <a title="Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/jokowis-investment-vision-worrying-environmental-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi’s investment vision worrying environmental activists">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby Yesterday, I returned from Tari Electorate in Hela Province following a one day trip to assess the situation following the horrific killing of 23 women (two of whom were pregnant) and nine children in the worst payback killing in our country’s history. In my capacity as Minister for ... <a title="Bryan Kramer: PNG ‘merciless’ payback killings have changed everything" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/bryan-kramer-png-merciless-payback-killings-have-changed-everything/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Kramer: PNG ‘merciless’ payback killings have changed everything">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2019
By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby Yesterday, I returned from Tari Electorate in Hela Province following a one day trip to assess the situation following the horrific killing of 23 women (two of whom were pregnant) and nine children in the worst payback killing in our country’s history. In my capacity as Minister for Police, ... <a title="PNG ‘merciless’ killings have changed everything, says Bryan Kramer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/15/png-merciless-killings-have-changed-everything-says-bryan-kramer/" aria-label="Read more about PNG ‘merciless’ killings have changed everything, says Bryan Kramer">Read more</a>
